Ghost in the Building

We have gotten many requests for international stories and today we have one from India.
The story of strange things that keep happening in a building and it builds
up into a terrifying experience for our storyteller. We paid the price some of
us face when we go through paragormal events. My name is Edwin and here
is own car's true scary story. Hello, my name is Omkar. This
is my scary story. It all began during the COVID nineteen pandemic when I
used to work for an it hall in Pune. It's in India. Due
to the pandemic, most of my co workers began working from home. I
decided to stay in the building at Pune most of my friends lived because of
working from home schedule. One night, while I was in my apartment,
the water stopped pouring from the restroom. I thought the tank is empty.
I had to go out, which was already very late around two am,
and I was forced to use the building's public restroom. That I was about
to leave my flat, I spotted a shadow and assumed that one of my
bodies was on the way. You used to wage from alongside me. I'm
done using the wars rooms. I walked to the corner and said, you
should have told me you were coming a man. But when I turned to
look at my body, I saw that the corridor was empty. My bodies
were sleeping in the room where I could see them through the open door,
and it was a straight corridor, no left, no right. I can
see them directly from the door, and the door was open. It was
strange because I clearly weak or seeing a human saw. I know it was
human, so I just know I felt a mild panic in my body.
I just ignored my scared feelings, started singing a random song, talked like
a match of men, and returned to my room while maintaining my top fact.
It was a strange incident that day. It bordered me for a week.
I just don't get it. The corridor was completely empty. Maybe I
did some kind of mistake. I saw something that was my imagination, but
deep down I knew, I knew it. My eyes can't alive when I
saw someone. Then The crazy thing was my corridor was straight right when you
turn around. There are several rooms. In those several rooms, my all
starf my colleagues were living there. I thought one of them went back to
his room. But I still remember when I used to check the doors,
every single one of them. It was all perfect locks from outside. I'm
talking about outside, not inside. They were not there because of COVID timing.
That's why I was like, what is happening with me? I saw
a human shadow, but I can't explain it. There is no way I
saw someone who I think is a colleague because not having locks from the outside
of the door. After two weeks, I was on the balcony at the
same time it was weakened and noticed a strange women standing in the road.
So standing there, I can see her. She's wearing an Indian kind of
outfit. She's not moving, She's just standing there. I can see her,
but I can't see her face. It's too dark. I live in
the third floor of my building. I even told my pulse about it.
I told him, but they responded by saying, just ignore her, and
you know stings often, so don't take it seriously. They told me there.
But a wijaire thing was that she quickly disappeared once a bus ran through
the road. Like in the movies. She was there, but after the
burse went she was out there. What just happened she's fanished out of thin
air or what. I just can't believe my eyes. After a few days,
I noticed this lady in her thirties in the balcony the opposite of my
building. It's one hundred and fifty meters. I can see that lady in
the balcony at night, standing there every day like she was talking on her
phone. Even on rainy days, she was still standing there. Who stands
in a rainy day in a rooftop. Obviously you don't want to get to
wed. This just makes no sense, man. I asked around and found
out that no one had lived in that building for the last seven months.
It is impossible for me because I saw her, Man, I saw that
lady, the same lady when I'm talking about balconating at two o'clock in the
morning and the road when the bus went through and she just vanished. It
was difficult for me to understand the things I'm saying. I thought we have
maybe someone is franking me. I had to find out what was going on
Monday. It was Sunday. I still remember that day perfectly. I went
to that building. There is a window that was open. I remember I
remember seeing a figure standing there but when the headlights of a car went over
it, the figure was gone, gone gone. I'm telling you, I'm
getting goosebumps right now. It's frightening that moment I realized someone is following me,
some bad speich. I don't know what the eyes reflection eyes of a
human, but it's not human. It's a shadow. It doesn't have a
body. It's a shadow, like someone is standing there. I saw that
thing. Then. I don't know what happened to me. I just got
depressed for a several few days when you see some kind of stuff that you
can't process, like your brain can't process that thing because you saw something that's
not in the books. After a few days, I was again like I'm
being stupid. I am on the rooftop of a very beautiful morning. It
was morning. I still remember. I thought everything was alright. A new
family bought that building and started living there. I told a guy like,
man's listen, I don't think this house is safe. I think you should
reconsider your decision. But that guy told me like, all I am getting
this house on a chieper red. It's very good that family bought that house
started living there. They didn't listen to me. Next three months, they
speakable things started happening. Their daughter would strangely go to the rooftop and just
sit there like she nows she can't feel anything. The couple who bought the
house seemed happy, but they started fighting every day. I could hear their
voices from my balcony. I don't know what went wrong. They are the
perfect family, like they wanted to settle down within the next three months.
Their daughter, she has no energy. I saw them every day there fighting.
I heard they're going to get a divorce. One day, so me
and my friends who went to hang out. It was about one name in
the morning. I was coming back to my building. I saw their daughter
at the same window again. I saw those big guys behind her. I
really freaked out because it's one o'clock in the morning. I tried waving at
her like the king. She can clearly see me, but she didn't react,
not even clinched her eyes. I told her parents of this following the
next morning, and they told me that strange things had been half inning in
her family after moving to this building. Now they are trapped in it.
The mom, the Neha's mom, she told me that they couldn't sake of
the feeling of being wast told me she started seeing some strange shadows lurking in
the corners of her room, and there in whispers in the dead of the
night. Her things would go me sing, only to reap it in odd
places. I was like, maybe you guys need to cleanse your house as
soon as possible. After a week, a faror came from the church.
This is the time when I was about to get a hearted. I experienced
near deb experience. I was doing tho jobs. I'm dealing with all kinds
of things, and at the same time, I'm trying to help this family.
I don't want them to suffer, but it is costing me my mental
pace. It is costing me my mental health, my body at the same
time. So it was pretty bad for me too. A father came from
the church and asked them who told them about this figure and eyes. I
am the one who told them I saw those eyes. The father came right
now, why don't you come, he's asking about you since you told me
about all of hacres and stuff. I was like, all right, no
problem, I'm going right now. Just weight I'm talking with him at the
same time, and I'm looking at him at the same time from my balcony.
Now they were looking at me so scared, and I don't know why.
I didn't know why. I have no idea why they're looking like they
have a very strange facial reaction on their face. All of them, even
including the father. They're looking at me freaked out. I asked him what
happened? So they told me someone was standing behind you. I was alone
at that moment. I told him that you guys a jokeman, Why were
filling my leg man? Come on, stop thissnounsense? They reflied that the
eyes were completely wide. It hit me like a truck in my mind.
I never told this guy in my entire three months that I have seen the
eyes and the eyes color were white. I just told him about the phone.
Just look at me, don't cut the phone. One of you.
Just come to my house. She came to my apartment with father. He
told me, how long have you like living here? Like per year?
Five years? I was like, no, sir, I've been living here
like almost it's been two years. So he told me, do you have
anything that's not yours, like you've picked it up from out where? Like
someone gave it to you, a random person. I asked him, like,
why, what's wrong. So he's like, I believe there's a strong
possibility someone is following you and at us today's house. I was completely fripped
out. I still remember that feeling. My mother used to tell me whenever
you face or bad demon's bad spirit. There's a mantra called Gayeti mantra.
It's a Hindi mantra. I read that thing ten minutes. Then I was
like, let's do this. I sawd him my library. He was pretty
intrigued, like, wow, you have a lot of books. They asked
me about this one specific book. Its name is Love Her While by Atticus.
It's a poetry romantic book. He asked me, is this book it's
yours? I told you no, this book was on this library section.
It's not mine. There's a little name there in the book at the end
of black page. It's called Lily, Lily, Lily. I don't know
Lily. He told me this book is cursed. This book is the problem
in your life. Did you read this book? I told him yeah a
few times, but I never complicated. He told me, listen, conquer,
I have to take this book. I sold him, No, you
can't take that. That book is really expensive and I really love that book.
The book is trying to tell me you shouldn't give this book to him.
Don't let him take me. Don't let him take me. I'm just
getting this thought in my mind. I don't know how to nowhere. I'm
fighting for it. But he's like, why are you so obsessed about this
book? I don't know how to explain this to you, but you have
to get read of that book. Somehow. I kind of get the point,
like, okay, you're right, father, I will listen to you.
He took that book, told me to stay away from this book.
I'm going to take this book to my church. The father had burnt the
book completely and performed a cleaning ritual on the couple's house. To be honest,
I thought something will happen, something good will happen. It did get
better for that family, but it gets worse for me. I was devastated.
And my girlfriend called me and told me, like, baby, it's
only a book. Why are you getting so sad? I can just order
it for you right now. I don't know what happened to my just said,
man, you need to suck up. I just got her call.
I went to my landlord. I asked him, do you know someone named
Lily? Tell me? His face turned pale, from a smiling old guy
to a serious, stubborn, angry face. How do you know that name?
I told him I had a book of her. The father told me
that book was cursed. Lily was a very sweet girl. She has big
dreams. She's very beautiful. She did all kinds of wonderful stuff. She
was a great girl. She was in ir relationship. Her boyfriend cheated on
her. Lily got depressed. Then she started looking like a John Bill.
She looked pale day by day. One day they just found out she committed
suicide. And the same apartment where I live. The crazy thing is the
family that building where the ground the couple leaves. That's the building of her
boyfriends. That's where he used to live. After listening to this, I
just wow, now you're telling me about all of this. Wow, I've
been living here. It's been two years of nightmares. So he told me,
I think you should move to a new city, a fresh start.
I told him, now, maybe I got the best IDEA own car.
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my thing within a month. Even after burning that book, I always feel
like someone is watching me. I started seeing strange shadows. I was don't
ta three at that time, or don't two? I was still putting on
light before I went to slip. I have three lights in my room.
When I go to slip, without light, I can't slip. It took
me a lot of time to process all the thing. Like Niha's mom,
that girl's mom, her things would go missing, started happening with me.
My keys, my bike's ki always get missing. My roommate they don't know
how to ride a bike. Why you will take my key? Right?
I started doing some research this lily girl. I asked some neighbors, old
grandma types. I asked them. Those guys told me like she was said
to be wngeful and cruel. The landlord told me she was very innocent and
the sweet girl. Now you guys are telling me that shes pretty cruel,
says she was angry, she was wild and hunting anyone who crossed her.
I was getting confused. Woman is lying to me. Now. I realized
that I was dealing with something far beyond my understanding. I knew I had
to get out of that house. But Lily wasn't going to let me go
that easily. Every time I try to pack up my things, I felt
her presence growing stronger. One night, I woke off to find myself surrounded
by darkness. The air was thick. I knew I wasn't alone. I
could hear her whispers, daunting, telling me I would never escape her grasp.
And when I said that, now I am the one who's looking pale,
to one who's looking like I'm dying. I am getting destroyed. I'm
eating well, I'm doing gim I'm doing everything in my power. I just
feel like someone is taking my energy. This time I'm dewecting. But I
don't know how it's happening. One night I saw her Lily. It was
rainy day. I can't sleep because of the person at that time. I
get this male at three o'clock in the morning on my balcony. Very floral
smell. They say in India the cobra snake. Whenever days a skiing cobra
nearby, you will get smell of. I don't know the flower called jumpa.
I thought it is that a snake nearby? Why am getting this kind
of smell like. At three o'clock in the morning, while I was thinking,
I saw her. I saw this girl. She's just standing there and
in there, in there, it's raining pretty bad. I can see her
particularly. I can even see her face. She's not looking at me though.
The look the eyes, it was white, the same eyes. I
just knew it. She was too. Her eyes suddenly fixed on me.
They were filled with rage and hatred. I felt a chill run down on
my spine. I didn't sleep for forty eight hours. Continuously. My friends
reached out. Pundit. Pund It means further in our religion, in Hindu
religion. He came to my house, told me better better, mind's son,
the better. Are you all right, Tiko, t Are you all
right? So I was like, I do not think I'm all right,
but I'm trying my best. I just want to feel okay. That's all
I want from God right now. That but they call me no worries.
I'm gonna do a ritual like I called it, a pooja. It's gonna
all be fine. He did that pooja. It went for a while.
About three hours after that day, I felt a little bit for a lighter
within two weeks up that I started looking helly. I was not feeling bad.
I was not feeling good, but I was feeling healthy. I was
feeling confident that this time something may happen. That it worked, I don't
have to facete the demons anymore. Out of nowhere, the landlord, who
has been lying to me a lot, he comes to my effortments and tells
me, I think you should go to Lily's old home. You know,
I was like, why why now he's telling me that. He's saying figures.
Now, I'm this is like, what is happening? I just told
him to just tell me the truth, man, just tell me the truth.
What's really going on? He confessed. He told me he really liked
the girl. He thought the boyfriend he was having is bad for him because
that boy was not faithful. He told me, dismanting, like I told
Lily that she he's cheating on her, but he was not. He was
not sitting. He told me. I wanted to protect her, so I
told her that his boyfriend is cheating with hand her girl. And I saw
it. He was walking down the road with hand her girl holding hands.
I was like, dudoo, we told her girl a lie and destroyed her
life. She committed suicide. You did this. That is a murder when
you did this, He was like, it's very hard on me. It's
been six years. I'm still getting nightmares every day. I can't talk about
it. I asked him, why did you lie to You can simply convinced
her. I don't get it, Like when you want to protect someone,
you protect them. We're talking with them, which costed her life. So
I was like, okay, so why did you come to me? He
gave me this book, the same book again love her while. He told
me you should take this book and give it to their parents. I was
like, okay, I'll do that, but not right now. He told
me, know it was urgent, you should do this. So when the
father, when he first came to my house, when he asked me about
this particular book, one thing hit my mind, like there was this guy.
He asked me, are you the person who's going to live there?
I told me, yeah, am I just came today. He asked me,
he's there any books there poetry? I was like, no, I
don't know that, dude insisted. I was like, no, man,
I don't think so that I am any books, but sadly, there was
this one book. I didn't look carefully. It hit me. He was
star fan. He's been looking for that book he gave her on her birthday.
He's trying to find it. I went to Lili's home. I told
him I'm just a friend of us, I'm a school mate. I just
want to return this book. I talked with them a little bit. I
gave him this book. I came back to my apartment. I told the
landlord I gave them the book. Are you happy now? He's happy.
Couple of months after I got a promotion, I moved out to a new
city. Unfortunately, within strange circumstances that that guy died, and no one
knows how why. People say it's heart attack. My friends still lived there
in that building. There are no shadows, figures, no eyes, not
anymore. Everything is pretty fine. I could finally slip without fear of waking
up to a haunted room. I still used the lights, the light works,
but I could finally sleeve without fear of walking off to a haunted room
or looking up to a sad figure over those eyes. I still feel a
residual energy following me. I believe it's really trying to thank me. I
don't know the spirit who's watching me. It's a positive one. No bad
thing happened to me after that. I'm happy. Up next, check out
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