Obcestni duhovi v Bosni: Izginjajoča štoparka
Roadside Ghosts in Bosnia: Vanishing Hitchiker

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses five variants of the internationally widespread contemporary legend The Vanishing Hitchhiker, which the author recorded during her field research in various rural areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the years 2016–2024 among Bosnian Serbs, Bosniaks and Roma residents. In discussing the particularities of each variant and the different morals they convey, the author points to the specifics of the context in which they are mediated, as well as specific anxieties and interests shared within the conduit that are key to their understanding.

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