The Beach: The Dark Night Horror Story

This incident happened to me and my friends. My name is Sadiq, and I live in Karachi. My friends and I often go out on weekends. Similarly, one weekend we made a plan to go out, and late at night we headed towards the seaside.

2AM

 There were four of us, and it was 2 a.m. We were having a great time, enjoying ourselves as we sped towards the beach. We had gone quite far, and the beach was completely dark. The moonlight, the sound of the waves, and the cool breeze created a very captivating scene.

We parked our car to the side and sat outside. While we were talking, we noticed someone approaching us in the moonlight. My friends and I immediately became alert, thinking it might be a robber. 

But when that person came closer, we realized it wasn’t a man but a girl. She was dressed in red, had her hair down, and was extremely beautiful with delicate features. At that hour of the night, she stood in front of us, and we all looked at each other in surprise.

GIRL

“What happened, sir? Are you scared?” the girl asked with a slight smile.

My friend Adnan responded, “Why would we be scared? Who are you, and what are you doing here so late?”

The girl replied, “My name is NAZIA, and we live nearby. I hadn’t seen you guys here before, so I came to ask who you are and what you’re doing here?”

Adnan said to her, “Look, we’re just guys enjoying ourselves here. You’re a girl, what are you doing here at such a deserted place in the middle of the night? We can’t see any houses nearby; where do you live?”

The girl laughed and said, “Oh, sir, my hut is nearby. My husband and I live here. He hasn’t returned yet, and I came out to look for him. That’s when I saw you guys. Have you seen a tall man?”

I replied that we hadn’t seen anyone. The girl’s appearance suggested she was from a village, and her accent was a bit rural too. Anyway, my friends and I started feeling uneasy, so we decided to leave. Her sudden appearance near us didn’t feel right. As we got into the car, the girl said:

“Oh sir, take me with you. I’ll look for my husband on the way. I don’t know where he’s gone.”

But my friend Adnan flatly refused, saying we couldn’t help her, and we drove away. After going a little further, someone suddenly appeared in front of our car. My friend stopped the car, and when we got out to look, it was the same girl standing there. We were all shocked, wondering how she got there so quickly. We could only say as much, and she suddenly stood there, laughing.

“You won’t get away that easily,” she said while laughing. And in the moonlight, that beautiful and delicate girl transformed into a hideous woman. Her feet were twisted backward. My friends and I panicked and quickly got back into the car, but it wouldn’t start, so we began running on foot. It was so dark we couldn’t see anything, and we just kept running. After going a fair distance, we saw a police patrol and told them the whole story.

One of the officers told us that a few years ago, a couple from a village had come here. The man had killed his wife out of suspicion. They say her spirit now roams here, looking for her husband. The next morning, we went back with the police to retrieve our car and never went to that place again.

SYEDA SHEHZANA HAIDER