Mangalore: Screams of 'Ghost' Stop at Ballal Bagh Building
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (MM/NR)
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
UPDATE 2
Mangalore, Aug 19: ‘Screaming, meowing, wailing’ is no longer the spine-tingling scenario near the alleged ‘haunted’ house located in Ballal Bagh. This is the latest discovery made here late night on Saturday, August 18.
Interestingly, hundreds of youths who had come from various corners of the city and had gathered there all agog to hear the now-famous ghosts’ screaming, were in for a major disappointment. Moreover, the police too came on the scene and used canes to disperse the gawking crowds.
This raised the hackles from several members of the crowd, who were not pleased with the attitude of the police. In retaliation, the angry youth started shouting slogans against the alleged police insensitivity at not allowing them to hear or see the much-talked-about, so-called ‘ghost.’
On the other hand, Prof Narendra Nayak of the Rationalists' Association who was also present at the spot at midnight, speaking to ‘daijiworld.com,’ pointed out, “This is nothing but mass hysteria. People are simply wasting their time here. There is nothing called ‘ghost,’" he opined firmly.
The locals here however insist that the said chilling sounds were being heard only over the past one week and that they had never heard similar weird sounds at the spot before.
Some people point the finger of suspicion on a certain local lad who is said to be a good mimic. Accordingly, a few locals were keeping a close watch on his activities on Saturday midnight. He has been long suspected to be the person trying to create all those sounds to create panic among the women students who are staying in the hostels located next to this ‘ghost’ building.
In spite of all this information, the curiosity continues unabated till date, and people are coming here in large numbers and seem to be still interested in knowing the truth behind this screaming spree by the so-called ‘ghost’.
The 'haunted house' hoax: