WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.919 Around six thirty in the evening, Samara reached her destination. 2 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.119 As she stepped her foot outside the car, the view 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:15.560 surrounding her amazed her mind. Tall, dark mountains were all 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:19.559 around her. At the foothill of these mountains, the gigantic 5 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.480 old mansion stood like a dark fairy tale. The setting 6 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:27.519 reminded her of the tales of Count Dracula. The exquisite 7 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:32.479 artistry of Romanian architecture attracts Samarra like nothing else. She 8 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.200 started to take out her bags from the car just 9 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:37.840 when the huge iron gate of the mansion opened and 10 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.719 a man came walking to her. Hello, you must be 11 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:45.240 miss Willis. I am Daniel. It is me with whom 12 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.920 you talked over the phone. Samarra guest, the manager of 13 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:51.840 such a mansion will be an old person, but Daniel 14 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.280 was a young, handsome man. She took her bags and 15 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:59.479 said call me Samera and started walking towards the mansion. 16 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:04.560 Daniel smiled and accompanied her inside the mansion. The mansion 17 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.760 was ten times grander from the inside. The large hallways 18 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.840 and corridors were filled with vast oil paintings and expansive decorations. 19 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.959 A counter stood next to the door, which finally gave 20 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.640 the impression that this is a hotel. An old guy 21 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.120 was standing on the counter. Daniel went to him and said, 22 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.040 give the keys to miss Willis's room. The man handed 23 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.959 over a metal key with room number one O four. 24 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.719 She then followed Daniel upstairs and another man came who 25 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:38.680 carried her bags. Danielle told Samarra that the mansion has 26 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:42.920 many rooms divided into four tiers. They have finished renovating 27 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:46.519 only the ground floor and the first floor. The second 28 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.319 and third floor are right now out of use, but 29 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:51.879 Samera can take a look for her research, but she 30 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.840 might find a few rooms locked for maintenance purposes. Room 31 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:59.200 thirty four was at the end of the corridor. Daniel 32 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:02.200 unlocked the room with the key. The hotel staff put 33 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.760 Samarra's bags near the bed and left. The room is 34 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:08.879 unique on its own. There was a soft white bed, 35 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.360 a couch near the glass window that gave a view 36 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:16.039 of the hills. Samarra turned to Daniel and said, I'm 37 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:20.120 already loving this place. Daniel smowed back and told her 38 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.280 the dinner will be ready around eight thirty p m. 39 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:26.479 The hotel staff will come to notify he when it's ready. 40 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:30.479 Samara locked her door and lied on the bed. She 41 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.319 was mesmerized by the view around her. The mansion was 42 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.800 glamorous and mysterious at the same time. Around eight fifteen, 43 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:42.520 the hotel staff came and told Samarra that dinner is ready. 44 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.960 While Samrro walked down the stairs, she noticed three people 45 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.560 were sitting at the dinner table. One is Daniel and 46 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.000 the other two people are the man at the counter 47 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.360 and the hotel staff. Daniel smiled and said, we don't 48 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.800 have many guests right now. Actually, we were planning to 49 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.719 open this from the next month after the complete renovation, 50 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.560 but due to your research work, we are amazed to 51 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:12.240 have you here. Samarra smiled and sat at the table. 52 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:17.000 They all started eating. The food was tasty, bud Samara 53 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.840 felt a bit weird. She noticed apart from Daniel, the 54 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:25.400 two other men hardly speak. After the dinner, Samarra wished 55 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.840 Daniel good night and went to her room. The hotel 56 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:32.719 staff didn't speak a word all this time, but when 57 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:34.919 Samara was about to close the door of her room, 58 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:37.439 the man came to her door and said, in a 59 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:42.479 low voice, have a good night's sleep, madam. Please stay 60 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.759 in your room at night, otherwise you might get lost 61 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.759 in the dark. A sense of unknown fear grabbed Samara's hand. 62 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.479 She felt that something is actually weird here. Due to 63 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:57.840 the tiresome journey of the whole day, Samara couldn't think 64 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.240 any more. Also, she has to get up early to 65 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:05.000 study the mansion for her research work. Deep sleep came 66 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:07.439 down to her as she laid on the soft bed. 67 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:12.120 Late night, Samro woke up from her slumber. She felt 68 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.080 very thirsty, but as she went to drink from the 69 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:19.120 jar near the bed, she noticed it was empty. She 70 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:21.800 looked at her phone. It was two am at night. 71 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.560 Samara opened the door and came out. The corridor was dark. 72 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.759 Only the moonlight showed her the way. Samarra came down 73 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.040 the stairs. She took a jug from the dining table 74 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:37.839 and without any more delay, walked to her room. Just 75 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:41.120 when she was entering the room, her senses all woke up. 76 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.240 A sweet, melodious sound captured the mansion. It took a 77 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:48.160 few seconds to realize that the sound was coming from 78 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.639 a harp. Someone was playing harp in this huge mansion, 79 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.439 that too, at this hour of night. Samera was shocked, 80 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.920 but the sound felt so attractive, as if it we 81 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.360 were calling her to follow it. Samara started to walk 82 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:07.480 upstairs following the sound. As she reached the second floor, 83 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:10.120 she realized the sound is coming from the end of 84 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:14.759 the corridor. The second floor was completely empty. The harp 85 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:18.279 kept playing. Samarra was almost at the end of the 86 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.879 hallway and she noticed the sound was coming from the 87 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:27.560 last room. The room number was three or three. Daniel said, 88 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.759 there was no one else in this hotel, then, who 89 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:34.040 was living in this room? Just when the question came 90 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:38.399 to Samarra's mind, her curiosity increased. She knocked on the 91 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:44.120 door and said, who's there? The sound stopped immediately. Suddenly, 92 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:49.600 the atmosphere around her get too quiet. Samara twisted the doorknob, 93 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:53.120 but found it was locked from the inside. The silence 94 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:57.279 around her started to frighten her. Without wasting any more time, 95 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.160 she quickly got into her room and locked the door. 96 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.959 She didn't hear any sound the entire night. The next morning, 97 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.639 a cleaning lady came to her room. Samro was all 98 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.040 set to get to her work while taking her notebook 99 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.439 and writing supplies, She asked the small, middle aged woman, 100 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.199 do you know who stays in three O three? But 101 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.839 the reaction she got was totally unexpected. The cleaning lady 102 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:28.079 got terrified of her question. Her face turned pale and 103 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:32.600 drops of sweat appeared on her forehead. She said, I 104 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:36.839 I don't know, madam. Then she began to clean her room. 105 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:40.199 The sudden change in her behavior after hearing about room 106 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:44.519 three O three made Samara even more curious about that room, 107 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.439 but she didn't say anything and left for her work. 108 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:53.040 The mansion was filled with instances of Romanian artwork. Samiro 109 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:55.920 was standing in the garden and inspecting the garden fountain, 110 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:59.720 just when she heard a familiar voice. How's your work 111 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:03.040 going so far? Miss Willis Daniel came to her with 112 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:07.040 a big smile. Samarra said that she's loving it already. 113 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:12.399 She then acts Daniel in a hesitated voice, UM, don't 114 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.600 mind me asking, Bud, is there anyone living in room 115 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:20.519 three O three? Daniel replied with a surprised face room 116 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:24.240 three O three. No, But why would you go there? 117 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.160 We already told you it's out of use for maintenance purposes. 118 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.319 Samara felt embarrassed for wandering around in this private property 119 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:37.480 at night. She answered in a humble voice, Actually, last 120 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:39.519 night I went to the dining hall to get water. 121 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.199 Just then I heard someone playing a harp. I followed 122 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:45.519 the sound and discovered it was coming from room three 123 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.720 o three on the second floor. I just got curious 124 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.600 because you told me there was no one else living here. 125 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:57.920 Daniel hesitated too and said, um, yes, I told you 126 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.680 the truth. No one lived in room three o three. 127 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:06.399 Old mentions like this sometimes resonate with many types of sound. 128 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.720 I am sure it was something like that what you 129 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:14.800 heard last night, So enjoy your stay, Miss Willis. Daniel's 130 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:17.720 words made Samara realize that he didn't at all like 131 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:21.439 the incident of last night. But Samara couldn't understand why 132 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:24.920 everyone is acting so mysterious about this room, so she 133 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:29.720 has to know what exactly happened there. Samara decided to 134 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.080 check this room again tonight. Her gut feeling told her 135 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.759 that these people here are definitely hiding something from her. 136 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.000 At dinner, Daniel didn't say a word to her. The 137 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:44.960 other two people ate quietly as well. As Samara finished 138 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.240 her meal and started to walk upstairs, she saw Daniel 139 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:51.080 say to the hotel staff, take a jug of water 140 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.200 to Miss Willis's room, hope she will have no reason 141 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.720 to wander around the empty hall tonight, and then gave 142 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:02.360 her an angry look and left. Samera became even more 143 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.879 stubborn now. After the hotel staff left the jug in 144 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.480 her room, she locked the door and switched off the 145 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:13.039 light and started to wait silently. Tonight is the night 146 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:17.159 Samera will find out what's the matter with this room 147 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:21.039 three o three. Around two thirty a m she came 148 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:24.600 out of her holding a candle in hand. The mansion 149 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:28.960 was completely silent. Only the wishing sound of the rusty 150 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:33.360 wind outside was echoing in the hallways. She tiptoed to 151 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.480 the second floor and reached near room three O three. 152 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:40.120 As she twisted the door knob, the door opened with 153 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:45.000 a creaking sound. How strange the door was unlocked to night. 154 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:51.159 Samera entered the room. The room was freezing cold. There 155 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:53.279 was a large window in the room which had no 156 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:56.360 glass on it. A cold wind was coming from the 157 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:00.320 window by blowing its dirty curtain away. The moonlight from 158 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:03.519 the window and the candlelight on Samarra's hand made the 159 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:08.080 room look very spooky. She noticed this room is just 160 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.799 like her room, but it had only one difference. An 161 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.399 old wooden harp stood in the middle of the room. 162 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.480 The harp seemed unused for a very long time, as 163 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.159 the thick dust all over it had the actual color 164 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:25.679 of the instrument. Samara went to the window and looked outside. 165 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:28.720 The dark mountains were standing in front of her eyes. 166 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.279 There was nothing much she could find, so she thought 167 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.279 to go back into her room. Just then, a heavy 168 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.360 wind came and blew out her candle. Suddenly she heard 169 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:43.200 a chuckling sound. She quickly turned towards the door and 170 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.440 saw a tall, thin woman standing near the harp and 171 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.639 strumming the cords with her creepy long fingers. The moonlight 172 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:54.120 fell on her face. Her eyes were wide, as if 173 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.720 she could see inside Samara. She was wearing a worn 174 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.919 out sleeping gown. Her hairs were floating in the air 175 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:04.240 as the wind ran through them. Samera asked in a 176 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:08.600 tense voice, sorry, the door was opened, so I just 177 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:11.799 came to check. I heard you playing the harp last night, 178 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:16.120 that's why. Before she could finish, the woman laughed in 179 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:19.960 a very scary way and said, they might have told 180 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:23.679 you no one lives here, right. They told the same 181 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.000 thing to the man who came here just like you 182 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.279 in the middle of the night, But he came anyway 183 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:35.679 and then couldn't leave. Fear grabbed Samarra's neck. She couldn't 184 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.399 understand what this woman was talking about, she said in 185 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.679 a frightened voice, I better get back to my room. 186 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:46.320 Sorry to disturb you. As she stepped ahead towards the door, 187 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.879 the horror unfolded in front of her eyes with a 188 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:53.799 terrifying sound of bones cracking. The woman's head turned upside 189 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:57.799 down and she started laughing like a maniac. Samera's heart 190 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:01.159 started to beat like a wild horse. She screamed, but 191 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.840 no voice came out. She felt like the chilling laughter 192 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:09.039 was reverberating all over the valley. Her eyes lost a 193 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:12.519 vision as she collapsed on the ground. The next morning, 194 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.679 Daniel came to room three oh three looking for Samara, 195 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:18.679 as she was not in her room. As he opened 196 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:23.240 the door, he saw Samara's white, bloodless face. She was 197 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:27.000 lying on the floor, her eyes full of fear and trauma. 198 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:32.000 She was dead. The hotel staff, the cleaning lady, and 199 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.279 the man at the counter came to Four of them 200 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.120 stood there silently, and the cleaning lady started to weep 201 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:42.519 in a low voice. Daniel looked to the hotel staff 202 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.440 and said, hum bury her at the back of the garden. 203 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:49.960 Just like the previous traveler, we are running a business here. 204 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:53.240 If people can't hold back their curiosity, no one can 205 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.519 save them from dying. Throw her stuff down the mountain 206 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.320 and get back to work. We will be having guessed 207 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.039 from the next month all around this mansion. And to 208 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.919 make sure you keep this room locked all the time, 209 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.440 the midnight musician still haunts room three oh three of 210 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.799 this old mansion in Romania. Let us know if you 211 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:17.759 dare to take the risk by visiting this place, we 212 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:29.480 will give you the address. Recently, I went camping with 213 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.960 my best friend Thomas. We are childhood friends, since we 214 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:36.120 have been on several trips together. Thomas lived in the 215 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:40.200 suburban area of California. After ten kilometers from his house 216 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:44.480 lied deep woods. Many people went camping and bird watching 217 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:48.440 in those woods during weekends. The woods were often crowded, 218 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:51.480 so Thomas and I decided to camp as far as possible. 219 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.559 I still regret our decision. Thomas and I left one 220 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:59.600 sunny afternoon with our backpacks. After entering the woods, Thomas 221 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:03.519 pointed to our left and said, in an excited tone, Peter, look, 222 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.320 there's a railway trail on that side. We went close 223 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.879 and found out an abandoned railway track going deep inside 224 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:14.480 the woods. We decided to walk by the track. This 225 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.320 way we will find a serene spot for our camping, 226 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:21.159 and also it will be easy to come back. After 227 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:24.120 walking for almost thirty to thirty five minutes, we felt 228 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:27.679 exhausted and decided to camp. We chose a spot under 229 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:31.039 the trees and started to arrange our tent. The sun 230 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.159 was about to set. The sky turned red as the 231 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:38.759 birds started returning to their nests. The view felt awesome. 232 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:42.039 We drank beer and watched the sun setting into the 233 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:45.799 horizon and the night sky take over. Thomas brought his 234 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:49.399 bluetooth speaker. We tuned in some music and got busy 235 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:52.799 preparing the bonfire. I collected some stones to make a 236 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.279 round pit for the wood to burn. Thomas said, let's 237 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.519 go collect some wood and water. There's a river bed nearby. 238 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.200 Though the sun had set, there was still light around us. 239 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.080 On our way to the river bed, Thomas was picking 240 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:08.960 up wooden sticks and broken branches of trees for the fire. 241 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.240 As we got close, a sound of water flowing by 242 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:15.200 came to my ears. The river bed was more like 243 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.039 a narrow ditch, but it had crystal clear water flowing 244 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.960 in it. I got down to fill our flasks and 245 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.879 Thomas got busy collecting wood. I was almost done just 246 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:27.480 when the opposite bank of the river bed caught my eyes. 247 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.200 Due to the bushes, we failed to realize that there 248 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.519 was an old graveyard on this side of the bank. 249 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.720 I cried, Thomas, did you know we kempt so close 250 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.519 near a graveyard? His eyes lit up in excitement. He 251 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.879 kept the pile of wood on the ground and crossed 252 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.679 the ditch to check out the place. I too, kept 253 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.639 the flasks near the pile and went on with him. 254 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:53.360 It was an old, abandoned graveyard. There were at least 255 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:56.600 forty to fifty graves in it. Most of the tombstones 256 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:00.120 dated it from nineteen hundred to the nineteen seventies. I 257 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.000 was a bit shocked to see a graveyard in the 258 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:05.159 middle of the forest, but Thomas said that these graves 259 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.480 can belong to the local tribes who once lived here. 260 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.639 Don't know why, but something felt very odd to my eyes. 261 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:18.279 Some of the graves seemed dug up recently. I told Thomas, look, 262 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:22.720 these graves seemed like fresh diggings. Thomas rolled his eyes 263 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.559 at me. And said yeah, because zombies crawl out of 264 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.679 them every night, and started to laugh. I shrugged it 265 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:34.759 off too because of his leg pulling. Suddenly, we realized 266 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:37.720 that we were standing in an abandoned graveyard and it 267 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.320 has gotten dark all around us. We decided to head 268 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.519 back to our camp. We didn't change our campsite because 269 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.320 we were brave as well as old enough not to 270 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.720 get scared by stupid ghost stuff. Thomas worked as a 271 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:54.600 chef in a restaurant, so arranging food was his department. I, 272 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.159 on the other hand, lit the fire and helped him 273 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.960 to prepare our dinner. Thomas brought a whole chicken marinated 274 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.799 for a barbecue with him. He placed the chicken over 275 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.720 the fire, and the smell of grilled chicken filled our 276 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:11.400 hearts with joy. We were drinking, talking, eating. In one word, 277 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.880 we were having a really good time. As the night 278 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.799 passed away, the sounds of the woods became clear to 279 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:21.160 our ears. We could hear the hooting of the owls, 280 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.920 the sounds of crickets chirping in the dark, and the 281 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:27.519 wood burning in the fire. I was enjoying this calm 282 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:31.200 silence when I heard some other sound too. Thomas was 283 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:35.039 about to play some music. Just when I said no, no, stop. 284 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:39.160 Did you hear that? He looked around and said hear what? 285 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:42.480 I told him that I heard footsteps on the dried 286 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:47.640 leaves nearby. He laughed and said, you were just drunk, dude. 287 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.799 But before he could finish laughing, a spine chilling scream 288 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.319 made our hearts drop to our stomachs. We heard a 289 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.759 woman screaming in absolute fear and pain. We both stood 290 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:03.240 up in quick motion. Sweat appeared on our foreheads as 291 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:06.640 we stared at each other cluelessly. The scream took place 292 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.200 for the second time, and Thomas and I figured out 293 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:13.359 it was coming from the graveyard. Thomas turned all pale 294 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.440 and looked at me. What should we do? Peter? Honestly, 295 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:21.480 I was scared too, but somehow I wanted to check 296 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.920 it out myself, so I told Thomas to be quiet 297 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:29.119 started to walk towards the graveyard. As we walked, the 298 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:33.480 scream changed into a suppressed sobbing. I never believed in ghost, 299 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:37.599 but strangely, a feeling inside me said that the matter 300 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.440 is not what it appears to be. I wish I 301 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:43.599 was wrong that day. Seeing a ghost would have been 302 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.440 much more comforting than what happened that night. We got 303 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.839 down into the ditch and peeped to another side of 304 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:54.119 the bank. What we saw made our skin crawl. A 305 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:58.440 man was pulling something into the graveyard. The sobbing was 306 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:01.680 coming from that thing. He was As he reached near 307 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:04.640 a grave and flashed his light on the ground, we 308 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:07.079 saw a woman was tied from hands to toe with 309 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.039 a tight rope. Her face was duct taped. She tried 310 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:14.039 to scrim again, but before she could, the man took 311 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:18.119 out a sharp knife and started to stabber vigorously. We 312 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:20.960 could hear the sound of blood splattering on the ground. 313 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:24.279 I couldn't believe what was happening in front of my eyes. 314 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:28.039 We had no weapons or anything that will help us 315 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:31.160 to fight this man. Our cell phone had no tower 316 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.359 so that we could call someone for help. Thomas couldn't 317 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.720 take it and attempted to run away. Just then he 318 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:40.240 twisted his ankle in the ditch and fell into it. 319 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.559 He cried in pain, and the man looked right at us. 320 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.160 I realized he has noticed us. He will not let 321 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.240 us leave alive from here. I ran to help Thomas 322 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.960 and get him out of the ditch. We then ran 323 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.599 to the kempsite, but before we could figure anything out, 324 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:01.079 I heard running footsteps on the dry leaves. Without delaying 325 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:03.759 a second more, I grabbed my best friend's hand and 326 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.759 we started to run for our life. We got on 327 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:10.400 the rail tracks and ran. I looked back suddenly and 328 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.480 saw a black shadow was chasing us like a hungry animal. 329 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:17.160 The sharp still knife on his hand glittered in the moonlight. 330 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:21.000 Thomas was lagging behind because of his injury. I had 331 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:23.799 no idea what to do. The way that man was 332 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:26.880 running behind us, I knew he will end up catching Thomas. 333 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:31.079 I was panting and breathing heavily. Thomas was crying for help. 334 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:35.200 The entire situation was going out of our hand, and 335 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.359 I knew if the man catches us, no one will 336 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:40.799 ever know what happened to the bodies of two young 337 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.359 boys who came camping in these woods. I saw a 338 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.680 stone lying at the side of the railway track and 339 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:49.400 I picked it up. I turned around and waited for 340 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:52.160 Thomas to cross me over. I knew I was taking 341 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.720 a huge risk, but I had to do something. Thomas 342 00:20:55.759 --> 00:21:00.160 came running at me and yelling run, Peter, run. But 343 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:03.680 I stood there, gathering all the courage inside me. As 344 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:06.200 soon as the man came into my sight, I saw 345 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:08.960 him flashing the knife to stab Thomas in the back. 346 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:12.519 His eyes were dipped in anger, and a hungry smile 347 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:14.720 on his evil looking face made him look like the 348 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:18.640 demon from hell. He was almost five hands distance from 349 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:20.960 me when I aimed at his head and threw the 350 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.240 rock at him with all my strength. A sound of 351 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:28.240 skull cracking and blood spattering echoed into the woods. The 352 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:31.160 man held his head and fell on the ground, making 353 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.480 painful growls. His growls eventually turned into a soft whimper, 354 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:39.799 and we realized that this guy has fainted. We ran 355 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:42.079 out of the woods and reached the nearby police station. 356 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:46.119 We explained everything to the cops. They sent Thomas to 357 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:48.680 the hospital and I came back with them to spot 358 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:51.079 where I hit the man. As we reached near the 359 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:53.880 railway tracks, we noticed a lot of blood lying on 360 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:57.200 the ground, but the man was nowhere to be found. 361 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.720 I took the cops to the graveyard if desertion the 362 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:05.359 place thoroughly. The cops discovered five fresh dead bodies, including 363 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:08.880 the woman's body that lied near a grave. I burst 364 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:11.559 out into tears, explaining to the cops. How the man 365 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:14.160 killed that woman in front of our eyes and we 366 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.160 couldn't do anything to savor. I went back to the 367 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:20.079 police station and gave a detailed description of that man's 368 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:24.119 face so they can catch that demon. The posters are 369 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:27.759 now all over our area. The FBI has been informed 370 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:30.920 about this incident too. It came to know that the 371 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:33.960 man is a suspected serial killer who chose an old, 372 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:37.759 abandoned graveyard to dump his murder victims that night. He 373 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:40.680 even dumped his murder weapons and other pieces of evidence 374 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:43.920 in the graves as well. Every day, I wake up 375 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.200 in the morning and pray to God that the cops 376 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.319 catch this killer before he takes any more innocent lives. 377 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:52.759 I wish I could have stopped him that night from disappearing.