My Grandpa’s Ghostly Adventure

Hiii I’lites!!!

I am Lahari, I am new to this forum. This is my first post. I am not that good in writing but I really want to write and need your cheers. I love spending time with my grandpa and he is my HERO. I have grown up listening to his stories which are mostly his real life incidents. Today I want to share one of these stories told my grandpa with u all.

My Grandpa worked as an Engineer in Indian railways. The period of this incident is late 1940’s and my grandpa was around 22 year old then. I am not clear about his designation that’s why I am not mentioning it. My grandpa’s job involved lots of travelling and once he went on camp to Pakala (a place in Chittoor, A.P). He had to stay there for one week and so he was given quarters there. My grandpa’s colleague RajGopal had also come with him and they used to do shift duties (When one went to work the other had rest and used to cook food)

My grandpa’s place of work was five kilometers away from his quarters. One Saturday afternoon around 12:00 PM, after finishing his work my grandpa was returning to his quarters. As my grandpa was a bit of adventurous type and always curious to venture where most fear to tread, he took the other route that goes through a forest to reach his quarters (This route was used mostly by villagers who often come there for hunting). As he was in his middle of the forest he suddenly felt like someone following him. He turned back and found none, he looked around but no one was there. Although the forest was small it was dense and nearly looked like a horror movie setup.

He started walking but after sometime, he again felt like someone’s walking behind him and the rustling due to walking on the dry leaves was very clear. It was like someone’s moving very close to him; he again turned back and found none. This time my grandpa stood their looked around, (He didn’t fear, he waited there with the shoe in his hand…that’s my HERO) he waited there for around 10 minutes to see who it was but there was no one. He walked fast and reached his quarters. As soon as he reached the quarters the sound of the footsteps stopped.

Rajgopal came out and gave a puzzled look, he was starring at the gate behind my grandpa . My Grandpa asked him what happened he said nothing. He told him that the lunch will be prepared in another 15 minutes and so my grandpa sat on a rocking chair under a huge banyan tree and was humming a Tyagaraja Keerthana.

Rajgopal came after few minutes to call him for lunch. This time he was simply starring at the empty chair beside my grandpa’s. My grandpa asked him what happened he said nothing but there was a bewildered look on his face. He took my grandpa to the kitchen and asked him,

(Here I am writing the conversation, Moorthy is my Grandpa)

RajGopal: Who’s that Lady sitting beside you?, why did you bring her here? Why is she sobbing? Do you know what will happen if Vaini (Sister-In-Law) comes to know all these things? ”.

Moorthy: I didn’t bring any Lady, It must be your Imagination.

RajGopal: No, I saw her she was right beside you and was talking with you and you were also talking with her

Moorthy: What! I wasn’t, I was just humming a Tyagaraja Kriti

RajGopal: So, you have started lying. I shall go and ask her

Moorthy: Ok, Let’s go

They both went near the banyan tree but found none. Rajgopal went all around the quarters to search for the lady but there was no trace of any lady. Later, on Monday my grandpa enquired a local villager about the forest and found that “once there was a murder of a lady happened in the forest and the ghost of the lady still lurks in the forest.”

How’s it??

The funny thing is my grandpa for all the days he was in Pakala took the same route to meet the ghost but he couldn’t find it.

Thank U!!

 

Hiiii!

Thank U all, I am so….happy!! sorry for the late reply I was busy with my office work ( some urgent work)..

Thank u Naari, Ahuja, Satchitananda and Sindhu (My best friend). U people really liked my story??
Thanks for ur cheers..Dear Ahuja, yes my grandpa really went to see the ghost..he has many similar experiences.
Dear Satchitananda, I too have similar experiences, one evening it was raining and I was alone in the room and the power went off and suddenly I saw a figure..I was frightened. I started saying Sree Anjaneyam.. Prasannanjaneeyam and went near to it and found it to be a TOWEL.

 

thank u AhujaGirl!!
u people are so encouraging. I surely write some more stories.

 

Thank you PuspavalliSrinivasan for your feedback, it's so encouraging for me...