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Disclaimer: The following paranormal stories are recounted from various radio channels and podcasts. They are not the original experiences of Autoreyy but are shared for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Dans Les Murs (In The Walls)

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For a new start, naanum en family-um oru pudhu veetukku shift aanom. It was an old neighbourhood, and all the houses looked like they were built sometime in the 1980s.

Ennadhan oru palaya neighbourhood-ah irundhalum, it looks like avlo neraya per ange settled aagale. Most of the houses were quite empty, like the house we moved in. We were very happy about the fresh start. Unil one fine day.

Ellam start aanadhu oru typical weekday morning. En wife eppayum pola enge 4-years-old paiyan Daniel-eh school-le drop panna ready aana, which will usually take about a half an hour.

The moment she shut the door behind her, enakkulle oru feeling. Naan thaniyadhan irukken but a tiny part of my subconscious constantly telling me that there was someone else in the house with me.

As soon as en wife thirumba veetukku vandhappa, I can actually feel that the eerie feeling left instantly. As soon as the uncomfortable feeling left, I could feel the warmth of the central heating.

The next morning, naandhan Daniel-eh school-le drop panna ponen and my wife stayed at home. When I was driving back, I got a call from my wife.

Her tome was very casual. It almost sounded forced. Eppo varuvingenu ketukute irundha, but in a prolonged way as if she was trying to keep the call as long as possible.

Naan thirumba veetukku vandhappa en wife enkitte adhepathi edhuvume pesala. Through her smile, I can feel that she was a bit spooked and naan vandha podhumnu irundha madhiri irundhichi.

To be honest, naan idhe perusave eduthukale. Romba palaya veedu, yaarume idhu varaikkum move in aagadha edam, pudhusa namma move in aana nammalukku get to use aaga konjam time aagumnu nenaichen.

The next day, en wife groceries vaanguradhukkaga ponappa naan oru litte discovery senjen around the house. I felt a strange feeling growing in me in certain parts of the house.

Andha certain parts-le oru common aana vishayam irundhichi, mirrors. Andha mirrors paarkurappayo andha certain parts-le irukkurappayo enakkulle eppavume oru uncomfortable feeling.

Nothing new happened for about a week. Naan mostly veetle thaniya irukkuradhe avoid pannen, and I noticed my wife the same. Naanga renduperum adhepathi discuss panlenalum we knew that we both felt uncomfortable being alone. We just don't wanna spoil our fresh start.

At least enge paiyanukku idhanale adhuvum issues varame irundhiche. Eppayum pola happy-ah toys vechi velayadikittu imaginary friend kooda pesikittu irundha, typical kid.

There was this one night, naan bathroom use panradhukku bed-lendhu endhirichi ponen. I was shocked by how cold it was. Ennaye konja neram kannaiyile paarthen. That mirror was giving me a bad feeling. Edho andha kannadiyile theriyira madhiri oru feeling. But there was nothing.

Soon, I did my business and quickly went to the bed, totally avoiding the mirror. The next night, I had the same feeling again. Even sometimes, I will feel like I saw something or someone for a split second in the downstairs hallway mirror.

But I'll just ignore it and walk past as I thought it was only my imagination. Time to time enakku bayatha vida idhanale irritation-dhan adhiga aagunichi.

Finally, we decided to bring a spiritual person who was recommended by my friend. Oru vayasana lady, maybe in her 80s. Paarka konjam weak-ah irundhanga. Avangale avangaloda son vandhu drop pannittu ponaru.

Avanga kitte oru positive vibe irundhichi, it radiated through her smile. I felt a comfort in the house for the first time. Avanga veetle irukkure ella room-leyum incense sticks-eh patha vechittu ellam edathayum cleansing panna aarambichanga.

Suddenly she went stiff and her smile vanished. I thought she was having a stroke, so I quickly went to get my phone. She stopped me and said not to touch anything or move.

She rushed to the wall and pressed her ears against it. Edho puriyadha bashaile munumunuthanga. Her facial expressions changed like she's getting replies but not good ones.

That lady quickly grabbed my wife's hand and shook her firmly as she said,

"Neenga indha veetle irukkadhinge!"

"Yen?" I asked.

"Sevuthukulle edho irukku!"

Idhe sollikite andha old lady avanga shoes kooda podame veete vittu avasarama veliye nadandhanga. Engalayum veliye vara solli urge pannanga.

Soon, her son came and picked her up while giving us an unfriendly look due to his mother's facial expressions.

It was so convincing for us to believe her words. Aana indha modern era-le idhayellam epdi namburadhu. Andha old lady edho chumma bayam kaatitu poranganu naangalum adhe perusa eduthukale. But that phrase stuck with me.

Naanum sila time wall-le kadhe vechi edhachum ketkudhanu paarpen. Aana onnume ketkadhu. So naan apdiye vitturuven.

Oru naal night, thoonguradhukkaga bed-kku porappa suddenly en wife kathura satham ketichi. She rushed into the bedroom with her face filled with horror as she screamed,

"Ange! Kannadiyile yaro irukkanga!"

I stormed into the bathroom and inspected the mirror. Aana ange onnume ille. Just my reflection. I grew sick and tired of this uncomfortable feeling. I sighed and walked to the bed and was about to go off the light. But my wife said something, which made me shudder.

"You know Daniel has been saying some weird stuff lately. Coincidence-ah irukkalam. Avanoda imaginary friend pathi theriyuma?"

I chuckled,

"Ya, I know. He's spending a lot of time with that imaginary friend nowadays. Avan peru ennadhu?"

"Wall man."

At that moment, I realised the creepy connection. She continued,

"He said his friend has a round face with black eyes with a big smile, and he's really thin so that he could fit in the wall. Aarambathule, I found it cute aana ippo adhepathi nenaikireppe I'm getting chills."

I started to feel more tense. She resumed,

"That day we were at the park. Naan avankitte avanoda friend wall man-eh invite panlamanu keten. Adhukku avan wall man namma veetle mattumdhan iruppan veliye varamattannu sonnan. Adhukku naan light-ah sirichen. Avan sudden-ah serious-aana tone-le don't laugh mommy, wall man hates you and daddy apdinu sonnan."

We lost our sleep that night. We discussed moving out as soon as possible as this stuff is creeping the hell out of me.

Saturday morning was quite smooth as I was having tea. Suddenly, I heard Daniel raising his voice. Naanum enna nadakkudhunu odi poyi paarka ponen. Daniel was looking at the corridor mirror with tears in his eyes. He was having a heated argument, and it seems.

"Ille! Nee sorry sollalena, naan inime un friend-ah irukkamaten! No! No! No! Enakku nee vendam! You're not nice anymore! Go away! Po ingendhu! I don't want to go with you!"

Naan odi poyi avane thookikittu room-kku ponen. Avan azhudhukute,

"Wall man! Wall man wants me to live with him in the wall! He wants to take me in the wall, aana naan varamattennu sonnen!" Apdinu sonnan.

Naan avane en wife-kitte kuduthuttu,

"I can't put up with this bullshit any longer! Hey, wall man! Engeda irukke!? Veliye vaada bastard!" Apdinu kovathule kathinen.

En son munnadi naan apdi kovama pesinadhe ille. But he seems to be glad that I'm angry at his imaginary friend. My wife took him upstairs as I was cooling myself down.

We had breakfast in silence. Adhukkaprom, I felt something different. It was like the whole house felt normal, as it should be. I wasn't feeling uncomfortable at all.

One whole week passed by. Our days went by smoothly. Work oru pakkam irukka naanga Daniel kooda neraya time spend panna aarambichom. It seems like Daniel is slowly forgetting about his imaginary friend, which was a relief for me. But it didn't last long.

Day by day, we started to notice another problem was forming at home. Veetle sila edathule yellow colour-le paasi madhiri patches-ah valara aarambichichi. They were in the size of a football and also had a rotten smell.

At first, naanga adhe avlo kandukale, but it started to get worse, so naanga idhellam manage panra oru person-eh call panni vara sonnom. We decided to visit my parents while he was working on the mould.

Around 8 o'clock in the evening, andha guy enakku call panni avasarama veetukku vara sonnan. His voice sounded off. Naanum en wife-um seekrama kelambi enge veetuku ponom.

Enge veetu minnuku kootama irundhi, we could see police jeeps and several policemen walking in and out of the house. Adhe paarthonaye erkanave irundha anxiety innum multiply aanichi.

As we reached the doorsteps, a policeman stopped us,

"Sir, idhe ungalukku paarka dhairiyam irukkumanu I highly doubt. Especially unga wife idhe paarka comfortable-ah feel pannuvangalanu theriyale. Kavalaipadadhinge, we aren't going to suspect you both."

Naan ulle etti paarthen. There were several holes on the walls. Forensic team black colour bags-le ennathayo duthutu poyikitu irundhanga. Andha mould check panna vandha guy couch-le okkandhirundhan, with a horrified look. That policeman continued,

"Sir, neenga onnum panic aagadhinge. Indha vishayathule unge thappu edhuvum kandippa ille. Judging by the conditions of it, this might have happened at least a decade ago."

"Ennadhu?"

"Walls-le 16 edathule mould patches irundha edathukulle neraya chinna kozhandhaingaloda bone remainings naanga discover pannirukkom. They might be around the ages of 2 to 5. They might be the children who were went missing in this area over the past 30 or so years."

Now we are happily living in our new home. Naanga andha incident-eh pathi Daniel kitte sollale. Avanum avanoda imaginary friend-eh marandhu oru normal aana childhood-eh experience panran.

A few days went by, andha mould specialist enne ennoda workplace-le meet panna vandhurundharu. He said he had something dead strange to show me. It was a picture he had taken on his moblie.

Picture quality avlo nalla illenalum avaru kaata nenaichadhu clear-ah therinjichi. It was a picture of the mirror in the corridor of that house.

At the corner of the mirror there was an unclear appearance of a white face with large black eyes with a very wide thin non human like smile with no nose or hair.

It might have appeared like that due to the camera quality, but the thing that disturbed me the most is that the way it looks like it was smiling with wide eyes.

I don't believe in these paranormal stuffs. But now I have only one mirror at home and even avoided it like a plague all the time.

Eppayachum veetle thaniya irukkurappa, sevuroda kaadhe vechi andha silence-le edhachum ketkudhanu paarpen. Edhuvum ketkame irundha nimmadhiya irukkum.

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Make sure to check your walls and mirrors before going to bed. 👻

-Mahish