HOWRAH: Strange apparitions moving across rooms, a trail of water on the floor, beds and pillows getting wet — horror movie freaks may think this to be the plot of the next Ramsay Brothers’ venture.
However, this is little joy for the residents of a century-old building at Santragachhi, where these ‘sightings’ are taking place. The house has already acquired the unenviable title of Bhoot Bungalow.
Siddhartha Banerjee and his family have occupied this century-old house at GIP Colony for nearly five decades now. While Banerjee stays on the ground floor, his sister stays in the rooms above.
It all started 13 days ago when family members found water on the floors where none had been spilled. Even beds and mattresses were moist. Banerjee’s daughter Varsha complained of seeing shadows moving across rooms.
As the news spread, a Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha team visited the house on Thursday. They reasoned that the floor and beds are being wetted by animals. The family has a pet dog. A number of cats also haunt the house. The needle of suspicion thus pointed towards these animals. The apparitions were dismissed as a figment of Varsha’s imagination.
However, as luck would have it, the team suddenly spotted a patch of water on the floor with no animal in the vicinity. Although the team members did not have any explanation, they contended that the water may have seeped through the old flooring. The Santragachhi Jheel is also close to the house, which might have been built after filling up a pond. The rationalists are now trying to unearth old land maps of the area to find out more. The team may visit the house again on Friday.
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