The Girl Near Fireplace

From: Shreya Srivastava (primrose_wild@yahoo.co.in)
Story type: Ghost
Location: Srinagar
Source: Form Submission

The girl near fireplace

I'm a 17 year old girl. I've never believed I ghosts till it happened to me.

We were in Srinagar (that's in India in Jammu and Kashmir). It was a very cold evening and I was sitting by a fire place warming myself. No one was at home. Although the room was totally sealed and warm a few minutes back, I felt a cold chill run up my spine. I turned round too see if any window was open. But it wasn't. When I turned back I could see a girl a young girl standing with her hair open, dripping with water. Her head was tilted to one side and her arms were outstretched but badly burnt. I froze there unable say anything. But after few seconds I closed my eyes shut tightly. I don't know how long I stood there like that but I remember waking up in my bedroom with my mom and dad near me and my fingers scorched. I swear I'm not lying. Shreya