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Someone Is Out There


    As children, my cousins and I would spend our summers at my grandparents' house in Bhitarkanika, Odisha. One afternoon, we were playing hide-and-seek in the nearby mangrove forests. I was always the first to be found, so I decided to find a better hiding spot.

I ventured deeper into the forest, climbing a large tree with thick branches. From my perch, I noticed a slightly older girl sitting in the highest branches, dangling her feet. Her silver anklets jingled as she swayed back and forth.

Suddenly, I felt a tug on my ponytail. "Who's there?" I asked, turning to see the girl. She was wearing a green frock and had silver anklets. She giggled and introduced herself, offering to show me a better hiding spot.

As we walked through the forest, I noticed that my cousins were nowhere to be found. It was getting late, and it was her turn to hide. Suddenly, I saw one of her anklets lying near a disturbing sight: a skeleton surrounded by bones, dried blood, and clumps of hair. I felt nauseous and called out for her, but she was nowhere to be seen.

I looked up and saw a shadow watching me from the top of the tree where she had been sitting. It resembled an animal, squatting and hooting like an owl. I ran as fast as I could, following a green frock in the distance.

Eventually, I reached my grandparents' house, covered in dirt and sweat. My cousins were worried about me, as I had ventured into a part of the forest where unexplained deaths and disappearances had occurred years ago. A disturbed killer had been caught and killed after kidnapping and murdering several children.

I tried to find the girl with the green frock but eventually gave up. Then, I stumbled upon an old, torn poster of a missing girl near the market street. It sent chills down my spine. I learned that she had been missing for over ten years. It was impossible for her to be alive and playing hide-and-seek in the forest. Did she help and saved me, even though she had been tragically killed herself?


More Stories In The Forest:

https://www.justutter.com/2024/11/fog-someone-is-holding-me.html

https://www.justutter.com/2024/11/the-haunted-road.html

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