JustUtter 2Min Horror Stories: A Horror Book Series "Bhoota Gappa"

In the forgotten summer of 2001, the village of Mangalajodi held its breath every nightfall. A towering banyan tree, known only as "the cursed root," loomed at the village's edge. Locals whispered that a possessed girl, a child of unholy rage, had once slaughtered 21 souls beneath its shade, just days before Dussehra. Since then, no sane being dared near it after sunset. Except for one — Mr. Raghunath Pradhan, the newly transferred physics teacher at the village school. Skeptical of village superstitions, Raghunath believed only in the laws of nature. One evening, after a late extra class for his senior students, he decided to cut across the fields, past the haunted tree, to save time. As he neared the Mangalajodi Tree, the air thickened. His flashlight flickered. A low humming filled his ears, growing louder with every step. Suddenly, a shriek — bone-chilling and blood-curdling — tore through the night. Frozen, Raghunath watched in horror as a figure emerged from the hol...