July 17, 2017, today is the anniversary of P'Jel's death. So, we came to pay our respects to the grave at the cemetery.
"This is Brother Ray, Brother Jel why did he die?" Sam, a close junior from the same club asked after finishing paying respects to the grave.
"Ah…about that?" I looked up at the grave and smiled slightly. A flashback image from back then popped into my head. Since that day, I have never forgotten it. The image of that event still stuck with me. Always remember it, never forget it. Dozens of candlesticks surrounded the corpse of a young girl, the smell of blood, and the twisted body of a cousin.
"Huh, so horrifying," I muttered softly.
"What's so scary?" Three asked with a questioning look on his face. So... If I tell you, it won't be a problem, right?
Going back to 15 years ago, when I was only 6 years old, during a school break, my family and I went back to visit relatives in the provinces. The time of arrival was around the afternoon. While sitting there, bored, I looked around to find something to play to relieve the boredom.
My eyes suddenly stopped on a house located at the front entrance. Let me explain first. My relative's house in front of me was a wide-open area with no fences. In front of the entrance on the right side is a one-story wooden house.
"The food is just finished. Rei, go and call P'Jel to bring it over."
"Yes," I answered before jumping off the teak chair and heading towards the wooden house at the entrance. When we arrived, I looked around the house. This house, if I remember correctly, seems to be my aunt's house. She lives with her eldest daughter. As for Dad, he went to work as an engineer on an oil rig and would come back occasionally.
I walked to a stop at the window next to the house before climbing up the fruit crate and leaning into the window but was stopped because what I saw was P'Jel, who was kneeling and looking at the large altar table that was placed on the wall of the house. home with an unmoved expression
The other doors and windows were completely closed. The lights in the house were not turned on. The only open thing was the window that I was perched on. Only the one closest to the front door.
"Uh...Auntie Phet asked me to come and eat." After saying that, I stood and waited to see the other person's reaction. Sunlight streamed in through the small window at the top, revealing quite a bit of her face. P'Jel slowly turned his head before stopping to show just the side of his face. The black pupils slowly moved to look at me before they opened slightly.
What is that? That horrible feeling. Suddenly I felt goosebumps. The saliva in my throat is all sticky.
"Th- Then I'll go first." Without waiting for the other person to reply, I immediately jumped down from the fruit crate and ran back into the house. That's like he's not the elder Jel I know. Normally, she would greet me warmly, but this time she didn't.
She looked scary, creepy, and demonic. Not Brother Ray like I once knew.
I sat and waited for food at the dining table, including other adults. I looked around. Looks like P'Jel hasn't come yet. "Hey Phet, Jel, isn't he coming to eat?"
Uncle Yai turned to ask Aunt Phet who was setting the table. "I already sent Rei to follow. I guess it's the same." I furrowed my eyebrows, listening to the elders talk without understanding.
"Ah, that's the gel, here it is," Mom said. Everyone looked at it together. Under the strong sunlight, Brother Jel walked barefoot and walked slowly this way. His body sways with the force of his walking like a zombie.
"Today it's strange to come out to eat. Normally, no matter how much I call you, they won't come." P'Jel sat down on the opposite side, his head bowed, his hair covering his face so much that he couldn't even see his eyes.
A plate of rice was placed in front of everyone, and everyone began to eat. I secretly glanced at Brother Jel who was opposite. She kept sitting in the same position, unmoving. refused to touch the rice at all. I leaned my head towards Mom and used my arm to nudge her.
"Mom, why doesn't P'Jel to eat?"
"That's it, P'Petch, Jel doesn't want to eat at all." Mother turned to Aunt Petch who was sitting next to her. She turned to her daughter and told her to eat.
"Jell, eat your rice," Auntie Petch tapped Phi Jel's shoulder and pushed the rice plate closer. P'Jel raised his head slightly until he saw expressionless eyes like the eyes of a dead person.
She raised both her hands and used both of her hands to shovel the rice onto the plate until the rice in the plate spilled out onto the plate.
"Wait a minute, Jel. Why do you eat that? It's already spilled." Auntie Phet and Uncle Yai helped to stop her, but no matter how they stopped her, she wouldn't listen. Plus, he tried to resist and would continue shoveling rice. Causing the whole table to be unable to eat.
"Petch, please take the Jel home first. It's going to get more chaotic than this." Grandma turned to Auntie Phet who was busy stopping P'Jel. "Jel, that's enough."
Aunt Phet and Uncle Yai helped to take Pee Jel away from the dining table. At that time, I was both confused and scared. This is not the brother Jel I know. Her expression was that of a beast, not human at all.
"Mom, the P'Jel hasn't gone away yet?" Mom turned to ask Grandma while they were helping to clean the dining room table. "Yeah, the diamond has already been taken to the doctor and it's still the same."
"Why don't you go and see the monks?"
"Tried, but still the same," they both sighed. At that time, I didn't understand what the elders were saying. But just know that P'Jel is not normal. Not the same and there's no way it was the same.
At 7 p.m., I sat and watched TV with everyone else in the house except Auntie Phet and P'Jel. While watching the drama on the TV screen, I suddenly heard some noises from outside. An ear-splitting wheeze sound was heard from time to time. I decided to get up and look at the balcony before stopping at a house in front of the entrance.
The light from inside the house shone through the window and the shadow of someone reflected off it.
I stared at the shadow through the light from the window of the house. Its posture from standing still began to raise one arm, accompanied by the haunting sound of Thai music. The shadow began to dance and slowly swept its arms up and down. The black shadow's body began to distort, starting from its head and slowly moving down its body.
The crunching sound of bones breaking could be heard from the music. Until finally the shape was distorted until there was no human outline left. At that time, I was very frightened. His legs were shaking, and tears flowed, and he fell to the ground, unable to do anything.
The questions in his head were all confusing.
An ear-piercing fiddle sound sounded. You can feel it coming from behind. I slowly turned around and saw the dark shadow of someone.
I tried to peer into the darkness before I got used to it and started to see what the shadow looked like. P'Jel's face His eyes widened, his black eyes so small he could barely see. Lips that smile from ear to ear A neck that is tilted almost to the point of touching the shoulders. His arms were ready to Thai dance before he spoke in a loud voice that echoed in his ears before the picture was cut off.
"found you, the victim of the sacrifice."
The next morning around 7 a.m., I hurriedly woke up to wait to give alms to monks along with Grandma and Aunt Phet. As for the reason, it was because of last night's events. My parents said that I cried out loud at that time. They were shocked so they went to look but found that I had already passed out. As I scanned my eyes to look for the source of my unconsciousness, I couldn't find anything.
I thought back to the events of last night. I remember clearly that what I saw was P'Jel. Another certain thing is Brother Jel that I saw there Definitely not a person.
"Rei, get up now," Grandma's voice called me out of my thoughts. I quickly got up and turned to put on my shoes.
"Do you live in this house?" His voice made me look up. "Uh…which house?"
"That house," the monk pointed behind me. The house that refers to must be Aunt Phet's house. Because now we come to give alms in front of this house.
"No, this is my aunt's house." I turned to answer the monk. Suddenly a cool wind blew gently. Right now, there are only me and the monk, the only two people. "If possible Don't enter this house today."
"Why?"
"The daughter of this family has been ill for a long time. If I remember correctly, it would have been almost a year. From being a cheerful person, I suddenly turned into a quiet person who likes to keep to myself."
"So, do you know what's wrong with P'Jel?" I asked out of curiosity.
"It is a personal belief. You can believe it or not. From what I saw This child has already died. The only corpse left is now the home of an evil ghost."
The monk's answer shocked me to the point where I couldn't speak. I slowly turned around to look at Brother Jel, who was still kneeling and looking up at the Buddha altar with a completely silent expression.
"I can only warn you. If you want to survive Don't ever get close to her."
"Why, sir, can't you help me? you are a monk."
"This child has already gone to a monk and a skilled shaman for help. But it got worse When it couldn't do anything Her mother let it go. Let karma take care of itself."
The monk's footsteps gradually became distant until he could not hear them. The image of P'Jel slowly turning around before showing a terrifying smile.
Out of fear, I decided to rush into the main house without thinking about my life. This is not P'Jel. It was an evil ghost that took my sister's life. I sat down on a litter under the house, breathing heavily. What should I do? What should I do? Are you going to let it stay in P'Jel's body like this?
"Rei, where have you been?" Mother's voice snapped me out of my trance. I looked up at her who was holding a bag over her shoulder. "Oh, Uh… I was Go for a walk around here."
"So? Mom and Aunt Phet will take Grandma to the doctor for a bit, and then I'll go run some errands too. The snacks are in the pantry. If you want to eat, you can go pick it up and eat it."
When I found out that my mother would not be there, I hurriedly got up to join her but was told, "You can't go. They don't let children in."
"But I don't want to stay here."
"Rei don't be stubborn. Usually, you can stay. Just one day." I stood and looked at Mom. Aunt Phet and Grandma gradually got into the car. Normally I'm alone. But this isn't normal. Uncle and father went fishing and would return in the evening.
In the end, my request was ineffective. I could only watch as the white car moved away until it was out of sight.
I hurried into the house and locked all the doors and windows, making it completely dark inside. Before sitting down in front of the TV, my eyes kept glancing up to look outside the balcony from time to time.
After a while, a girl in a pink dress suddenly walked into area the house. She went straight to the window of Auntie Phet's house.
I hurriedly got up and went outside to the balcony and looked. It was discovered that the girl was Ginny, the daughter of the sweet shop aunt two houses down.
She climbed onto a fruit crate, clung to the window, and talked to someone. Seeing this, I immediately opened the door and ran down to her. I can't let Ginny meet P'Jel.
"Ginny!!" She turned around with a smile and climbed down from the fruit crate. "Rei, hello."
"What are you doing here?"
"Come to see Brother Jel. I haven't come to see him in a long time." Ginny isn't at home. She moved to study in the city when she was in Grade 1. "By the way, what's wrong with P'Jel? No matter how I called, he didn't answer."
I glanced at Brother Jel, who was still kneeling and looking at the altar with blank eyes as usual, then looked back at the person in front of me with a feeling of discomfort.
At that time, I thought and thought about whether I should tell her about this or not. But before I could continue speaking, Brother Jel suddenly stood at the window and looked at us.
We both turned to look. That eyesight made me shiver all over.
P'Jel smiled from ear to ear until his eyes were nearly closed before speaking in a slow voice. "Are you going to come see me? Come in first."
When she finished speaking, she turned and walked away. Ginny and I turned around and looked at each other. "Then let's go in."
Without waiting for my answer, Ginny walked towards the front door. What should I do? She was about to enter. At that time, I didn't know what to do. Should I go in and stop her from entering the house? In the end, I had to follow her.
As I entered, I saw that Ginny had already sat on the cushion next to P'Jel that was arranged in front of the mantelpiece.
The two of them sat face to face and talked as if nothing had ever happened.
I slowly approached in fear before sitting down next to Ginny and poking her gently.
"Ginny, let's go out." But she didn't respond and continued to talk with P'Jell. I nudged her again and shook her arm a little harder. But no matter what, she still didn't answer.
I turned to look at Brother Jel who was sitting on the opposite side. She still sat, not moving at all. My hair is all over my face, I can't see my eyes.
No, it was just Ginny who spoke by herself.
I decided to pull Ginny's arm up. She turned around and looked at me with a questioning expression, "What's wrong?"
"Let's go back. This isn't the P'Jel we know."
"What do you mean? This is P'Jel, right? P'Jel." Ginny turned around and gave another person a sweet smile without arrogance. Each turned to the other, who raised his head to reveal wide eyes but a wide, terrifying smile and said in a half-smirking tone,
"Yes~ This is P'Jel~ Your P'Jel~ hehehehe" Laughter so high that it sounded like a witch resounded throughout the house.
An eerie sound that immediately made me want to cry and run.
It's very scary. That grinning face and wide eyes that were seen in manga with ghost or demon characters like that.
"Anyway, I'm here~ Come help me~"
"What can I help you with?" Ginny asked softly. P'Jel also stood up and went to pick up something in front of him, carrying the amulet before sitting down in the middle of the house lighting several candles and setting them up in a circle in the middle of the house.
Starting to smell a bad smell about to happen. I turned and grabbed Ginny's hand to get her up, and together we ran towards the exit. But it's not yet time to move past. All the doors and windows suddenly closed until the house was filled with only darkness and the light from candles.
We all turned to look. P'Jel, who stood in the middle of the circle, beckoned to us.
"Come here, come see me." I shook my head rapidly. At that time, I felt that if I went, I would die. "No, I won't go."
But Ginny doesn't seem to think like me. She walked straight towards P'Jel, not caring at all what I said or pulling at her.
She walked in until she stopped and stood in front of P'Jel. The woman looked at the little boy with frightened eyes and smiled.
Pale white hands reached out and grabbed Ginny's shoulders and head, twisting them until her head spun 360 degrees.
"Ginny!!!!!" Her small body fell to the ground in front of her. I went straight towards him but was not able to reach him yet. Brother Jel bent down and picked up Ginny's legs with one hand before tearing the arms and legs into pieces.
Crimson blood splattered all over the floor, along with bits of flesh and limbs. Both of my legs collapsed on the ground, unable to stand or even walk.
Trembling hands stretched out in front of her, trying to grab her. The picture that was starting to blur from the tears saw only P'Jel dragging Ginny into the circle before bending down and using Ginny's blood to write something on the floor.
P'Jel picked up Chada and put it on. Pressed to turn on the tape and Thai music played. Lift both arms and prepare to dance.
As soon as the lyrics started playing, She began to dance unusually. The head is tilted almost 90 degrees, and the arms that are doing the circle pose are higher than before. His arms waved back and forth in a dance-like manner, with a terrifying grin on his face.
P'Jel who was dancing suddenly screamed out in agony. Her head twisted to the side with a loud clang. Her arms and legs were deformed before she fell to the ground and lay completely motionless.
Legs folded back. Her Chada fell from her head and fell to the ground. His eyes widened and he turned his pale face this way.
I could only cry and look at the two people who were now corpses lying on the ground.
"P'Jel!! Ginny!!!"
The music continued to play with no signs of stopping. P'Jel's body slowly stood up using only his legs like a zombie. and started dancing again but it's not the same behavior.
Her dancing is different. Both wavering and directionless, becoming more violent and devoid of beauty. And that grin
I remember that picture very well. It's both eerie and terrifying. But I couldn't do anything but cry and scramble, trying to escape from here.
She continued to dance without stopping as the music continued to play. Every candle was kicked and toppled over. The candle fell on top of Ginny's body before it quickly burst into flames.
The fire started to spread around until now it was all ablaze. All I could see now were raging flames and dark shadows dancing in the fire without any signs of stopping.
"Ginny...P'Jell..."
At that moment, a shrill sound was suddenly heard coming from the fire. A human body whose skin began to melt, revealing the flesh beneath. She stood in front of her and spoke in an eerie voice.
"The sacrifice~ was completed."
When I realized it again, I found myself lying in the hospital. I looked around and my parents and grandmother were also there.
"Are you awake?" Everyone ran to the bed and rang the bell to call the doctor.
"I'm okay. But let me rest for a bit and then I can leave the hospital." The doctor finished examining me and left.
Suddenly thinking of that event, what about Jel and Ginny? How are they now? "How are P'Jel and Ginny?" I asked in a hoarse voice. When they heard this, their expressions immediately changed.
Mother shook her head in response. So that means they didn't survive.
"Mom, P'Jel, what's wrong with him? Why is he like that?" Everyone averted their eyes, silently refusing to answer. "Is he possessed by a ghost? That ghost possessed p'Jel and then came to take Ginny with him, right?"
When I spoke, everyone had shocked expressions. "Probably like that."
"Mom," she turned to talk to Grandma, making a gesture as if to stop her, "Come on, one day the grandkids themselves will know. You better tell him."
Grandma said that half a year ago, P'Jel went on a trip with his friends. When he returned, Brother Jel had strange symptoms. She is absent-minded and acts strangely. For example, when she eats, she eats and eats with her hands. Or I like to sit still and look aimlessly at the Buddha image shelf.
Even though everyone has tried to ask it's the same. Aunt Phorn decided to take P'Jel to a psychiatrist to get checked out. But it was found that her body and mind were normal. When the doctor asked her about her symptoms, P'Jel responded like a normal person, not like someone who was absent-minded or had any symptoms. But when I took my eyes off the doctor, she returned to her old self. Both absentmindedly and gluttonous
Worried, Grandma decided to take her to Luang Phor for help. The monk said that she was possessed by a demon. It is necessary to perform an exorcism ceremony. But after completing the ceremony, instead of being cured, it turned out that the symptoms were still the same.
Aunt Phorn then went to ask for help from an exorcist. But this time the symptoms were more severe than before.
Both screaming and raving her like playing Thai music in the middle of the night. Plus, sometimes she gets up and dances as well. It made everyone in the house go haunted.
The family tried their best to find a way to help her, but no matter what they did, she never recovered. Trying to find the root cause, nothing seems to be found.
As for the matter of P'Jel saying that the victims were sacrificed, Grandma said that it probably belonged to P'Jel and a friend who got it while they were traveling. I saw that it was a Khmer black belt as well.
It is a statue of a standing black woman the size of a small Buddha statue.
Grandma already told Brother Jel to throw it away. But she didn't listen. She chose to put it on the Buddha statue shelf and worshiped it as if it were a Buddha statue.
Everyone began to think hard because no matter what they did, the statue would not disappear. Plus, P'Jel doesn't seem to be getting any better.
Until the day before the incident the day Ginny and I entered that house, Grandma said that that night she dreamed that a monk was walking in front of the house on a pilgrimage. You are a beautiful monk. He doesn't look very old, probably in his youth. He said that no one should ever be allowed into the house. Having to let her die according to her karma cannot be helped.
And one more thing, don't let children get close to it. Because for the evil ghost, children are good sacrifice victims that will make its power stronger.
Until now, I still don't understand what happened. I don't know what kind of ghost it is, where it comes from, or what it wants. And I don't know what will happen to me in the future.
Maybe...I'll be the next victim of that ghost.