Some old relatives of my mom arrived late in the evening that day. After dinner, one of them came to sleep in my room. Accustomed to sleep alone in the night, I was having problems to sleep that night. But at about midnight, I fell asleep. Just before sunrise, I woke up to find shuffling noises in my room. In the silence, I could make out that the noises were coming from the door. Afraid of ghosts as I was, I was terrified and hugged the person sleeping next to me. I don't know why, but I fell asleep instantly.

In the morning, I woke up late. The bed was empty beside me. I walked up to the door and came outside. I was confused to find everyone sobbing and running about. After talking to some of the people, I found out that the man with whom I'd slept the last night, had died in his sleep because of a heart attack. According to the doctors, he had passed away roughly around midnight !

Practically, I had slept with a dead person the whole night. Frightened, I had hugged a person who was lifeless. It did take me sometime to realise that the noises in my room during the night, were made by whom.

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