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00:00About three years ago, I was under a lot of stress from dealing with people.
00:04I just wanted to be completely alone, somewhere I wouldn't have to see or talk to anyone.
00:09So I decided to go camping in a place where no one else would be around.
00:13After searching for a while, I finally found what seemed like the perfect spot.
00:18When the day came, I drove out and arrived deep in the forest.
00:23As soon as I got there, I started setting up my tent.
00:26Not long after, I heard a rustling sound behind me.
00:30Startled, I turned around, but there was no one there.
00:34After a moment of complete silence, I suddenly heard someone laughing from behind a tree.
00:39My heart dropped.
00:41Who's there?
00:42I yelled.
00:43Then I heard a quiet, male voice reply.
00:46I'm not telling you.
00:49I assumed it was just some weird guy messing with me, so I tried to stay polite.
00:54I'm sorry, but I came out here to be alone today.
00:57If you're gonna mess around, please do it somewhere else.
01:00He didn't respond.
01:01He just stayed silent.
01:03I was annoyed by his strange behavior, but I figured he'd leave eventually, so I focused
01:09on finishing my tent.
01:10After I was done, I looked around to see if he was still there, but I couldn't tell.
01:15There were no sounds at all.
01:17So I sat down, watched some YouTube videos, and ate a simple canned meal.
01:22When night fell, I finally went into my tent and laid down to sleep.
01:27That's when I heard a voice.
01:29Going to sleep now?
01:31It was the same voice from earlier.
01:34Panicking, I jumped out of the tent and looked toward where the sound came from.
01:38It was the same tree the man had been hiding behind earlier.
01:42I could still hear him laughing.
01:44Who are you?
01:45Have you been here this whole time?
01:46I shouted.
01:48I'm really good at hiding, he said quietly.
01:53At that point, I was convinced something was seriously wrong with this guy, and I lost my
01:58patience.
01:59Hey!
02:00Stop messing around and come out here!
02:02I yelled.
02:03Suddenly, he sprinted to another tree and hid behind it.
02:07Then, everything went silent again.
02:09I was angry, but I had no idea what to do.
02:12I didn't want to get closer, and I had no idea what he might do.
02:16I was debating whether I should pack up and leave when he spoke again.
02:20That tent is going to be your coffin.
02:24That was it.
02:25I decided I needed to get as far away from this lunatic as possible, and started tearing
02:30down my tent.
02:31That's when he shouted.
02:32Where do you think you're going?
02:34Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting to roast you?
02:38I started rushing even faster.
02:41Suddenly, he screamed and burst out from behind the tree, charging straight at me.
02:46I ran to my car, locked the doors, and drove off immediately.
02:50He chased after me and slammed his hands against my car windows.
02:55I might have been mistaken, but his hands looked enormous, at least twice the size of a normal
03:00person's.
03:01I barely remember the drive.
03:03I just got as far away as I could, called the police, and went straight home.
03:07I don't know what happened after that.
03:10All I know is that I wasn't hurt, and I'm grateful for that.
03:13But even now, whenever I think back to that night, my breathing starts to speed up.
03:20Hello, my name is Jacob, and I'm from County Wexford, Ireland.
03:24This happened when I was nine years old.
03:27My father and I visited Loftus Hall, which is widely known as one of the most haunted mansions
03:33in Ireland.
03:34I'd always been fascinated by haunted houses, so I was genuinely excited to finally see it
03:39in person.
03:40Loftus Hall is located near the Hookhead Lighthouse in County Wexford.
03:44When we arrived by car and my father saw the house up close, he looked visibly shocked.
03:50The mansion was originally built around the year 1350 by the Redmond family.
03:56In 1666, it later came into the possession of the Tottenham family.
04:01Sometime in the mid-18th century, the Tottenham family experienced a horrific event in that house.
04:08After that, the building was used for various purposes over the years, including as a convent
04:14and a hospital.
04:15Eventually, in 2011, it was purchased by the Quigley family and opened to the public as
04:21a tourist attraction.
04:23While we were on the tour, I overheard other visitors talking about the house, and that's
04:28when I learned the legend that has been passed down through generations.
04:32This is the story they told.
04:34It was a stormy night.
04:36The Tottenham family, who were living in the mansion at the time, were sitting down to dinner
04:41when they suddenly heard a knock at the door.
04:44When the head of the household opened it, he found a handsome young man dressed entirely in
04:49black standing outside.
04:52The family later referred to him as the Dark Stranger.
04:55They were a religious family, and they believed it would be unchristian to turn a stranger away,
05:01so they let him in and allowed him to stay.
05:04One of the daughters of the family, Anne Tottenham, who was believed to have been around 16 years
05:09old, became infatuated with him.
05:12One evening after dinner, the family and the Dark Stranger were playing cards together.
05:17At some point, one of the cards fell onto the floor.
05:21When Anne bent down to pick it up, she noticed something horrifying beneath the table.
05:26The Dark Stranger's feet were shaped like a goat's hooves, Anne immediately jumped up
05:32and shouted,
05:33Your feet are split!
05:34At that moment, the Dark Stranger burst into flames, and shot up into the air and burst
05:41through the ceiling, before vanishing into the night sky.
05:45A massive hole was left behind in the ceiling.
05:48According to legend, no matter how many times the family tried to repair it, the ceiling kept
05:54cracking.
05:55After that night, Anne was never the same.
05:58Her behavior changed completely.
06:01She stopped speaking and lived in a constant state of fear.
06:05Eventually, her family locked her inside her room.
06:08She refused to eat and spent most of her time staring out the window, as if she were waiting
06:14for the Dark Stranger to return.
06:16Anne died in 1775.
06:19When her family discovered her body, it was said to be rigid, with her arms and legs twisted
06:25into unnatural positions.
06:27No matter how hard they tried, they were unable to straighten her body.
06:32In the end, she was buried in that twisted posture.
06:36People later claimed that because Anne had seen the Devil himself, her soul was twisted.
06:42Over the years, those who entered her room reported hearing whispers and the sound of footsteps when
06:49no one else was there.
06:50At one point during the tour, a visitor asked me to open the door to the room where Anne had
06:55been kept.
06:56The moment I opened it, I briefly saw the figure of a woman dressed in black standing right in
07:03front of me.
07:04I believe it was Anne's ghost.
07:06I also felt an intense, unnatural cold, but as more people entered the room, the cold
07:13suddenly disappeared.
07:15Years have passed since then.
07:17When I think back on that house, part of me still wants to visit it again someday, but
07:22I've since learned that the property has changed ownership, and it is no longer open to the
07:27public.
07:34Around 2015, I was living in Tempe and working at a credit card company's call center.
07:40I worked the night shift, and I practically lived on coffee.
07:43I drank so much of it that my clothes always smelled like coffee.
07:46The job itself wasn't that hard.
07:48What really made it difficult was one of my co-workers, Amber.
07:51We were constantly on calls with no time for small talk.
07:54Tall, cubicle walls separated each desk, so we couldn't even see each other's faces.
07:59Because of that, even though we worked together for over six months, we'd barely ever spoken.
08:04Then one day, I ran into her in the break room.
08:07She suddenly said to me, I've explained this three times already.
08:10How do you still not understand?
08:12I honestly thought I misheard her.
08:15Excuse me?
08:16She looked at me and added, that's what I wanted to say to the customer I was just on
08:21the phone with.
08:21He was unbelievably frustrating.
08:24For a moment, I just stood there, confused.
08:26Then I started to feel irritated.
08:28I asked her why she was saying that to me.
08:30She didn't respond.
08:31She simply walked back to her desk, sat down, and started taking calls again as if nothing
08:36had happened.
08:36I decided I'd confront her after work.
08:39When my shift ended and I walked into the parking lot, I saw her standing there, waiting
08:42for me.
08:43I was surprised, but I kept a straight face and asked her why she had talked to me like
08:47that earlier.
08:48She smiled and said,
08:49Oh, so it bothered you?
08:51I didn't really have a choice.
08:53I had nowhere else to vent my anger.
08:55The customer wasn't in front of me, and breaking the monitor would have cost too much.
09:00As she spoke so calmly, my hands started to shake.
09:03This wasn't the usual caffeine jitters.
09:06It was fear and anger.
09:08I warned her very clearly, never to speak to me like that again.
09:13Her expression changed instantly.
09:15Her eyes went cold.
09:16And then she said,
09:18Hmm, I think I know what I should break next.
09:21The moment I saw her eyes, I understood.
09:23This was the kind of person you should never get close to.
09:27I ignored her and got into my car.
09:29She suddenly slipped off one of her heels and raised it, as if she were about to smash
09:33my window.
09:34I panicked, started the engine, and drove straight home.
09:37That night, I texted my team leader and told him everything.
09:40The next day, Amber was officially warned.
09:43After that, I avoided even making eye contact with her.
09:46Then one day, I heard she had quit.
09:48I felt relieved.
09:49But not long after that, when I finished work and walked to the parking lot, she was standing
09:54right next to my car.
09:55She positioned herself in front of the driver's door, as if to block me from getting in.
10:00She said she wanted to apologize, and asked if I'd get something to eat with her.
10:05Something felt very wrong, but against my better judgment, I agreed.
10:10We went to a nearby diner.
10:12As we ate, I realized she hadn't come to apologize at all.
10:16Her apology was brief and empty.
10:18The entire time, she stared at me, as if she might stab me with her fork at any moment.
10:23A forced smile stayed frozen on her face.
10:26When I finally got home, an overwhelming, unexplainable exhaustion washed over me.
10:32The next day, she was waiting for me in the parking lot again.
10:35Once again, she asked me to grab a bite with her.
10:38I told myself this would be the last time.
10:41While we were eating, she suddenly said,
10:43There's something I've always wondered.
10:45What is it? I asked.
10:47How do people live like that? she said.
10:49What do you mean?
10:50How does everyone manage to keep living while holding back the urge to kill someone?
10:56She whispered.
10:57They're so good at suppressing it, but I'm not anymore.
11:01She leaned closer and continued.
11:03I'm trying to decide whether or not I should stab you with a knife right now.
11:07That was when I finally understood what she was.
11:10I looked straight into her eyes and said slowly,
11:12You are not like most people.
11:15And honestly, I pity you.
11:17You are going to spend the rest of your life suppressing a dream that can never come true.
11:22Then I left.
11:23I went straight home.
11:25Thankfully, she never came looking for me again.
11:27But even now, I still wonder.
11:29What kind of person was she?
11:31And what exactly was she planning to do to me?
11:36This is a real story from a friend of mine.
11:38It didn't happen to me, and I wasn't present when it occurred.
11:42For privacy reasons, I'll refer to my friend as Yancey.
11:46Yancey had an uncle who was very friendly and talkative.
11:49One night, Yancey, her uncle, and her aunt were hanging out together.
11:53It was around 12.30 a.m., and they were standing beside the road, just talking.
11:58Suddenly, without any warning, her uncle ran across the road in a frightened, panicked rush.
12:04He reached the other side, bent down, and picked up something.
12:08Or at least, that's what it looked like.
12:10His arms were open, positioned as if he were holding a person.
12:14But there was nothing there.
12:16Yancey and her aunt were completely confused.
12:18Everything happened so fast that they didn't even have time to process what was going on.
12:23Then her uncle sprinted back toward them, still holding his arms as if someone was in them.
12:29That's when a car hit him.
12:30He was rushed to the hospital and fell into a coma that lasted three to four years.
12:36When he finally woke up, he told his family what he believed had happened that night.
12:41He said he saw an old woman who used to sell jujubes sitting across the road.
12:45He recognized her immediately and ran to save her because he thought she was about to be hit by a
12:50car.
12:51Years earlier, there had been an elderly vendor woman who regularly came to their house to sell jujubes.
12:57She was especially close to Yancey's uncle and treated him like her own son.
13:02He had always been kind to her.
13:04Not long after those visits stopped, the woman passed away after being hit by a vehicle.
13:10That night, Yancey's uncle believed he saw her sitting across the road.
13:15Unfortunately, after the accident, he was never the same again.
13:18He lost his mental stability and his personality changed completely.
13:23Maybe it was the ghost of that woman.
13:25Maybe she wanted to take him with her.
13:27But why would she return after so many years?
13:30I guess we'll never know.
13:44He was working with his uncle at a water park in El Salvador for some extra money.
13:48He had been working there for a few weeks already.
13:51One day, while they were cleaning, his uncle realized that he had forgotten his tools in the bathroom and was
13:57about to go get them when my friend asked if he could go instead because he had never really explored
14:02the water park like that.
14:04His uncle said yes, but then started to say,
14:07If you see someone, don't run.
14:10My friend thought his uncle was just joking and tried to laugh it off, but his uncle looked serious.
14:16That kind of freaked him out, but he brushed it off since they joked around a lot.
14:20While he was on his way to the bathroom, he mentioned that it was pretty far, but he kept walking.
14:25About halfway there, he suddenly heard a door slam.
14:28It was really loud because it was a metal door, and that completely freaked him out.
14:33After pausing for a moment, he saw a woman dressed entirely in white.
14:38She looked wet, almost transparent.
14:41He stood there for a second, terrified, and then started running back toward his uncle.
14:46As he ran, he could hear wet footsteps slamming against the pavement, getting faster and faster behind him.
14:53He later said he was glad he was active and played soccer, because he was able to run really fast.
14:59When he finally reached his uncle, he started tearing up and explaining how he saw a woman dressed in white
15:05chasing him.
15:07That's when his uncle said,
15:08I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this before, but this place is haunted.
15:13The woman you saw was a ghost.
15:15Her children drowned here, and the pain completely broke her.
15:18She ended her life in that bathroom, so she could be with them forever.
15:23After hearing that, my friend didn't know what to say or do.
15:27He just stood there in silence.
15:29Because of that incident, he had to go to therapy, and even now, he's still afraid when he thinks about
15:34it.
15:37I have written to you before, because I am a big fan of the stories that you cover.
15:41I shared my story about a weird man that I used to see at my grandmother's house,
15:46but back then I didn't share many details, because I was scared.
15:50But today, I'd like to share the whole story with you.
15:53I'm 16 right now, but this story happened when I was about 7.
15:57I used to go to my grandmother's house a lot, because she had 4 cats, and I loved to play
16:02with them.
16:03Almost every time I went to her house, there would be an older-looking man with long, white hair, glasses,
16:10and a brown cane with beautiful designs on it.
16:13He needed the cane because he had a limp in his left leg.
16:16My grandmother always used to talk with him over a cup of tea, but I was always scared of him.
16:22There wasn't anything particularly scary about him, but I disliked him for reasons I couldn't explain.
16:28He would never speak to me, he would just look at me in a strange way.
16:32After a few years, I stopped seeing him, but it didn't bother me.
16:37Only about 2 years ago, I asked my grandmother about him, and she said that she didn't know who I
16:43was talking about.
16:44I tried explaining to her how the man looked, to jog her memory, but she still insisted that she didn't
16:50know him.
16:51I realized trying to remind her about him was pointless, so I asked my other family members about him,
16:57and they also had no idea who I was talking about.
17:00Finally, the last person I asked was my younger sister, who was 13 at the time.
17:06I asked her if she remembered him, and to my surprise, she actually did, but she remembered him a little
17:13differently.
17:14She told me she remembered him having a limp in his right leg, and that his cane wasn't made out
17:20of wood with designs on it.
17:21She said it was metallic, and she told me about one detail that I had tried to forget as a
17:27child.
17:28The man's eyes were always wide open, and they had a reddish color to them.
17:33I still sometimes get nightmares about him, even though I don't even know who he was.
17:41This story happened about a year ago, but I still remember all the details.
17:45Details I wish I could forget.
17:47In the summer, my sisters and I had a habit of going out for late night walks.
17:52Walking at night in our neighborhood felt calming,
17:54and we also walked because we couldn't stand the unbearable heat in our apartment,
17:59since we didn't have an air conditioner.
18:01One day, my two older sisters decided to walk without me, thinking I wouldn't go.
18:07So I decided to go out and search for them, so we could all walk together.
18:11The neighborhood that night was very calm, almost too calm.
18:15There was a cold mist, and the wind whistled softly.
18:19When I realized it was a bit too far from my neighborhood, I decided to go home,
18:23thinking my sisters had gone back earlier that night.
18:26On my way home, however, I noticed a silhouette of a guy running toward me from not too far away.
18:34At first, he seemed like he was jogging, but my instincts told me to run as fast as I could.
18:40As I started running, the guy was already behind me, moving at a terrifying speed.
18:46I started to panic.
18:47Fortunately, I was close to my home.
18:50I didn't want to go there because that would have been a dangerous move, but I had no choice.
18:54The moment I reached the apartment, I felt a sense of relief.
18:58The guy, however, was right behind me, exhausted and breathing heavily.
19:03I rang my family's apartment bell and pretended to be on the phone.
19:07Eventually, I got inside and didn't say a word to my mom or my sisters because I was too scared.
19:14Ever since then, the thought of meeting that guy again has never left my mind.
19:19I became paranoid, and obviously, I stopped going out at night with my sisters.
19:24I was even worried for them, afraid they might encounter the same experience I lived through, but with a worse
19:31outcome.
19:34This story happened to my uncle when he was 25, and it's still happening to him to this day.
19:39He lives at my grandmother's house.
19:41At some point, he began to feel that some kind of spiritual presence was following him.
19:47Wherever he went, especially when he was alone at home, it always felt like it was there.
19:52He didn't think it was an evil spirit, but strange things kept happening around him,
19:57almost like something out of a poltergeist story.
20:00When he took a shower, he would suddenly hear the toilet flush by itself.
20:05Sometimes, there were knocking sounds on the mirror, or shampoo would come out on its own.
20:10When he was eating, his spoon would slip out of his hand for no reason.
20:14Cups filled with water would suddenly fall over.
20:17Sometimes, even the taste of his food would completely change.
20:21He would make spicy food, but it tasted sweet instead.
20:24When he tried to study, loud noises would suddenly blast from his speakers, scaring and distracting him.
20:31Even while watching TV, strange things would happen, as if something was deliberately trying to bother him.
20:38This happened almost every day, but despite all of that, he never thought he would actually see it.
20:44Then, one night, something unexpected happened.
20:47Around 2 a.m., my uncle fell asleep.
20:50Not long after, he heard strange noises coming from outside his room.
20:55Curious, he slowly looked through the slightly open door.
20:59That's when he saw it.
21:00Standing in the hallway was a figure, wearing white clothes, with long black hair, flowing as if it were being
21:07blown by the wind.
21:09It looked like a woman.
21:10The sight was terrifying.
21:12He realized that the figure was staring directly at him.
21:16Instead of running away, my uncle stared back, without blinking.
21:20They looked at each other for several minutes.
21:23Then, suddenly, the figure vanished into thin air.
21:27To this day, my uncle says he can't forget that moment.
21:31He still wonders who, or what, that spirit was, and why it chose to follow him.
21:39Hey, for privacy reasons, let's call me Aurora, and this is my story.
21:44I was 15 at the time, this incident happened.
21:47To give you a brief background about myself, I lived with my parents and grandparents, and was a high school
21:53student at the time.
21:54It was a Friday night, and as an enthusiastic adolescent, I begged my mom to let me stay up late
22:00since I didn't have school the next day.
22:02She agreed, and said I could stay up until 2 a.m., no later than that.
22:07I was very happy because I had a solo movie night planned.
22:10I went to the kitchen, prepared popcorn, reheated some pizza, returned to the living room couch, and put on the
22:18latest horror movie at the time.
22:19I have always been a horror fan, and was never scared of things like that.
22:24The movie ended around 1 a.m., and since I still had time before bed, I started watching some YouTube
22:30videos.
22:31After a while, I heard some rustling sounds coming from the kitchen.
22:35Thinking it must be my mom, probably getting water, I didn't think much of it.
22:40Before I continue, let me give you a bit of detail about my house.
22:43My living room area was right after the main door, and the kitchen was right behind the sofa.
22:49It was a closed kitchen with a door-like entrance.
22:52Suddenly, I heard a faint voice calling my name.
22:56Thinking it was my mom calling for me, I turned around, and noticed that the kitchen lights were off.
23:02Which was odd, considering my mom is very scared of darkness, and things like that.
23:07Before I could think any further, I saw my mom's hand protruding from the entrance of the kitchen, gesturing for
23:13me to come to her.
23:14It was more like a faint shadow, but I could tell it was my mother because of the rings on
23:19her fingers.
23:19She loves wearing rings.
23:22Without thinking much, I set my laptop aside and stood up to go to her.
23:26As I reached the kitchen, I turned on the light, and to my utter shock, I saw the kitchen was
23:32empty.
23:32There was no one there.
23:34Then who gestured for me to come over, and who was calling my name?
23:38While I was still in shock, I suddenly heard a loud noise.
23:41It was my mom yelling my name from her room.
23:44I turned and saw her standing in the bedroom doorway, telling me that it was already 2am, and that I
23:50needed to go to bed.
23:52Not wanting to scare her, I didn't say anything, and went to bed.
23:56The next morning, I told her everything, and she was shocked as well.
24:00Trying not to scare me further, she brushed the topic off, but I could clearly see the unease on her
24:06face.
24:07Six months later, we moved to a new apartment complex.
24:11I'm 22 now, and to this day, what happened that night remains a mystery.
24:18My name is Autumn, and I've had a few paranormal experiences in my life.
24:22This one happened several years ago, when I was living in Longview.
24:26At the time, I often went to my boyfriend's grandparents' house with him.
24:30It was close to where I lived, and I really liked them.
24:33One day, he and I went there with two other friends.
24:35After we arrived, we all gathered around and downloaded a Ouija board app on my phone.
24:41We were really into paranormal stuff, and honestly, we weren't scared at all.
24:45We tried it a few times, and came into contact with several spirits.
24:48Two of them were far more specific than the others.
24:52The first spirit we encountered said her name was Peggy.
24:55We asked her simple questions, things like,
24:57How did you die?
24:58And, are you trapped here?
24:59She claimed she had drowned in a swamp.
25:02Coincidentally, there was a filthy, trash-filled swamp directly behind my boyfriend's grandparents' house.
25:07One of our friends got scared and begged us to stop, saying she didn't want to hear anymore.
25:12We said goodbye to the spirit, and tried the app a few more times.
25:16But this time, a spirit appeared that refused to give us its name.
25:20The friend who had been scared of Peggy started saying she had a really bad feeling about it.
25:24We all laughed it off, and just to mess with her, we asked the spirit,
25:29Do you like us?
25:30The planchette moved to no, and at that exact moment, my phone screen began to flicker very faintly.
25:36We were all terrified, and immediately closed the app.
25:40Later that night, everyone went home.
25:42I begged my grandmother, who I was living with at the time,
25:45to let me stay the night at my boyfriend's grandparents' house.
25:48Our families were closed, so it wasn't unusual, and she agreed.
25:52My boyfriend and I decided to make the night a little more special.
25:56So we grabbed some drinks, we watched YouTube, took small sips, and talked.
26:00At one point, he got up to use the bathroom.
26:02When this happened, I was sitting on the top bunk, curled with my back against the wall.
26:07I could hear him coughing in the bathroom right next to his mirror,
26:11so I assumed he'd be back at any moment and relaxed a bit.
26:13I swear my eyes were closed, yet I could still see the mirror across the room,
26:19the dresser, the TV, and the game console.
26:22Then someone started talking to me.
26:24A cold but gentle hand brushed a strand of hair away from my face,
26:29and a voice softly asked,
26:30Are you okay, baby?
26:32Without thinking, I answered,
26:34Yeah, why?
26:35The hand stayed on my cheek, or at least the cold sensation did.
26:39Then the voice asked,
26:41Will you carry my baby?
26:42I got scared, but I assumed my boyfriend was just drunk and messing with me.
26:47I replied,
26:48Maybe when we're older, but not now, baby.
26:51The voice became more insistent.
26:53It started to distort, twisting into something deeper and unfamiliar,
26:57repeating over and over,
26:59Will you carry my baby?
27:00I kept saying,
27:01No, no, this isn't funny anymore.
27:03Please stop.
27:04Then I heard my boyfriend's voice say,
27:06Who are you talking to?
27:07Everything went completely black.
27:09I snapped my eyes open and saw my boyfriend looking at me.
27:12His face full of concern.
27:14I was talking to you, I said, assuming he was joking.
27:17I just walked back from the bathroom, he said, even more worried.
27:20I heard you talking to someone.
27:22Without hesitation, I jumped off the bunk bed and screamed at him to stop messing with me,
27:27that he was scaring me.
27:28He grabbed my hand, and we ran out of the room into the living room.
27:32I couldn't understand what had just happened.
27:34I collapsed onto the couch and explained everything,
27:37crying because I genuinely felt like my life was in danger.
27:40He started tearing up too.
27:42As I told him what I had experienced, I realized something.
27:45He wasn't lying.
27:46Whoever touched me and spoke to me, it wasn't him.
27:50Neither of us slept that night.
27:51We sat in the living room until around 6 or 7 in the morning,
27:54then went into the bedroom, grabbed our things, and left for my house.
27:58As soon as I got home, I went straight to my room, curled up, and tried to sleep.
28:03Later, when I started looking things up,
28:05I came across old myths and legends about demons that drain life from women while they sleep.
28:10I hope I never experience anything like that again.
28:14It's too difficult to explain to others and even to myself.
28:17That night, I felt like I was losing my mind.
28:20I wanted to share this story because I used to believe that demons like that only existed in books.
28:25I never thought they could be real.
28:29I want to share a story my grandmother used to tell me when I was a kid.
28:33She told me a lot of stories growing up, but this one always stuck with me.
28:37It was strange, sad, and deeply unsettling in a way I never forgot.
28:42When my grandmother was about 10 years old,
28:45around 10 years before the partition of India and Pakistan,
28:49she was living in Goa, India.
28:51Her family was deeply Catholic, and the church was a big part of their daily lives.
28:56Every Sunday, after Sunday school ended,
28:59my grandmother and her friends would play in the church garden
29:02while they waited for their parents to come pick them up.
29:04My grandmother's name was Alice, and she had three close friends,
29:09Ella, Jacqueline, and Marilyn.
29:11Ella was different from the others.
29:13She was an orphan, and there was always something distant about her,
29:16like she was half lost in thought.
29:18While the other kids laughed and ran around,
29:21Ella would sometimes say she could see people that no one else could see.
29:25Some of the kids found that uncomfortable,
29:27but my grandmother was always kind to her.
29:30One Sunday, while they were playing in the garden,
29:33Ella suddenly stopped.
29:35She said she could hear someone calling her name.
29:38None of the other girls heard anything.
29:40Curious, Ella slowly walked toward a large palm tree near the edge of the garden.
29:45Sitting on the ground beneath it was a woman.
29:48According to Ella, the woman was breathtakingly beautiful.
29:51She wore a soft, white dress that looked like silk,
29:55glowed almost like an angel, and smelled faintly of jasmine.
29:59Ella talked with the woman for a while.
30:01When Sunday school ended,
30:03one of the nuns from the orphanage came to call Ella back.
30:06Before leaving, Ella pulled my grandmother aside
30:09and told her about the woman.
30:28Then Ella made my grandmother promise not to tell anyone.
30:31And because she was a good friend,
30:33my grandmother kept that promise.
30:36As time passed, Ella changed.
30:38She became happier, more outgoing.
30:41She got deeply involved in church activities,
30:43and there was something about her,
30:45almost like she had a glow.
30:48Jacqueline and Marilyn,
30:49who had always been the most popular and active girls at church,
30:52grew jealous of her.
30:53They even told my grandmother she should stop being friends with Ella.
30:57Instead, my grandmother chose to distance herself from them.
31:00When my grandmother eventually told Ella about this,
31:04Ella didn't seem surprised at all.
31:06She already told me this would happen.
31:09Ella said,
31:10That's when my grandmother finally asked her
31:12what she and the woman had been talking about every Sunday all that time.
31:16Even now, her answer still gives me chills.
31:19Ella said,
31:20Alice, remember how I told you I can see people,
31:24others can't?
31:25She's one of them.
31:26She told me I was given a gift by God and that my parents are watching over me from his
31:34side.
31:34But she also told me something sad, that I won't live very long.
31:40That's why I have to enjoy life and why we shouldn't stay too far apart.
31:44She told me to forgive Jacqueline and Marilyn.
31:48She said resentment only poisons our hearts.
31:52And whenever she hugs me, it feels warm, like being held by my mother.
31:57For years, my grandmother listened to Ella talk about the woman and the lessons that she learned from her.
32:03She didn't fully believe any of it, not until the war began.
32:07Ella passed away.
32:09Soon after, my grandmother's family fled and eventually moved to Pakistan.
32:14Even decades later, my grandmother never forgot Ella.
32:18She never knew whether Ella's experiences were real or just the imagination of a lonely child.
32:24But one thing was certain.
32:26That mysterious woman changed Ella's life.
32:30And even now, I sometimes think about this story and wonder,
32:33did Ella really see an angel?
32:40This happened when my mom was seven years old.
32:43Back then, my mom and my grandmother often went into the forest to pick mushrooms and wild berries.
32:49They did it almost every week.
32:50And even now, they still go sometimes.
32:53One day, after collecting a lot, they were on their way back home.
32:57That's when my grandmother accidentally bumped into a man on the trail.
33:00They both apologized and went their separate ways.
33:03My mom noticed that the man had a strange, unpleasant smell.
33:08But she didn't think much of it.
33:09A little while later, the same man appeared again.
33:13And this time, he was following them.
33:15He asked,
33:16Are you here to pick mushrooms?
33:19They both said yes.
33:21My grandmother replied,
33:23Yes, but we're heading home now.
33:26Then the man said,
33:27Follow me.
33:28I know a place where there are a lot of mushrooms.
33:33At that moment, my grandmother felt a chill run down her spine.
33:38She told him they needed to go home quickly.
33:40My mom was tired too, and just wanted to leave.
33:44But the man wouldn't stop.
33:45He kept insisting that they follow him, again and again.
33:49Finally, they started running, and he ran after them.
33:52When they were almost out of the forest, the man suddenly stopped.
33:56He just stood there, staring at them, with a strange, unreadable expression.
34:02They ran all the way home.
34:03About three days later, my mom and grandmother went back to the forest to pick more mushrooms.
34:09This time, they took a different path.
34:11As soon as they entered, they saw several police cars.
34:15It looked like a crime scene.
34:16Later, they found out that it really was one.
34:19A police officer approached them and asked if they had seen anything suspicious.
34:24My grandmother told him about the man who had followed them.
34:27The officer then showed her a photo and asked,
34:30Is this the man?
34:31He's our main suspect.
34:33My grandmother froze.
34:35It was him.
34:36The same creepy man who had chased them.
34:39She was absolutely sure.
34:41She asked the officer,
34:42What happened?
34:44What did he do?
34:45The officer told her that a young woman had been brutally murdered in the forest.
34:49My grandmother was terrified.
34:51My mom started crying uncontrollably.
34:54A few weeks later, a letter arrived at their house.
34:57Because they were witnesses, my grandmother was summoned to court.
35:01She testified about what she had seen.
35:03In the end, the man was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
35:08About a week later, news came out that he had confessed.
35:12He admitted that he had killed two other women.
35:15The girl in the forest wasn't his only victim.
35:17After that, my mom and grandmother felt relieved.
35:21They slowly began going back to the forest again.
35:24But four years later, something else happened.
35:27It was a prison break in the area.
35:29Rumors spread that about seven inmates had escaped, including him.
35:34After hearing that, they were too scared to ever return.
35:37They never went back to that forest again.
35:40Sometimes they still think about what could have happened to them.
35:42What if they had followed him to get more mushrooms?
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