[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by happy_doughnut

I would have thought that by having the case solved and the killer punished, her soul would be content, though. It seemed to me that that was what she wanted--to have her killer found and punished for her death. I guess that's not all, though.

Yes, that's true, she did want her killer to be found, but because the object that was around at the time of her death was...well, around (and part of the whole incident) it's still "cursed" even though they found her killer. It's really horrible, but understandable.

Your story was pretty freaky...what country was your mother, uncle, and grandmother living in at that time? I wonder if that black dog had anything to do with the country's spiritual beliefs.

Anyway, here's another, again not mine. The girl telling this story is a singer in Taiwan and her story was of her childhood:

Back when she was in elementary school (I think maybe around first grade) she and her schoolfriends were at recess and they decided to play a game of hide and seek. So, one of the kids was "It" and s/he counted down and everyone went to hide. Now, the singer girl had a good friend among the group and she and her friend decided to hide someways off near the lavatories (I think the restrooms were connected to the school, but one door leads outside to the playground/field and that's where they went to hide). The singer girl went to hide in some bushes near the restrooms while her friend actually hid inside the restroom in the last stall (out of the six, I believe).

Her friend kept hearing the children playing and stuff outside, but after a while, she couldn't hear them anymore. She thought that maybe the game was over and decided to rejoin the group. When she went to open the stall door, she couldn't open it. It was locked even though the latch inside was unlocked. She kept tugging at it and she couldn't open it, so she started calling for help but no one came. The door leading outside was either too thick or the children were too far away. Suddenly, the friend began to hear the sound of a wheelchair squeaking along the floor along with footsteps, so she stopped and listened. Then, the girl heard someone knocking on the door of the very first stall and a woman's voice asking "Is someone inside?" Gradually, the wheelchair and the footsteps advance a little closer to the friend's stall and the same process repeats: knocking, asking, walking. Now the girl is freaking out completely, but the door was still locked. Finally, whatever was outside stopped at her stall and asked again "Is someone inside?" The girl didn't answer but just stayed there trying to be as quiet as possible. Nothing happened...no noise, no movement, nothing. So, the girl decided to stay there for 10 more minutes just in case whatever is outside is still there. So, she stays there...finally, after 10 minutes, she's ready to leave...but she suddenly decides to look above her and...

...she sees a young nurse and an old woman just peering down at her with a calm expression on their faces. Basically, they've been looking at her for all those 10 minutes. The girl freaks out and tries to open the door, which opened, and runs to find her teacher and classmates. She's crying and traumatized and explains to the teacher what happened. Later on in the day, the teacher goes to the principal and asks him/her about the incident which the principal seemed a bit uneasy about. The principal finally admitted that the school used to be either a hospital or a nursing home (I forget) but the place got burned down in a fire and the young nurse and the old woman in a wheelchair died in that lavatory.

So there you have it. And of course stupid people would turn the place into a school, I mean, what place better, right? Yeah, this one was pretty scary too when I heard it.