THE GHOST STORY I
These are my experiences but I give 50-50 to these. I will be providing these in parts. Don’t want to prove anything and will not argue if you consider these as sick mind, hallucinations etc. I am very logical in thinking and don’t believe until I have experienced certain facts.
Experience 1 – I had met a boy named Navdeep Thareja during my posting at Ambala. It was a chance meeting on Nicholson road as both of us were from same profession. We developed friendship because of strong hand shake. I came to know later that it was the same reason for him to accept me as his friend. Navdeep was really adventurous type boy and was simple and practical in approach.
After few meetings, he came to know about my interests and hobbies and offered for Himachal visit to see ghosts and snakes. One Saturday we started on his scooter from Ambala to Subathoo (Gurkha Regiment Cantonment). On the way, we stopped at a tea shop and went down to a small river with tea. You may not believe but before picking up a stone, he will tell me what insect we will see. It was great experience. I thought he was a magician.
By evening we reached a place which was 4 km away from Subathoo. It was just a road and nothing else. There he parked the scooter and we headed down. On the slope, quite below there was a farmer’s house. My friend spoke to him in himachali and told me that farmer got agreed to provide us a night stay at his house. I was stunned.
After keeping our bags, we started for cantonment area through jungle. On the way near Subathoo, he showed me a deserted building and according to him it was haunted. We were wearing ankle shoes as he had promised to show me snakes too.
We reached Subathoo and met his friends, who invited us for pool game with beer and followed up by dinner. Now it was dark and we started back to stranger’s house. These friends came to drop us till a particular point, little ahead road was dividing in two. Shorter way to destination was going up on right side and longer way on left. After good bye, his friends turned back for town and we started on shorter way, which will take us to that building. Casually his friends turned and saw us moving up.
They shouted and asked Navdeep to go for long way. But he didn’t listen to them and we continued. Immediately his friends came running and were scolding Navdeep. They were worried about me and made us to come down and joined us for a kilometer on longer way.
It was a dark night with little light provided by moon. After our friends left, both of us were alone on that road. After 11.30 pm, imagine yourself all alone in mountains and no habitations around. It was too peaceful. Suddenly Navdeep stopped talking and I found myself talking n talking. I was asking about his silence, but he never replied. Once we reached the hut, he fell on cot and asked me for any of my observation.
I told him that during this 3 km walk there was nothing specific and we just met a gentleman somewhere on curve. He asked me to remember that moment. In short a white figure had appeared from mountain side (means the rocks) of road and went to other side (gorge). This was my first encounter with Ghost. There was a reason of his silence. He knew there itself about the ghost and was strong enough to face, but he was not sure about me, so he didn’t want to tell me there. Secondly being strong enough, he had lost his speech as he was scared too. For some it may be useless but I give 50-50.
Next day we were fresh and fine. We went up to lake in mountains. It was very high and was a bowl like structure. We had bath and were only two souls there. Silence was frightening but we had company. This was a one of my memorable trip to Himachal.
