Tapan was never interested in going out on vacations, rather than going out he would just stay in, take a nice shower, workout and chat with his friends. But his friends, Kumar, Babai and Aditya were successful in dragging him out of his house and taking him out on a vacation. From Chandrapura they started driving to reach their destination. Tilaiya Dam was a beautiful place surrounded by dense forest quiet villages, mountains with beautiful waterfalls and luxurious hotels. Tapan was a young man in his early twenties who worked in DVC thermal power plant along with Babai, Aditya and Kumar. After an
eight-hour long drive, they had finally reached Tilaiya Dam in the evening. They kept their bags in their rooms and went out for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo you guys want to drink some date juice?\u201d. Kumar said. Tapan replied \u201cIt is almost 4:00 pm, we won\u2019t get fresh date juice right now. The ones collected in the afternoon will make us drunk. \u201cSo, what?\u201d said Babai, he continued, \u201cListen, we are still young and dude you are not even married yet. Once you are trust me your wife won\u2019t allow you to have any fun, I have seen my cousin and it\u2019s not good\u201d. \u201cWell, I don\u2019t want to have it.\u201d Said Tapan. \u201cI am with Tapan,\u201d said Aditya. \u201cWhy, because you are a devotee of Lord Hanuman?\u201d asked Babai. \u201cYes\u201d, said Tapan. \u201cAnd what about you, Aditya?\u201d. \u201cI just don\u2019t want to\u201d, said Aditya. \u201cWell at least you can come with us, we need someone to carry us back after we are drunk\u201d, Babai said and smiled mischievously. \u201cFine\u201d, Aditya said. They walked down to the market from their hotel and asked for date juice to most of the drink shops but none of the shops sold date juice in the evening. The only answer they got was \u201cDate juice is only available in the
morning, if you want to get some right now you need to head towards to village.\u201d. They asked some people the way towards the village, but most of the people didn\u2019t answer, as if they were very uncomfortable to talk. After asking for a long time, one man replied. \u201cSir, if you want to go towards the village, should go in the morning.\u201d The sun is going to set after sometime and the road which leads to the village is not good.\u201d \u201cJust tell me which way it is.\u201d Babai said annoyingly. \u201cThe man looked at his face apologetically and pointed at a direction and said, \u201cThat way\u201d. \u201cI feel like we should be going in the morning\u201d. Tapan said. \u201cHave you gone mad, I am craving for date juice\u201d, Babai said annoyingly. \u201cI feel like we shouldn\u2019t be going, look the sun is almost setting. It\u2019s going to be dark after sometime, and
village roads are generally dark at night, what if it’s really dangerous?\u201d, Kumar said. \u201cYou guys have gone nuts; I am going that\u2019s it\u201d. Babai rented a car and said \u201cI won\u2019t be bringing any extra\u201d. Saying this he drove away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moment Babai crossed the city borders, it started getting dark. There was no moon in the sky, therefore the headlights from the car were the only source of light on the road. After driving for some time, he saw a car crashed against a tree. His car\u2019s headlights pointed at the crashed car. Babai came out of the car and went towards the crashed one. He hoped to see the driver alive, but to no avail, the driver was dead. He spotted a picture of a girl in the hand driver\u2019s hand. The girl was exceptionally beautiful. He was so attracted by the picture of the girl that he forgot about the date juice that he was craving for. He returned back to the hotel. His friends went to him and asked him if he got to drink some date juice or not. But he was so enchanted by the picture that he didn\u2019t even look at them. Kumar, Tapan and Aditya were worried, because throughout the night he kept on staring at the picture. When they came to have breakfast the morning, they saw Babai sitting on the chair still staring at the picture. Tapan looked into the picture and saw that it was a girl with long black hair wearing a beautiful saree and she had her right hand up with one finger out showing one to whoever had clicked the photo. He found the picture disturbing, but he didn\u2019t say anything. When the night came, Babai said, \u201cI am going towards the village to find this girl\u201d. \u201cHave you gone mad?\u201d, Kumar screamed. But Babai didn\u2019t hear anything he straightaway hopped inside the car and drove away. All of them rented another car and drove towards the village. Near a tree they saw a car crashed against a tree, they went near it and saw Babaisitting on the driver\u2019s seat, he was dead. Tapan and Aditya called the police. Kumar went near Babai and saw the picture Babai was holding. He took the picture and got fascinated by it, a beautiful girl, with long black hair. She had her right arm up and had two fingers up showing two to whoever had clicked the picture. All of them returned to their hotel. Except for Kumar, Aditya and Tapan were sad. Tapan looked at Kumar and saw him looking at the same picture Babai was looking at. \u2018What the hell is wrong with you\u201d, Tapan stopped, he saw Kumar holding the same picture which Babai was holding, the same girl, but this time instead one, the girl was showing two fingers. \u201cI am sure I saw the girl holding up only one finger\u201d. But Kumar couldn\u2019t listen. He shook Kumar but Kumar was lost in
that picture, he was smiling at it. The next night when Both of them came to call Kumar for dinner but, he was no longer in his room. They searched the surrounding area but they couldn\u2019t find him. The receptionist came running towards them and said, \u201cSir, he went towards village, no one is supposed to go through that road at night, it is haunted. A lady from the village was killed there and buried there once. Her grave is near a tree with her photo on top of it. And since that day no one crosses that road
at night\u201d. Tapan looked terrified and said, \u201cOne of my friends has died in that forest\u201d The receptionist said, \u201cThat friend of yours, Babai, he died in the forest?\u201d Tapan nodded and said, \u201cNow my friend Kumar is headed towards the forest I must go\u201d, the receptionist stopped him and said, \u201cDon\u2019t go Sir your friend is already dead, she has dragged him to his grave.\u201d \u201cWhat nonsense\u201d Aditya said annoyingly, \u201cI am going to the forest to save Kumar, Tapan are you coming?\u201d Tapan said, \u201cWe should go in the morning\u201d But the only thing he got to hear was, \u201cYou are the most selfish among us\u201d. Tapan and the receptionist tried to stop him but he took the receptionist\u2019s bike and went straight towards the forest. Tapan and the receptionist ran to the police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aditya entered the forest road, the headlights from the motorbike was the only source of light. After riding the bike for about five minutes he saw Kumar lying dead under a tree, for once he thought that the story might be true, but then his eyes went towards the photo of the girl, it was the same girl but now, she raised her right hand and had three fingers out, showing to whoever has taken her photo. Aditya looked at the photo petrified. He didn\u2019t dare to touch the photo and was about to run away when an arm tightly gripped his neck. He tried to free himself but the arm was way too strong. Tapan along with the receptionist took the police and drove towards the forest. Near the same tree they
found Kumar and Aditya lying dead. The police later on collected their dead bodies and called their parents. While going back Tapan saw the same photo but it was lying upside down. He didn\u2019t pick it up. He lamented on the loss of his dear friends. He promised to never come back to this place. A place which took away his three best friends from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Years later a man named Sandip drove towards the village at night. He saw a woman standing on the road. When he stopped the car and came out, he found no one. He only found a photo of the women. He searched for the woman around the area, but he didn\u2019t see her. He looked at the photo and saw the woman with her right hand up, she had long beautiful hair and was wearing a saree. Her right hand was showing one to whoever had clicked her photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Tapan was never interested in going out on vacations, rather than going out he would just stay in, take a nice shower, workout and chat with his friends. But his friends, Kumar, Babai and Aditya were successful in dragging him out of his house and taking him out on a vacation. From Chandrapura they started driving to reach their destination. Tilaiya Dam was a beautiful place surrounded by dense forest quiet villages, mountains with beautiful waterfalls and luxurious hotels. Tapan was a young man in his early twenties who worked in DVC thermal power plant along with Babai, Aditya and Kumar. After aneight-hour long drive, they had finally reached Tilaiya Dam in the evening. They kept their bags in their rooms and went out for a walk. \u201cDo you guys want to drink some date juice?\u201d. Kumar said. Tapan replied \u201cIt is almost 4:00 pm, we won\u2019t get fresh date juice right now. The ones collected in the afternoon will make us drunk. \u201cSo, what?\u201d said Babai, he continued, \u201cListen, we are still young and dude you are not even married yet. Once you are trust me your wife won\u2019t allow you to have any fun, I have seen my cousin and it\u2019s not good\u201d. \u201cWell, I don\u2019t want to have it.\u201d Said Tapan. \u201cI am with Tapan,\u201d said Aditya. \u201cWhy, because you are a devotee of Lord Hanuman?\u201d asked Babai. \u201cYes\u201d, said Tapan. \u201cAnd what about you, Aditya?\u201d. \u201cI just don\u2019t want to\u201d, said Aditya. \u201cWell at least you can come with us, we need someone to carry us back after we are drunk\u201d, Babai said and smiled mischievously. \u201cFine\u201d, Aditya said. They walked down to the market from their hotel and asked for date juice to most of the drink shops but none of the shops sold date juice in the evening. The only answer they got was \u201cDate juice is only available in themorning, if you want to get some right now you need to head towards to village.\u201d. They asked some people the way towards the village, but most of the people didn\u2019t answer, as if they were very uncomfortable to talk. After asking for a long time, one man replied. \u201cSir, if you want to go towards the village, should go in the morning.\u201d The sun is going to set after sometime and the road which leads to the village is not good.\u201d \u201cJust tell me which way it is.\u201d Babai said annoyingly. \u201cThe man looked at his face apologetically and pointed at a direction and said, \u201cThat way\u201d. \u201cI feel like we should be going in the morning\u201d. Tapan said. \u201cHave you gone mad, I am craving for date juice\u201d, Babai said annoyingly. \u201cI feel like we shouldn\u2019t be going, look the sun is almost setting. It\u2019s going to be dark after sometime, andvillage roads are generally dark at night, what if it’s really dangerous?\u201d, Kumar said. \u201cYou guys have gone nuts; I am going that\u2019s it\u201d. Babai rented a car and said \u201cI won\u2019t be bringing any extra\u201d. Saying this he drove away. The moment Babai crossed the city borders, it started getting dark. There was no moon in the sky, therefore the headlights from the car were the only source of light on the road. After driving for some time, he saw a car crashed against a tree. His car\u2019s headlights pointed at the crashed car. Babai came out of the car and went towards the crashed one. He hoped to see the driver alive, but to no avail, the driver was dead. He spotted a picture of a girl in the hand driver\u2019s hand. The girl was exceptionally beautiful. He was so attracted by the picture of the girl that he forgot about the date juice that he was craving for. He returned back to the hotel. His friends went to him and asked him if he got to drink some date juice or not. But he was so enchanted by the picture that he didn\u2019t even look at them. Kumar, Tapan and Aditya were worried, because throughout the night he kept on staring at the picture. When they came to have breakfast the morning, they saw Babai sitting on the chair still staring at the picture. Tapan looked into the picture and saw that it was a girl with long black hair wearing a beautiful saree and she had her right hand up with one finger out showing one to whoever had clicked the photo. He found the picture disturbing, but he didn\u2019t say anything. When the night came, Babai said, \u201cI am going towards the village to find this girl\u201d. \u201cHave you gone mad?\u201d, Kumar screamed. But Babai didn\u2019t hear anything he straightaway hopped inside the car and drove away. All of them rented another car and drove towards the village. Near a tree they saw a car crashed against a tree, they went near it and saw Babaisitting on the driver\u2019s seat, he was dead. Tapan and Aditya called the police. Kumar went near Babai and saw the picture Babai was holding. He took the picture and got fascinated by it, a beautiful girl, with long black hair. She had her right arm up and had two fingers up showing two to whoever had clicked the picture. All of them returned to their hotel. Except for Kumar, Aditya and Tapan were sad. Tapan looked at Kumar and saw him looking at the same picture Babai was looking at. \u2018What the hell is wrong with you\u201d, Tapan stopped, he saw Kumar holding the same picture which Babai was holding, the same girl, but this time instead one, the girl was showing two fingers. \u201cI am sure I saw the girl holding up only one finger\u201d. But Kumar couldn\u2019t listen. He shook Kumar but Kumar was lost inthat picture, he was smiling at it. 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