He had a supernatural experience
during his ride in the taxi as the old man’s spirit possessed the taxi
driver. The old man’s spirit refused to
believe that he was dead until the main character was able to prove
otherwise. In the end, the old man
accepted the truth and the knocking at the temple stopped.
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