My friend used to stay in a flat with her friends in a remote area in Bangalore. It was time of Diwali when all her flatmates went to their native for celebrations, but she couldn't go because of some important office work. After finishing the office work, she, along with her few colleagues decided to go for a late night movie(just so that they wont left out and could have atleast little bit of fun). The movie got over past midnight and she decided to come back to her flat all by herself by walk as the movie theatre was only around 1 km away. After walking for a few minutes, she noticed a group of not so decent looking drunk guys on the road. It was all silent area. As there have been a few rape cases recently,she got scared seeing those guys on the road and started thinking to escape from there somehow. All of a sudden she remembered a scene from a horror where in the a ghost was shown in white dress with loose hair. Luckily, she was in a white saree already. She also made her hair loose and started walking in a very strange manner, making sure she wont make eye contact with any of the guys. As she planned, since the other guys were also drunk, they got scared and started running here and there. When she was sure that nobody is following her, she started running towards her flat and reached there safely.
This incident showed her presence of mind and also kind of sick sense of humour ;) Nevertheless, my respect for her has raised a lot since then.
Just thought to share this story as a still get a smile on my face thinking about this story whenever i am walking alone on late nights.