00:00The Bath House Beneath Tabres
00:03There is an abandoned bath house beneath the old district of Tabres that locals rarely speak
00:08about directly.
00:10Most younger people don't even know it exists anymore.
00:14The entrance was sealed decades ago after repeated structural collapse beneath the city.
00:20But older residents still tell stories about the place.
00:24Stories about people hearing conversation underground late at night, whispers beneath
00:30the streets, food strips in empty tunnels.
00:34And according to several workers involved in sealing the tunnels in the 1980s, they were
00:39not alone down there.
00:42In the winter of 2021, a university architecture student named Naveed became obsessed with forgotten
00:50underground spaces in Iran, ancient tunnels, collapse shrines, abandoned bath house beneath
00:57old cities.
00:58He spent months exploring locations most people ignored completely.
01:04Not for paranormal reasons, for photography.
01:08His social media pages were filled with dim corridors lit only by flashlights and candlelights.
01:14places frozen in time.
01:17Most people found the images unsettling.
01:20Naveed found them beautiful.
01:22The bath house beneath Tabres came to him through an old caretaker he met while photographing
01:27a crumbling karma sarai near the city centre.
01:31The man mentioned an underground hammam sealed years earlier after incidents frightened construction
01:36workers.
01:37At first, Naveed assumed it involved toxic air or unstable walls.
01:42But the caretaker eventually said something else quietly before leaving.
01:47They heard people talking underground after midnight.
01:52Naveed smiled politely.
01:53The old man didn't smile back.
01:56Not because he clarified conversations.
02:01Three nights later, Naveed returned with a flashlight camera equipment and audio recorder.
02:07The hidden entrance was located beneath a collapsed storage building scheduled for demolition.
02:13A rusted metal gate covered the staircases descending underground.
02:17The lock had already been broken years ago.
02:20Cold air drifted upward from below carrying the smell of damp stone and stagnant water.
02:25Naveed switched on his flashlight and began descending slowly.
02:31The staircase spiraled deeper than expected.
02:34The sounds of the city disappeared almost immediately.
02:38No traffic, no voices, only silence and the soft echo of his footsteps.
02:43After nearly two minutes underground, the staircases finally opened into a massive chamber.
02:49The old bathhouse.
02:52Even abandoned, the places felt strangely preserved.
02:55Blue mosaic tiles still lined portions of the walls.
02:59Ancient arches curved overhead disappearing into darkness.
03:03Long dry pool stretched through the center rooms beneath layers of dust.
03:09The beam of the Naveed's flashlight drifted across cracked ceiling, blackened by moisture.
03:15Water dripped somewhere deep in the tunnels beyond.
03:18The entire structure felt frozen, waiting.
03:21Naveed began filming immediately.
03:24At first, nothing unusual happened.
03:26He explored the larger chambers while quietly narrating architectural details into the camera.
03:32But after roughly 40 minutes underground, he noticed something strange in the audio playback from his recorder.
03:39Breathing.
03:40Very faint.
03:42Not his own.
03:43He removed the headphones and listened carefully.
03:46Silence.
03:47Then, a distant coffee coat somewhere deep within the bathhouse.
03:52Naveed froze.
03:54The sound came from beyond one of the side corridors.
03:58At first, he assumed another urban explorer had entered the tunnels.
04:02Hello?
04:03He called out.
04:04No response.
04:06Only the faint sound of dripping water.
04:09Naveed waited several seconds before laughing nervously to himself.
04:14The acoustics underground were strange.
04:17Old buildings produced old echoes all the time.
04:19Still, he checked the corridor carefully.
04:23The flashlight illuminated a narrow hallway leading deeper underground.
04:27The walls became tighter there.
04:30Older.
04:30Less restored.
04:32Unlike the main chambers, these tunnels felt untouched for centuries.
04:36As Naveed moved further, the temperature dropped noticely.
04:41His breath became visible in the flashlight beam.
04:44Then he heard whispering.
04:45Not clear words.
04:47Just low overlapping voices somewhere ahead.
04:50He stopped immediately.
04:52The whisper stopped too.
04:54The silence afterward felt heavy.
04:56Uncomfortable.
04:58Naveed slowly raised the camera again and continued forward.
05:02The corridor eventually opened into another chamber, far smaller than the others.
05:08This room looked different.
05:09Older than the both house itself.
05:12And shed marking covered portions of the wall.
05:15Most had faded beyond recognition.
05:17At the center of the room stood a circular stone basin, partially filled with black stagnant water.
05:24The smell there was unbearable.
05:26Rotting moisture.
05:28Mold.
05:29Something worse beneath it.
05:31Naveed aimed the flashlight toward the water.
05:34Unnoticed moment.
05:36Tiny ripples spreading slowly across the surface.
05:39As though something beneath the water had just moved.
05:42He stepped backward immediately.
05:45Then came the voice.
05:47Very soft.
05:48A woman whispering somewhere behind him.
05:51Don't leave.
05:52Naveed spun around.
05:54Nobody there.
05:56Then flashlight shook slightly.
05:58His hand low now.
06:00The whispers came again.
06:02Closer this time.
06:04Please.
06:04The voice sounded weak.
06:06Almost bleeding.
06:09Naveed back toward the corridor.
06:11Breathing harder now.
06:12Then another voice joined it.
06:14Male.
06:16Whispering from somewhere deeper underground.
06:18Then another.
06:20And another.
06:21Soon dozens of overlapping whispers recorded softly through the tunnels surrounding him.
06:26Some sounded elderly.
06:28Some young.
06:29All speaking too quietly to fully understand.
06:33The sound didn't resemble people talking naturally.
06:35It resembled imitations.
06:38Like something attempting human speech without understanding rhythm or emotion.
06:43Naveed hurried back through the corridor toward the main chambers.
06:47But halfway there, he stopped suddenly.
06:49His flashlight beam illuminated.
06:52Wet footprints on the stone floor ahead.
06:55Bare human footprints.
06:56Furious.
06:57They had not been there earlier.
07:00Naveed stared at them in confusion.
07:04The footprints emerged from dark side tunnels.
07:08Crossed directly through the hallway.
07:10Then disappeared into the wall itself.
07:12Not toward a doorway.
07:14Not another corridor.
07:16The wall.
07:17As though whoever left them had simply walked into the solid stone.
07:21Naveed whispered to himself.
07:23No.
07:24Then the light appeared.
07:26Far behind him inside the deeper tunnels.
07:29The yellow lights moving slowly through darkness.
07:32Lanterns.
07:33Several of them.
07:34Naveed could hear footsteps now too.
07:37Soft splashing footsteps through shallow water.
07:40The lanterns drifted closer gradually.
07:43And with them came low murmuring voices.
07:46A procession.
07:47That is what it looked like.
07:49People walking through the underground tunnels carrying lanterns.
07:53Except something about their moment felt horribly wrong.
07:57Too synchronized.
07:58Too smooth.
08:00The lights never shook naturally like human hands carrying them should.
08:04Naveed step back was slowly.
08:06Unable to look away.
08:08The one of the figures emerged partially into the flashlight beam.
08:12Its face was covered entirely by wet black cloth.
08:16Water drifted steadily from the fabric onto the floor.
08:20Another figure appeared beside it.
08:22Then another.
08:24Tall.
08:25Silent.
08:26Each carrying old nested lanterns emitting weak yellow light.
08:30Their feet moved across the ground without making proper contact.
08:35Almost gliding.
08:36The whispers surrounding Naveed became louder now.
08:39More desperate.
08:41Stay.
08:42Don't go.
08:43You came here.
08:45The nearest figure slowly raised one arm and pointed directly toward him.
08:50And suddenly every lantern went out at once.
08:53Darkness allured the tunnels completely.
08:55Naveed screamed and ran blindly through the bathhouse.
08:59His fleshlight beam stalk violently as they sprinted through ancient corridors silica with moisture.
09:07Behind him came footsteps.
09:09Dozens of them.
09:10Not running.
09:12Walking calmly.
09:13Following.
09:15The whisper echoed everywhere now.
09:17Inside the walls.
09:18Inside the ceilings.
09:20Inside the darkness behind him.
09:22At one point.
09:23Naveed glanced briefly over his shoulder.
09:26And saw shapes moving.
09:28Moving unnaturally fast.
09:29Through the corridors without sound.
09:31Tall figures wrapped in dripping black cloth.
09:34Closing distance silently.
09:38Naveed reached the staircase and nearby collapsed.
09:41Climbing upward.
09:42Towards the surface.
09:44The moment.
09:45He slammed the metal gate shut behind him.
09:48Everything stopped.
09:49No footsteps.
09:51No whisper.
09:53Only silence beneath the city once again.
09:56Naveed never returned underground after that night.
09:59According to friends.
10:00He started posting exploration videos entirely.
10:05Months later.
10:06However.
10:06He reviewed the final minutes of footage.
10:09Recorded inside the lower chamber.
10:12Most of it was.
10:13Unusable due to shaking and darkness.
10:15But one detail remained visible.
10:18During the moment when the lantern first appeared in the tunnels.
10:22The camera briefly captured something standing behind Nave's shoulder.
10:26Not one of the clogged figure.
10:29Something taller.
10:30Its face pale and featureless.
10:32Beneath dripping water.
10:34Watching him silently from only a few inches away.
10:37But the worst part was not the image itself.
10:40It was the audio.
10:42Because shortly before the video ends.
10:45A voice very close to the microphone whispers clearly in Persian.
10:48By Blackfp Spector.
10:49You brought them back upstairs.
10:51.
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