Posted On: December 7, 2023

At first, I wondered if I should share this story or not due to it is quite sensitive.

1) It is about my family.

2) There might be some cultural, belief misappropriation.

Back in the year 2010, I was 20 years old, I was in my sophomore year (in university).

I found a bunch of old and antique photos of the family from my grandpa's side (dad's dad) taken in 1910, 1915, 1917, 1920, and 1935.

2 photos caught my attention which were taken in 1915 and each photo got an inscription.

"This Foto Taken in March 15 1915 of The Dalchaval" with a stamp saying "Surat".

(I am Thai, but the family photo was taken in India).

One photo is a group photo consisting of 10 people wearing all white, and all the women wore a huge amount of gold jewelry on them.

The second photo consists of 12 people taken in the same area but moved up to the second floor of the house.

I took these 2 photos to my grandpa and asked where they were taken and who are they.

Grandpa looked at these photos for a few seconds and said, Oh! this dad's house (my great-grandpa) in Surat India.

The haunted mansion I used to tell you about when you were young. 

At that time my grandpa was already 95 years old. .

He took the first photo and told me to move close to him and he started pointing.

"the man at the back on the left is my dad (my great-grandpa), and the man next to him is my half-brother.

Dad married my mom when his first wife passed away.

In the second row, the lady on the very left is my mom (my great-grandma) as you can see she looks quite different from the rest because she is Siamese (Thai), at the time this photo was taken I was inside her tummy.

The lady next to her is another in-law; my half-brother's wife.

The fourth lady sitting in the middle of the photo is my grandma; dad's mom (my great-great grandma), the lady on her left is her younger sister who remains single and the rest of the people in this photo I couldn't remember".

Then he looked at the second photo and said, "This is the right corner of the house facing the backyard beside the family cemetery. you and see the balcony on the right side of the photo.

That leads to the third floor of the house where 3 water tanks supply for the whole house.

It is where we found the in-law's body inside.and you see the infant that my half-brother is holding..he is my older brother and almost died from being sacrificed, he was safe by the in-law.

The door behind my half-brother is my dad's bedroom.it is painted crimson red".

Grandpa talked with a neutral tone as if what he just said is a normal thing that happens every day.

Then my grandpa looked at the first photo again and he pointed at his grandma saying, "This person killed", then he moved his finger to the in-law "and she haunts grandma for the rest of her life".

My grandpa was born in Bangkok, Siam (Thailand) on September 18, 1915, while his older brother was born in Surat, India in 1914.

But my grandpa got very ill and both Thai and Western doctors in Bangkok back then couldn't cure him and didn't expect him to live past 1 year old.

So His dad decided to bring him to Surat and expected that they would be back in Bangkok in a few months.

But no.

He stayed in Surat until 1923, while his dad and his half-brother needed to go back and forth between Bangkok and Surat multiple times a year due to they are conducting business here in Thailand.

Okay, all the backstory aside.here is the main story.

I have to apologize in advance if this might affect the local belief in Surat, Gujarat, India.

But this is the story that has been passed down my from grandparent to me.

So take it as a "fun read" instead.

THE RITUAL.

There is a local belief that happens once in a blue moon on how to obtain wealth in a 'short-cut' way.

It is said that a child who was born in the early of the year with a specific body marking is the main 'key person' of the ritual.

Once one of the family members receives a sign and information about the auspicious date, they will have to princely dress up the infant and put the infant in front of the specific cave instruct to them.

You are allowed to go into the cave and take out the treasure in one go and never look back at the infant ever again.

I asked grandpa the same question "Why?".

"Greed," he said, Greed is the only thing that made you willing to sacrifice others in exchange for 'treasures'.

"How?", Grandpa said that he heard that the entity showed up in each family in different ways, in this case, it appeared to his grandma in her dream.

Instructing that it wants the youngest infant in the family who was born last year; dress the infant up well, and put him in front of the specific cave the entity instructed.

"What is it?", I asked. Grandpa said that it depends on your beliefs, some said it is a demon, some say it is a deity, but the Gujarati Muslim called it Djinn.

I asked my grandpa why do your grandma want more wealth because we were super rich at that time.

Grandpa simply replies with one word "Greed".

Back in 1915 when this happened my great-grandma was still a few months pregnant with my grandpa.

Her husband and her stepson went back to Bangkok to manage the family business.

Imagine being the only person in the big house who can barely speak their local language and out of the blue your mother-in-law tells you that she will need her child who has just reached 1 year old to exchange with a treasure that an entity just told her in her dream.

Imagine how must the frustration should be.

If we were in her shoes as a foreigner living in a foreign land we might think that this is all bull-shit.

But when other members of the family who are local hear this, they all know that this is the real deal and they have to find a way to stop this immediately.

The hero of this story is another in-law; the one who married my grandpa's half-brother.

She is the one who comforted my great-grandma and figured out the date of the sacrifice.

As soon as she got the information, she immediately telegrammed my great-grandpa about the situation and told him the specific date that was told in my great-great grandma's dream.

Let's say that if this story were crap or just a local folklore my great-grandpa would like it go.

But this, he immediately booked a ship ticket and went back to Surat immediately.

As you can imagine there is a HUGE argument between mother and son.

And this is the reason why the great-great grandma hates this in-law to the core.

I asked my grandpa what would happen to the infant if the ritual went perfectly.

Grandpa said that from what he heard from many locals, which also includes his grandma he said that right after you took out all the treasure and walked passed the infant you would hear a "snap" ask if the neck is broken.

But for those who took the treasure and look back at the infant, all the treasure that you have taken will be gone.vanish in thin air.

Even if you get your infant back.but they are never the same.

Most of them never be able to speak, some went blind, some went deaf, and some became very ill the source of the illness was never found.

"That's what you get from your actions of greed," said grandpa.

Growing up in the mansion in Surat, Grandpa knew that his grandma and the in-law never see eye to eye.

Everyone knows the story behind it but nobody ever speaks of it.

Grandpa said that the in-law is a very lovely person and she loves him and his older brother as if they were her child because she doesn't have a child of her own.

One day the in-law went missing, and nobody could see her for almost a week.

Then once a day hat one of the housemaid need to check the water level in the water tanks which is located on the third floor.

Everyone heard the scream.

The housemaid screams at the top of her lungs and everyone flocks to her.

She found the in-law's body in the water tank.

Everybody knows that there is no sane person who will climb up and go into the water tank.

Plus she is considered as one of the masters of the house, so it is not her duty to do so.

Grandpa said that everybody knows that it is his grandma doing, but nobody ever speaks of it.

Grandpa said that he remembered it well. His grandpa started saying that she saw the ghost of the in-law a few days after her body had been found.

She had to be tortured by the in-law's ghost until 1923, the year before grandpa went back to live permanently in Bangkok.

Grandpa said that every day his grandma would trip down the stairs and she claimed that the in-law did it.

Every time that the family gathered at the family member; his grandma would refuse to sit at the table because she claimed that "the in-law kept on pulling my legs".

At night she claims that she is barely able to sleep cause the in-laws keep on standing beside her bed.

Once a week every night, she would have to knock on my grandpa's bedroom doors and ask him to accompany her to the third floor and check the water tanks, she claimed that she heard a loud banging sound from above as if someone was banging from inside the water tank.

This happened for 8 years straight.

Grandpa said that his grandma died from exhaustion.

He remembered that on that very night, every family gathered in his grandma's bedroom and she confessed that she was the one who killed the in-law and that's why she kept on haunting her.

She said that she hated her to the core because he ruined the ritual. After confessing everything she dies on her bed exhaustingly.

But not to be worried.

The Infant who was meant to be sacrificed passed away in his early 90s and my grandpa passed away at 101, even though doctors said that he wouldn't make it to 1 year old.

Grandpa said India is a land of wonders, everything that you could have imagined could be found there.

A spectacular magic trick (man-made) and all the rituals, paranormal activities, and the 'living folklore' could be found there.

He really misses the place and all his childhood there. He thanks me for recovering the photo from the storage room, it truly brings back memories.

Post from user iknowiamveryhot at at reddit.

Posted On: December 7, 2023

At first, I wondered if I should share this story or not due to it is quite sensitive.

1) It is about my family.

2) There might be some cultural, belief misappropriation.

Back in the year 2010, I was 20 years old, I was in my sophomore year (in university).

I found a bunch of old and antique photos of the family from my grandpa's side (dad's dad) taken in 1910, 1915, 1917, 1920, and 1935.

2 photos caught my attention which were taken in 1915 and each photo got an inscription.

"This Foto Taken in March 15 1915 of The Dalchaval" with a stamp saying "Surat".

(I am Thai, but the family photo was taken in India).

One photo is a group photo consisting of 10 people wearing all white, and all the women wore a huge amount of gold jewelry on them.

The second photo consists of 12 people taken in the same area but moved up to the second floor of the house.

I took these 2 photos to my grandpa and asked where they were taken and who are they.

Grandpa looked at these photos for a few seconds and said, Oh! this dad's house (my great-grandpa) in Surat India.

The haunted mansion I used to tell you about when you were young. 

At that time my grandpa was already 95 years old. .

He took the first photo and told me to move close to him and he started pointing.

"the man at the back on the left is my dad (my great-grandpa), and the man next to him is my half-brother.

Dad married my mom when his first wife passed away.

In the second row, the lady on the very left is my mom (my great-grandma) as you can see she looks quite different from the rest because she is Siamese (Thai), at the time this photo was taken I was inside her tummy.

The lady next to her is another in-law; my half-brother's wife.

The fourth lady sitting in the middle of the photo is my grandma; dad's mom (my great-great grandma), the lady on her left is her younger sister who remains single and the rest of the people in this photo I couldn't remember".

Then he looked at the second photo and said, "This is the right corner of the house facing the backyard beside the family cemetery. you and see the balcony on the right side of the photo.

That leads to the third floor of the house where 3 water tanks supply for the whole house.

It is where we found the in-law's body inside.and you see the infant that my half-brother is holding..he is my older brother and almost died from being sacrificed, he was safe by the in-law.

The door behind my half-brother is my dad's bedroom.it is painted crimson red".

Grandpa talked with a neutral tone as if what he just said is a normal thing that happens every day.

Then my grandpa looked at the first photo again and he pointed at his grandma saying, "This person killed", then he moved his finger to the in-law "and she haunts grandma for the rest of her life".

My grandpa was born in Bangkok, Siam (Thailand) on September 18, 1915, while his older brother was born in Surat, India in 1914.

But my grandpa got very ill and both Thai and Western doctors in Bangkok back then couldn't cure him and didn't expect him to live past 1 year old.

So His dad decided to bring him to Surat and expected that they would be back in Bangkok in a few months.

But no.

He stayed in Surat until 1923, while his dad and his half-brother needed to go back and forth between Bangkok and Surat multiple times a year due to they are conducting business here in Thailand.

Okay, all the backstory aside.here is the main story.

I have to apologize in advance if this might affect the local belief in Surat, Gujarat, India.

But this is the story that has been passed down my from grandparent to me.

So take it as a "fun read" instead.

THE RITUAL.

There is a local belief that happens once in a blue moon on how to obtain wealth in a 'short-cut' way.

It is said that a child who was born in the early of the year with a specific body marking is the main 'key person' of the ritual.

Once one of the family members receives a sign and information about the auspicious date, they will have to princely dress up the infant and put the infant in front of the specific cave instruct to them.

You are allowed to go into the cave and take out the treasure in one go and never look back at the infant ever again.

I asked grandpa the same question "Why?".

"Greed," he said, Greed is the only thing that made you willing to sacrifice others in exchange for 'treasures'.

"How?", Grandpa said that he heard that the entity showed up in each family in different ways, in this case, it appeared to his grandma in her dream.

Instructing that it wants the youngest infant in the family who was born last year; dress the infant up well, and put him in front of the specific cave the entity instructed.

"What is it?", I asked. Grandpa said that it depends on your beliefs, some said it is a demon, some say it is a deity, but the Gujarati Muslim called it Djinn.

I asked my grandpa why do your grandma want more wealth because we were super rich at that time.

Grandpa simply replies with one word "Greed".

Back in 1915 when this happened my great-grandma was still a few months pregnant with my grandpa.

Her husband and her stepson went back to Bangkok to manage the family business.

Imagine being the only person in the big house who can barely speak their local language and out of the blue your mother-in-law tells you that she will need her child who has just reached 1 year old to exchange with a treasure that an entity just told her in her dream.

Imagine how must the frustration should be.

If we were in her shoes as a foreigner living in a foreign land we might think that this is all bull-shit.

But when other members of the family who are local hear this, they all know that this is the real deal and they have to find a way to stop this immediately.

The hero of this story is another in-law; the one who married my grandpa's half-brother.

She is the one who comforted my great-grandma and figured out the date of the sacrifice.

As soon as she got the information, she immediately telegrammed my great-grandpa about the situation and told him the specific date that was told in my great-great grandma's dream.

Let's say that if this story were crap or just a local folklore my great-grandpa would like it go.

But this, he immediately booked a ship ticket and went back to Surat immediately.

As you can imagine there is a HUGE argument between mother and son.

And this is the reason why the great-great grandma hates this in-law to the core.

I asked my grandpa what would happen to the infant if the ritual went perfectly.

Grandpa said that from what he heard from many locals, which also includes his grandma he said that right after you took out all the treasure and walked passed the infant you would hear a "snap" ask if the neck is broken.

But for those who took the treasure and look back at the infant, all the treasure that you have taken will be gone.vanish in thin air.

Even if you get your infant back.but they are never the same.

Most of them never be able to speak, some went blind, some went deaf, and some became very ill the source of the illness was never found.

"That's what you get from your actions of greed," said grandpa.

Growing up in the mansion in Surat, Grandpa knew that his grandma and the in-law never see eye to eye.

Everyone knows the story behind it but nobody ever speaks of it.

Grandpa said that the in-law is a very lovely person and she loves him and his older brother as if they were her child because she doesn't have a child of her own.

One day the in-law went missing, and nobody could see her for almost a week.

Then once a day hat one of the housemaid need to check the water level in the water tanks which is located on the third floor.

Everyone heard the scream.

The housemaid screams at the top of her lungs and everyone flocks to her.

She found the in-law's body in the water tank.

Everybody knows that there is no sane person who will climb up and go into the water tank.

Plus she is considered as one of the masters of the house, so it is not her duty to do so.

Grandpa said that everybody knows that it is his grandma doing, but nobody ever speaks of it.

Grandpa said that he remembered it well. His grandpa started saying that she saw the ghost of the in-law a few days after her body had been found.

She had to be tortured by the in-law's ghost until 1923, the year before grandpa went back to live permanently in Bangkok.

Grandpa said that every day his grandma would trip down the stairs and she claimed that the in-law did it.

Every time that the family gathered at the family member; his grandma would refuse to sit at the table because she claimed that "the in-law kept on pulling my legs".

At night she claims that she is barely able to sleep cause the in-laws keep on standing beside her bed.

Once a week every night, she would have to knock on my grandpa's bedroom doors and ask him to accompany her to the third floor and check the water tanks, she claimed that she heard a loud banging sound from above as if someone was banging from inside the water tank.

This happened for 8 years straight.

Grandpa said that his grandma died from exhaustion.

He remembered that on that very night, every family gathered in his grandma's bedroom and she confessed that she was the one who killed the in-law and that's why she kept on haunting her.

She said that she hated her to the core because he ruined the ritual. After confessing everything she dies on her bed exhaustingly.

But not to be worried.

The Infant who was meant to be sacrificed passed away in his early 90s and my grandpa passed away at 101, even though doctors said that he wouldn't make it to 1 year old.

Grandpa said India is a land of wonders, everything that you could have imagined could be found there.

A spectacular magic trick (man-made) and all the rituals, paranormal activities, and the 'living folklore' could be found there.

He really misses the place and all his childhood there. He thanks me for recovering the photo from the storage room, it truly brings back memories.

Post from user iknowiamveryhot at at reddit.