00:00In a small rainy village tucked between silent fields, people were used to storms, but not to the footsteps.
00:07Every monsoon night, someone or something walked on their mud roofs.
00:11The sound was always slow, heavy, like a grown man dragging his feet.
00:15And every time the families went outside to check, they found deep footprints on the roof.
00:20All facing backward, as if the walker had been looking straight into the house the whole time.
00:24Seema, a 17-year-old girl, never believed these stories.
00:28She laughed at them, even teased her brother, saying villagers loved drama.
00:33But one night, when the rain hit their small house like thousands of fingers tapping, Seema woke up to a strange thump.
00:39Then another.
00:40Then the unmistakable sound of footsteps above her bed.
00:43Thuck, thuck, her smile disappeared.
00:45The footsteps were slow, too slow, almost like they were waiting between each step.
00:50She held her breath.
00:52The sound moved across the roof, stopped right above her room, and stayed there.
00:55The mud ceiling shivered, tiny bits of clay falling onto her blanket.
01:00Her mother whispered from the other room,
01:02Don't go outside, no matter what happens.
01:05But then Seema heard something new, something worse.
01:07A second set of footsteps.
01:09These were lighter, uneven, almost limping.
01:12And they were circling the house from outside.
01:15She could hear the mud squishing with each step.
01:17Something was walking around their home, while something else stood right above her head.
01:21Her heart hammered, as both sounds suddenly stopped.
01:24Silence.
01:24Silence.
01:25Then slowly, her finger scratched the mud roof from above.
01:28Dragging across the ceiling, right above her face.
01:31Seema's eyes filled with tears.
01:34She grabbed her phone, and ran outside before her mother could stop her.
01:37The rain hit her skin like knives, but she didn't care.
01:40She looked up, at the roof and froze.
01:42There were footprints, everywhere.
01:44Deep, heavy ones.
01:46But all of them, were facing toward her.
01:48As if the person who made them had walked backward the entire time.
01:51As she stared in horror, fresh footprints began appearing in the wet mud on the rooftop, forming
01:57one by one, with no one standing there.
01:59The last one stopped, at the edge.
02:02For a moment, nothing moved.
02:04Then something leaned forward from the roof-long arms, backward legs.
02:08A head bent unnaturally, staring directly at her with empty eyes.
02:11Seema screamed, slipping in the mud as it crawled down the wall walking backward toward her.
02:16A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:17A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:18A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:19A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:20A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:21A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:22A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:23A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:24A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:25A head bent unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:26A head unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:27A head unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:28A head unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:29A head unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:30A head unnaturally, staring at her face.
02:31A head unnaturally, staring at her face.
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