A SCARY NIGHT AT SID'S RETREAT

A SCARY NIGHT AT SID'S RETREAT

There are not much places to visit in kalimpong as it's a very small place so we wanted to make the most out of our last day in that place.After a heavy breakfast we went for sightseeing. We clicked pictures and went on long drives.We had coffee and lunch in a small wooden cafe on looking the beautiful valleys.I was hopelessly in love with this place and I never wanted this journey to end.It was quite dark when we entered the resort .I saw the gardner's wife flashing a smile at me with her broken teeth.I grinned back.She asked me whether we will have chai at their shack.I agreed.After a facewash we both went to her shack and was surprised that just behind her shack was the valley.I was about to fall but my husband saved me.All these days I didn't know that there was a deep valley around the resort. I would have fallen to my death that evening. The gardner's wife made us darjeeling tea and hot Maggi.Four of us chatted and enjoyed our meals.I took the gardner's wife aside and told her about the experiences. She was quiet.To my utter surprise she showed no emotions or reactions. She just plainly said please eat more.I told her that this is our last night here and she can tell me what she has in her mind. She told me that the owner's son was in his twenties and was a very lusty and a p*****t guy.He always use to tease young girls working in the resort and force them for s****l favours.The locals complained his father who was a retired defence officer. After a heated exchange between father and son the father pushed him towards the valley and he met with his death.At that time we were very young and all the employees covered up the murder as accident but after his death also chote babu was troubling every one.I questioned her ,what do you mean? How can anybody trouble after death? She said memsahib I'm talking about his spirit. Chote babu's spirit took revenge and one day we found Malik sahib dead in his bathroom. People say it was not natural and there were strangulation marks around his neck.Everybody has felt chote babu's presence since then.Do you know your room is just beside the valley he fell to his death?The night became more sinister as it started thundering and raining. We rushed back to our rooms and the lady's story was making me really uncomfortable. There was a knock at the door and the same scary roomboy entered.Dinner ,mam! he announced.How was the stay mam? I quickly said fine as I didn't like the way he looked at me.My husband gave him a tip and he left.After having our dinner we retired to sleep.After half an hour I felt someone stroking my hair and the same heavy breathing sound came into my ears.I slowly asked my husband, are you asleep? I kept my eyes closed as I was sweating by now.My husband was not answering that meant he was asleep.Now I experienced a scratching sound on our wooden headboard. The scratching became louder and louder.I put the blanket over my head now.The heavy breathing and scratching changed into light growling.I woke up my husband and told him everything. He said it must be some mountain animal inside the resort taking shelter because of the cold showers.I was not convinced. I was feeling now that I have some mental issues.My palpitations went up high and I was sweating profusely. My husband touched my head and he said oh ! my god you are running a high temperature that's why you were seeing all those weird dreams.He gave me a calpol and asked me to lie down. I was feeling difficulty breathing now.I went to the sofa and lied down there.My husband slept off now.I was trying to sleep on the sofa but I was feeling very uncomfortable. The medicine was casting its effect and I was finally falling off to sleep.I was suddenly feeling ticklish under my feet.The tickle turned into deep scratching and I was in pain.Tears rolled down my cheeks. Please stop I shouted. My husband got up with a jerk! What happened dear? I said I'm in pain,somebody is scratching under my feet.He was fed up with my strange acts by now.Please sleep dear we have a train to catch tomorrow. I decided not to sleep. Lightening was coming through the large window panes.It was one hell of a night.The night was going so slow.It was like an neverending darkness. By now I was cursing my luck to have brought us to this resort.Beautiful and Ugly at the same time.. Heaven and hell together. I was very upset and I wanted this tour to end and I wanted to go back to the safety of my house.I decided to sleep on the couch. After 15 minutes I felt something ticklish under my feet.The tickle turned into scratching and I was in pain.Then two strong arms caught hold of me really tight around my shoulders and a fiery nail scratched my back. I started screaming in pain by now.This woke up my husband with a jerk and he asked me back what now? He was getting really annoyed now.I showed him the black marks of the blood clot on my shoulders and the scratches on.my back.He said oh god! these are just reactions to the fever medication. Do not worry I will give you an anti allergen. I popped it in my mouth without arguing with him.I asked him to make me coffee but he refused saying it would react with the medication. I said ok and sat on the couch again. I was in terrible pain and was feeling feverish too.I slowly told him that there was something evil in this room.He told me yes ofcourse everything is in your head and I beg you to let me sleep now.Im very tired . I was feeling very bad to keep him awake. It was around 3 in the morning. I tried to sleep now covering my head with the blanket and slowly felt someone pulling it .I again tucked it properly. I started to hear the same heavy breathing. I threw the blanket away and started gasping with fear.I prayed to every god I knew.Now the force was becoming more and more powerful. It started to pull my hair and tried strangulating me.Now I screamed at the top of my voice,help! help! but my voice was not coming out.Still I thought of my baby at home,gathered all my will power and called out to my husband..He again got up with a jerk.By now he thought something was wrong so he went out and called the gardener and his wife.After that I lost my conciousness. My husband later told me that I was getting cold and the gardener asked my husband to bring me out of the room to their shack.I was kept infront of the fire place and everyone were rubbing my palms and feet.The gardener's wife was chanting some holy hymns . After two hours I gained my conciousness but I was very weak to even move.Travelling was out of question so we moved to a nearby homestay .I was bathed by holy water that day by the gardener's wife.It seems she took care of me for the next two days.I was regaining strength now.