a fantastic ghost story

a fantastic ghost story(payodshendre) A fantastic ghost story

One fine day, when our holidays were just started, I and my sister were convincing our father to take us outside for some picnic. Father thought for sometime and said that “lets go to a campfire in forest”. We were thinking about going outside from our hometown. Father asked “are you not interested?” There was no choice so we had to say yes. Mother told us that “every one has to do their own packing”. So we went up in our room for packing. I didn’t want to go so I told my mother that I had a stomach ache so I will not come. Mother said that “she can’t let me stay alone in the house because it’s unsafe”. So I started packing and suddenly my mom called me and said “we have to go it’s being late”. So we took our bags and went down and sat in the car and started our journey.

When we reached our destination we came out of our car and my father parked it in parking zone. It was a beautiful place with a campfire in between. There was a big pond near our cottage. Our guide, Mr Rhodes, called us to give us the cottage. So we went there and our cottage number was 13. Many of the ghost stories have a room number 13. I didn’t care about that and went in our room. Me and my sister unpacked our bags and went to the bathroom for changing our clothes.

When I came back to the room I heard a voice calling my name. First, I thought it was my mother but the voice was heard again. So I went out and asked my mother “did she call me”. No, was the answer. It what very strange. But I didn’t care about that and went for site seeing. There were many places which can be seen and a guide with a good sense. At evening with a beautiful sunset we came to our cottage. We did campfire dance, sang songs, ate marshmallows and had dinner. So I went in my room and slept.

Again a normal day started. I went to the pond to see the ducks. There I again heard a voice calling me. This time no one was to be seen. So I went on wondering who was calling me. I was very baffled. I thought and thought but I came to nothing. From there I went to my mother to help her. When I was helping suddenly I saw a movement in the bushes. There was no one beside me. So I went there to see who was there. When I pushed the bushes aside I saw nothing.

So, I didn’t care about that and tried to concentrate on my work. But there was a thing going on in my mind that, since I came here, somebody calls my name whenever I am alone. But then my father called me to go for boating in the pond. So I went with my father and sat in the boat. I took off my watch to experience the cold water beside me. When I reached land, I saw that my watch was vanished. I searched everywhere but my watch was nowhere to be seen. I thought that it must have been fallen in the water. But when I turned back to go to my cottage I heard a small splash of water. When I turned back to see, I saw my watch. It was very eccentric to see. I was very happy to see my watch and went to my cottage.

At a beautiful night we all went to see the stars. I told my mother to give me a second, that I forgot our video camera in my room. So I went in my room, just then I felt like I saw someone’s leg. I was just going to see who was there. But my mother shouted to come fast. So I dashed in my cottage and brought the video camera. I was recording, but when I turned the camera towards the forest I again saw a leg but this time it was walking. I went there to see, but my hard luck my father called me to the video with the scorching star with a bright moon. I enjoyed seeing the view and went to the cottage.

The next day, I took my camera to see the videos of yesterday night. But there was a video missing in it as if someone had deleted it. It was the video when I recorded the walking leg. It made me to wonder what was happening. Just then there was a knock on my door. I asked “mother is that you”. But there was no reply. I opened my door but there was no one to be seen. Just then there was another knock on my door. “Who is there” I asked. But again there was no reply. So I thought that it must be my sister who wants to disturb me.

I came outside. By mistake I forgot to lock my room. When I went there the door was opening itself. I thought that it must be wind and when I went inside I saw my clothes falling on the floor. It made me stunned. I went to take my clothes to put them in the bag. I heard a sound in my cupboard. I got horrified and slowly went to open it.

When I opened that I saw a torn paper which said to stay away from here. “But why” I asked myself. I got very much scared and confused. I didn't care and sat on the bed and thought for sometime. Just then I went to the bathroom to wash my face and then I saw that someone passed beside me. I ran through the door to my father. He asked me “what happened”. I showed him the paper. He thought that I wanted to go home and told me to go to my room.

My last day and we started our packing. When I was packing my bag I heard again a voice. So I got curious and went to a man who lived here for a long time and told him my full story. I told him that “it must not be true”. He told me that it is true and told me a story. He said there was a boy who also lived in that room where you are living now. He went in the pond to go swimming and drowned in it. I understood that and kept that story hidden and went to our hometown.