Notes on My Paranormal Investigations - 1

I was probably 12 or 13 when i first felt this strange urge to investigate ghosts. Sounds silly, i know-- just a kid glued to YouTube, binge watching top 10 urban legends and haunted place investigation. But there was one name that stood out above all the others : Gaurav Tiwari. India's most famous paranormal investigator, the founder of Indian Paranormal Society, a guy who had investigated over 6000 "haunted" sites across this country.

Then, in 2016. Gaurav was found Dead in his apartment bathroom at just 31 years old. The police ruled it a suicide by hanging and the case was closed. But for those of us who'd followed his work, it never quite added up. Just weeks before his death, he'd told his wife he was being "pulled in" by a overwhelming negative force he couldn't resist, and that faint black mark around his neck? the speculation never really stopped.

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Fast Forward to 2020. The world went into lockdown, and due to my growing curiosity i think i became somewhat a paranormal investigator myself.

Here are some experiences that...well, did not convince me but were definitely eerie. 

So before I even got into this whole paranormal thing, there was this park near my house. The gate was broken,so me and my friends would sneak in during the afternoons to play. no one ever stopped us.

But I always got this weird vibe from that place. Every time I cycled past it--usually around 4 to 6 PM when the days were long--I'd feel like someone was behind me. like eyes on my back, I'd turn around and there'd be nothing.

The area was oddly quiet too .beautiful mansions everywhere but hardly any people. barely heard a sound from those houses. honestly, that's why I felt safe cycling there. One evening, around 6 PM, my friend and I decided to race home. we were neighbors, so it was simple: first one to the street corner wins. I was pedaling fast when out of NOWHERE this goat just walks into the middle of the road. I had to slam my brakes

my friend laughed, yelled smth making and zoomed away. I didn't rushed, steadied my cycle and got ready to pedal again

And then I heard someone call my name.

For a second I thought it was my friend yelling from far away. But no—it came from behind me. From the direction of the park. I turned around to look. There was an old couple taking a walk in the distance, a dog sleeping under a tree, a herd of goats. Nothing weird.

Until I saw a girl staring at me.

She looked like she was from a poor background, probably the goat owner, holding a stick in her hand. But she was just... staring, and her eye? one of them didn't have a pupil or maybe my eyes tricked me. It looked swollen, like she had some condition or something.

I didn't think much of it at the time. Just figured she was some local kid and pedaled home fast.

and uhm, it could be my brain just picked her up in my subconscious. but i started having her in my dreams, not constantly but maybe three times a month.

i ignored it for two months before finally telling my mom about it, and i was told to chant a protection mantra before my sleep- and my grandma recommended me too keep a knife under my mattress ?? i found no logic in it but i didn't argued. and surprisingly the dreams stopped???? like I'm 17 now and no dreams about that girl? i removed that knife last year though, it was rusted badly. my grandma says someone probably tried to curse me, but it wasn't strong enough so I'm safe.

and yeah cases of black magic do exist here quit a lot so ..i had to believe it.

!!> i also had a creepypasta investigation journal but lets keep it out cuz it was all silly and most likely i was paranoid.

!!> i have not tried any SERIOUS summoning or any rituals to contact spirits but i have defiantly researched a lot of cases and look forward to haunted places in my area. about that park, i couldn't find much information. it was government property.

!!> Now coming back to my paranormal experiences. this was when i was 15, My family decided to visit our village since it was a occasion of traditional festival, we decided to celebrate it with our dad's side relatives there. fast forward to that afternoon, I sat down with my cousins sharing snacks and talking, and obviously we had to chat about spooky stuff. she told me about the nearby incident where a women burned herself alive few months back but no one really knows why, the local news channels didn't cover it either. It was said she was probably a lunatic.

There were rumors around that area that people hear scream of a women, sighting of something burning. and the most famous one was-if your burned or lighted up anything there you are most likely to get her spirit close to you, in worst case-- possess you.

 I got curious. ofc i had too.

now I and her made a plan to go investigate and check if the rumors were right. we ganged up with the local kids. (me-15 y.o, my cousin- 18 y.o, ali- 11y.o and his sister 14 y.o) 

   ***soo this is going way too long, if anyone is interested i'll post the part two. perhaps more of my eerie experiences from past***