Ghost Story

English class was particularly interesting the other day, as it was all about ghost stories. The whole class shared one story that was either related to an experience they had or one that was made up. Here is one story I shared about the unexplainable events that occured in my school long ago.

There have been many mysterious stories of the events that occur at old private missionary schools, as they have been around for centuries. Most unusual happenings occur within the student's dorms. These dorms are now classrooms haunted by the remnants of unfortunate victims of these strange events.

It was a windy and rainy night as the maintenance man of the building woke up for the second night in a row to hear water drops falling from the worn down shower head of his bathroom. Weary with tiredness, he slowly sat up and dragged his limp body to the bathroom. Down the hall he went, feeling the damp, humid atmosphere with each step he took. He reached the bathtub and turned the faucet handle and the dripping stopped immediately. He turned back to return to his bed to see his faithful dog standing in the bathroom doorway curious to see what the trouble was. Without a word, the man motioned his dog to go back to his bedroom and there was nothing to worry about. With his dog leading the way, the man crawled back into bed, creaking the loose floorboard as he went.

The following night, the dripping noise was much louder than the night before but it was a still night, and the wind didn't howl like the night before. The man got up once again and groped in the dark for the faucet handle. Instead of the handle, his had grabbed something furry and warm-bodied. The man looked upward to see his old dog's shadowed form hanging from the shower head. The dog's blood dripped crimson red, sounding as clear and shimmering as the blood. Drip... drip... drip....