Ghosts in Beijing

Posted Jun 5, 2006 2:45am by Zed

Joined: Jun 4th, 2006
Posts: 132

I know, this is not that kind of thread you'd normally read in this board, but actually i'd really like your opinion, because its a feeling wich i encounter here in beijing more and more often. Please dont laugh at me

Let me tell you a small story. About two years ago, i had a chinese friend here. He actually wasnt a local beijinger, but worked as a designer for a very small advertising company. The company was in a small appartment in the He Ping Li area. It consisted out of one office room, and a sleeping room for the employees, three of them actually.

So my friend lived there, with his colleagues, and at that time, i was a student, i had alot of time, i used to visit them quite frequently. Very soon one of his colleagues asked me, if i believe in ghosts. At that time, i didnt really believed in it, but i never declined it either. I asked him, why he would ask me such a strange question, and his answer came very fast: In this appartment, he claimed, would be ghost. I didnt pay much attention to this "nonsense" at that time.

About one month later, i came over again. We watched some dvds. We, that is me, my friend, and the other roommate. This roommates Girlfriend was there too, but she was in an other room surfing through the internet. It was evening. About maybe 9, 10 o'clock. While we were watching, Shrek 2 as far as I remember, we suddenly heard a scream from the other room. Of course we charged there immediately, just to find his girlfriend sitting like made out of stone, pale white in her face, on the bed next to the computer. She was not able to speak but soon started crying, falling into her boyfriends arms.

About 20 mins later she calmed down, and was able to act normally and, most importantly, speak again. She claimed she saw the ghost of a young girl, about 10 years old, pale, black hair (i guess chinese) pointing at her without any word.

In my heart, i still actually didnt believe these claims. So i forgot about it a few days later. My chinese friends were actually more concerned allready, since ghosts are a part of chinese tradition i guess.

About two or three weeks later, my friend found a lost kitten, small thing, just outside of his appartment. He allready had one cat there, and thought it wont hurt to give this cat some company. But this kitten was small, and young, and week. I guess it didnt had much chance to survive.

One day my friend called me, rather nervous, and asked me to come over. I went there and he told me his story, wich obviosly just happened a few hours ago.

He said that last night the kitten died. He planed (like it is chinese tradition with dead pets) to throw it out. He put it in a bag, on the floor, to take it out with the trash later. Than he had to work, and after his boss left the office, since he felt a little tired, he decided to take a afternoon nap. He fell asleep very quickly. But awaked soon, because his other mewed loudly from his window.

He opened his eyes, and turned arround to the window, and there she sat. It was the ghost again, a young girl, about 10 years old, pale, almost dead skin. With a cruel gaze in her eyes she talked to my friend "You have to bury the kitten! You have to bury it! Here under the window! Hurry up! Bury it!" Her voice became more and more agressive, and suddenly, just like that my friend woke up, from what seemed to be just a scary nightmare. But this dream felt so real, his body was covered in sweat, and when he turned to the window, he saw his cat, sitting at the window, looking outside.

Unnecessary to say, that my friend buried the kitten immediately. He was really nervous about it, and i began to think that something was not going on quite right in this appartment. Up to this point all of the three roommates claimed to have witnessed signs of the "paranormal" phenomena going on in this appartment. I still wasnt clearly convinced at this point though.

Some time later, i went out with my friend. We used to go out every weekend, and well, as i said, i was student at that time, so there really wasnt that much money for me to spend. The night wasnt really good though, so soon we decided to go to his place, watch some dvds and hang out a little. He seemed a little tired so went to sleep soon, i still watched a dvd in the office. Since all the beds in the bedroom were full, i made myself comfortable at the office couch. Soon after the dvd planning to go to bed. As i lied there, everything dark, maybe 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning, it suddenly happened.

I heard some strange noises "Clack...Clack...Clack..." It allmost sounded like steps, outside the room on the floor. I actually am quite a nervous person myself, so i stood up and switched the light on. The noise disappeared instantly. I looked outside of the room, down the floor, but i couldnt recognize anything. So i thought my senses were playing some tricks on me and went to bed again. But just one minute later it happened again "Clack...Clack...Clack" I jumped up, switched the light on, and also switched the light on in the floor. Of course there were no noise anymore. I went down the floor in the direction of the noise. But i couldnt find anything. I waited a few minutes, but nothing happened. So i went back to sleep. But, just about one minute after i switched the light of, it happened again. "Clack...Clack...Clack". At this point i was thinking, i was kind of going crazy. So i switched on the light, and waited there til sunrise, zapping through dvds. At sunrise i packed my things and went home.

After that day i allways felt kind of uncomfortable to be at this appartment. But very soon, that company went bankrupt anyway, so my friend had to move out. I never saw this appartment again, but i still know exactly where it is and how to come there. Sometimes i imagine to go there again, during the night, and lift the curtain from the riddle, but, to tell the truth, i am damn scared when i do so.

Well, enough for the storytelling. What you think about the written above things is absolutely up to you. I for myself find, that there are things in this world we maybe cant understand completely. Afterlife might be just one of these.

Believing in ghosts is a big part of chinese tradition. I actually heard one or two similar ghost stories from friends here in beijing. To tell the truth, when i stay in a new appartment, or some place i wasnt before, since then it allways takes some time for me to adjust myself to the surrounding. Even in my own appartment, when i am here alone it takes me 20 to 30 minutes to find a peaceful sleep (ok i'm not used to sleep alone anyway :） ). What are your, if you have some, experiences in this matter? Do you have something to share maybe? Or do you maybe think that me and my friends are just a little mental and seriously overreacting?

When I was young I used to pray for a bike. Then I realized that God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and prayed for forgiveness.

For every day in heaven, you get one in hell.

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