"Pick a Word, Paint a Story #11"
Hello my steemian friends, and my friends of HIND WHALE COMMUNITY,
This is my participation in the contest “Choose the Word, Write the Story #11” organized by @senehasa in Hindwhale Community
My Topic is FOREST
There was a hut in a dense forest away from the city which was in a very dilapidated state. This forest was very dense and it felt dark even during the day because of the trees.
But unfortunately this path was also a shortcut to a village and many villagers used to travel from city to village and vice versa using this shortcut.
But some people had spread a strange rumor about this deserted hut that ghosts come to this hut at night. That is why people mostly used to come and go from here during the day in the sunlight.
There were rumors that whoever goes towards this hut at night, the ghosts kill him and drink his blood.
Some people also claimed that they had heard loud laughter and screaming from that hut at night.
Due to all these rumors, no man or woman could muster the courage to go there at night.
But 3-4 courageous boys of the village never believed these things, because till date no villager had heard the sound of screaming or crying with their ears.
So 3-4 young men of the village did not believe this, they believed that there is no such thing as ghosts or vampires. So they decided to solve this mystery.
Then one evening before sunset, they mustered courage and entered that empty hut from the back with torches, sticks, hockey sticks etc. and inspected the entire hut thoroughly. The hut was completely deserted and desolate, but it seemed that some people were using the hut in the dence forest.
In one room of the hut, they found cigarette butts, empty liquor bottles, cards and mats etc.
Now they understood that there are no ghosts or vampires here, but some goons gamble and drink liquor here at night.
They spread this rumor to scare people so that no one comes here. When it was proved in a few days that there are no ghosts, the public requested the administration to remove that deserted hut from there.
And the urban administration with the help of its employees demolished that ruined hut with the help of a bulldozer. Slowly the villagers' fear of ghosts in the forest started to end.
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Thank you for reading my post, I pray to God for the progress and happy future of all steemians.
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It's a tale of fear and gossip that blocks the truth from sight, until we find out better. Well the community thought that hut was haunted at first, but they soon discovered the hut was just a hangout place for a gang of criminals who gambled and drank.
After news of this secret broke the fear that had located the village for minutes in slow motion slowly lifted.
Real life stories happen often like this — at least it starts in fear, its fear mixed with ignorance that situation can turn into something drastically different, once truth is out. That’s a social message about how rumors can be used to manipulate other people, add in the necessity of government during social unrest.
Good luck
Hello respected friend,
You always make me happy with your comments, I thank you that you read my posts very carefully and give your comments.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I also am not believing ghots. Such a story is spread by the people; it may have been originally spread by thefts or gamblers. That is for their safety. But I do not agree with removing that cottage from that place; the urban administration could have used it for tourist promotional work.
Thank you for participating in the contest.