Lady Who Unknowingly Went to Market at 2am Shows Things She Saw, Says She Was So Scared
- A food vendor has taken to social media to share her experience after mistakenly entering a market around 2 am
- According to the food vendor, she had thought that the time was 5 am but found out much later that she was wrong
- In a video, she showed netizens the state of the market at that odd hour of the day and admitted she got so scared
A lady in Ghana disclosed how she arrived at a market at 2 am after not checking the time well.
The food vendor said she thought the time was 5 am but soon realised she had made a mistake.
Source: TikTok
In a TikTok video, the food vendor walked around the market, showing netizens its empty state.
At first, she saw no one, but later on found an open shop.
"I was so scared," the food vendor admitted in the video.
People who watched her video had questions for her as some wondered how she could not tell the time before heading to the market.
Source: TikTok
However, others mentioned that some markets would have traders there at that time, noting that some of the women slept there.
The lady mentioned Saturday in her clip, showing the made may have been made on March 15, Saturday. The time matched the date on TikTok.
Watch her video below:
Reaction trail food vendor's 2 am video
Gwenaydat said:
"Dome market women are not serious makola u will meet traders selling."
shasha said:
"Madam don't make tht mistake again."
@HunterAppleseed said:
"Your story doesn’t add up. How can you use your fon to order for Uber and not know what time it was. And the Uber driver didn’t also ask why you were going to the market that early."
deLIONqueen collections said:
"In Kumasi suame market even 1am u will meet traders there. some of these women literally sleep there."
Mirage said:
"This does not make sense, your fon does not have time?"
Opening market hours in Ghana
According to the Bank of Scotland, businesses like the banks in Ghana open at 8 am and close at 4 am. Closing time for some private ventures could be later in the day.
Following fire outbreaks, a market in Sekondi area of Ghana was instructed to close before 6 pm, 3 News reports. A part of the official statement read:
“Fire has gutted this market before and we don’t want it to happen again so we have instructed that by 5:00 clock the market, besides any person who uses fire for her operation should desist from using when it is 4 o’clock.”
In a related story, a young man who bent down in a Lagos market with his phone to find spirits shared the outcome.
He said he visited a market in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, to rubbish claims that ghosts were present in the marketplaces.
After carrying out his experiment, the man noted that his findings again proved that nothing like spirits existed.
Expert explains why silence feels dangerous
Psychologist Dr. Ayodele Adekunle has linked the fear of emptiness and silence to human survival instincts, looking at why the vendor was scared.
"Emptiness and silence in the natural world, such as an absence of the usual animal sounds or the sudden stillness of the environment, could signal the presence of a predator or an impending threat," the stress and anxiety reduction expert told Legit.ng.
Dr. Adekunle explained that when familiar sounds disappear, the brain heightens alertness, anticipating possible threats.
Man shares scary market experience
Legit.ng previously reported that a young man who bent down in a Lagos market had shared what he saw. Before the 2016 encounter, the man said he first tried bending down in the market in JSS 2 after his classmate told tales of strange creatures in the marketplace, but saw nothing.
When the discussion came up again in senior secondary school, the man said he tried it again in the market but was disappointed when nothing happened once again. His curiosity got the better of him in 2016, despite market women and bus drivers warning him against it.
In a post on social media, the young man observed that everywhere became quiet when he bent down after pretending to drop his keys. He claimed that he first saw a black creature and then described his harrowing experience at the market, drawing many reactions from netizens.
Joseph Omotayo, the HOD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this article by mentioning an event that affected a Ghanaian market closing time.
Editorial assistant Ololade Olatimehin provided exclusive commentary from a psychologist for this report.
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Victor Duru (Editor) Victor Duru is a Reuters-trained award-winning journalist with over 4 years of working experience in the media industry. He holds a B.Sc in Management Studies from Imo State University, where he was a Students' Union Government Director of Information. Victor is a human interest editor, strategic content creator, freelancer and a Google-certified digital marketer. His work has been featured on US news media Faith It. He can be reached via victor.duru@corp.legit.ng
Adekunle Ayodele Olusola (Sports Psychologist and Mental Performance Expert) Dr Adekunle Ayodele Olusola, is a lecturer in the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Lagos. Specialising in emotional regulation and mental skills training, he helps athletes achieve peak performance. He also teaches sports psychology at the Nigeria Institute of Sports and has numerous publications on therapy, physical exercise, and mental preparation for athletic excellence.
