The Haunting Curse: Ramzan Uncle’s Supernatural Survival

This incident happened in the Baraikandi area of Ward No. 28 in Sylhet city, on Road No. 1 of this Ward No. 28, meaning road number one. There's a shrine on this road called the Sapshah Shrine. I'm going to tell you about the history of this Sapshah Shrine. This Sapshah Shrine is right next to the kitchen of Shibor Ahmed's house, about three hands away. This incident probably happened around 1960, or in the 60s. At that time, there was a couple, husband and wife. For some reason, they killed a snake.

After that, they had a terrible dream that they would suffer a lot because of it. Then, the woman in the family became pregnant. At one point, when she went into labor, it turned out that she gave birth to two baby snakes. One snake was white, and the other snake was a dull, earthy color, a sort of clay color. When she gave birth to the baby snakes, many people said to kill them, kill them. But some people said no, this doesn't seem normal, let them go. Some of them released the baby snakes, and the two baby snakes left the house.

After that, for quite a long time, quite a long time meaning about a year, everything was normal. Meanwhile, the husband noticed some strange changes in the woman who had these snake children. The woman hadn't told him at first, but her husband would see her opening the door and going outside at night sometimes. At first, he thought maybe she was going to the washroom, but going outside at a specific time every night seemed unusual to her husband. One day, he watched to see what his wife was actually doing.

He saw that his wife was carrying something in her hand. She went to a place in the courtyard of the house and stood there, and in front of her, two large snakes were standing with their hoods raised. One was pure white, and the other seemed to be a dull color. It was nighttime, so the color of the white one was clear, but the color of the other one wasn't so clear. He saw that his wife was feeding the two snakes milk, or giving them something to eat.

So, those two snakes played for a while, and then his wife stroked their heads. The snakes then left. Her husband then realized that the snakes his wife had given birth to were actually these two. But these snakes couldn't live in this human environment, so they came at night because they had contact with their mother, but no contact with their father. Her husband saw this and didn't say anything at first. But he noticed some strange things about his wife. He noticed some unusual behavior in her. Not unusual behavior like madness, but some strange, supernatural activities were manifesting in her. However, he didn't really tell anyone about it. Later, when he asked his wife, she admitted that they were her two children, but they only wanted to keep in touch with their mother. They didn't want to contact anyone else because they were afraid of scaring people. Anyway, a very tragic incident happened. In this family, a daughter was born later. This daughter grew up, and her wedding day was set. On the wedding day, the wedding procession arrived. At the wedding, where the bride was sitting, those two snakes appeared. Meanwhile, some of the wedding guests came to that place. Seeing the snakes, they got very scared and started hitting the snakes with sticks they found nearby. The white snake managed to escape, but the brown snake died there. A commotion started. When people started hitting the snake, the child's mother came running. She kept pleading, "Don't kill it, don't kill it!" But actually, three or four hard blows to a snake are enough to kill it. She was pleading, but the incident happened. However, she was able to prevent them from hitting the white snake, as a result of which the white snake was able to leave. These two snakes had mainly come to see their sister.

But in such a situation, the incident happened. Anyway, the mother snake started crying a lot and was saying, "Why did you do this? What mistake did you make? Do you even know?" While she was saying this, another terrible incident occurred. It was that the few who had attacked, those whose blows had essentially killed the snake, all of them started foaming at the mouth and writhing before dying right there. This incident happened there. Now, what to do with the snake that died? Meanwhile, the snake's mother was crying and crying, and then she fainted, meaning she lost consciousness. Now, what did the people do? They threw the snake into a bush nearby. That very night, when the snake's mother regained consciousness, she later dreamt that the white snake came and said, "Bury my brother..." This was the elder brother. Even though they were twins, there's often a difference in time. We often see that even among twins, there can be a difference of a few seconds or minutes. So, according to that, the brownish-colored snake was older. So, the white snake was saying, "Don't leave my elder brother there; bury him the way people are buried." The next day, when this woman woke up, she then rescued the snake from there. She went and saw that where it had been left, no dog or anything else had attacked it. She brought it from there and buried it exactly where the white snake had told her to bury it. Later, that place actually became like a shrine. The last time the snake was seen was in 2004. The family members saw the white snake in 2004. During the devastating floods in Sylhet city in 2004, the snake was seen once. After 2004, it hasn't been heard that the snake has been seen again. The family members have also never heard of it being seen again. So, it is believed that perhaps the snake still comes, but no one sees it anymore. This is in the area, I mean, in Sylhet city's Ward 28, Number 1 Road, the place called Boroikandi. So, this incident is from the place called Boroikandi, which many people in the area know about. So, thank you to Shibbir Ahmed for giving us two amazing and thrilling stories. Hopefully, these stories have been able to instill fear and excitement in the hearts of our Ahaan listeners.

The story I'm about to share with you was sent to us by Siddika Afrin. Her home is in the Rajghat area of Abhaynagar Upazila, in Jessore district. The incident she shared with us, she heard from her aunt (father's sister). The event happened long before the Great Liberation War, at her grandfather's house in Chanpura village, Ward No. 7 of Onabalia Union, in Jhalukathi district. Before 1971, the village was very underdeveloped. There was no electricity in the village, and people went to the market only once a week. Back then, the villagers, especially those who lived far from the market, would start their journey before the Fajr prayer, in the early hours of the morning, so they could reach the market by sunrise. After shopping, they would carry their purchases back home. One day, a neighbor of her grandfather's family, an uncle named Ramzan, set off for the market with a basket in the early morning. His house was quite far from the market – quite a distance. To get to the market from his house, there was a large canal along the way. Beside the canal stood a very old, massive tree. In the dim light, Ramzan uncle suddenly looked towards the tree. He saw an old woman dressed in a dazzling white sari sitting under the tree, smiling faintly at Ramzan uncle. The old woman had two pitchers placed under her hands, and the mouths of the pitchers were filled with silver coins – it looked like they were overflowing. The old woman beckoned Ramzan uncle to come closer. Ramzan uncle, without any fear, approached the old woman. Seeing the pitchers full of silver coins, he wasn't really afraid, and the thought that this old woman could be dangerous didn't even cross his mind. When Ramzan uncle approached the old woman, she said to him, "Hey Ramzan, will you give me two coconuts? If you do, I'll give you all these silver coins."

Then, without answering, Uncle Ramzan, without answering yes or no, sprinted straight home to get coconuts. Reaching home in the pre-dawn hours, he didn't wake anyone but climbed the tree himself. He plucked two coconuts and ran back towards the old woman, I mean, to that banyan tree. When Uncle Ramzan got there, he saw the old woman was still sitting under the banyan tree, not saying a word.

Without a word, Uncle Ramzan held out the two coconuts to the old woman and said, "Here you go, Grandma. You wanted coconuts, didn't you? Here are your coconuts." Then the old woman looked at Ramzan with an expression that showed she was incredibly angry. She took the two coconuts in her hands and threw them to one side. Then the old woman lunged at Uncle Ramzan. A struggle began, and the old woman dragged Ramzan towards the nearby canal. Uncle Ramzan couldn't understand what was happening. "Hey, she wanted coconuts, I brought her coconuts, why is this woman attacking me? And why can't I fight her off?" Then he realized he had fallen into the clutches of a terrifying ghost.

By the grace of Allah, at that moment, as I mentioned at the beginning of the story, people were going to the market early in the morning. It was also the time for the Fajr prayer call, and a muezzin was passing by, along with other people. They heard some sounds coming from the water, like something was moving inside. The people thought maybe a big catfish or snakehead fish had come close. But when they got closer, they saw something was floating and sinking, like something being submerged. A few people went there and saw that it was a man, and two coconuts were floating beside him. Ramzan Uncle was in the mud, in such a state that he was unrecognizable. Quickly, the people pulled him out. After pulling him out, they asked, "Hey mister, where do you live?" He said, "My name is Ramzan, and I live over there."

Then, realizing what had happened, the Imam of the mosque was informed in that state. He quickly arrived there. After arriving, he listened to everything from Ramzan Chacha (Uncle). Then he said, "Alhamdulillah, Ramzan, you are lucky. In response to the old woman's words, I mean when she asked you to give her two coconuts, you didn't just say 'yes, I will give them.' Do you know what asking for two coconuts meant? It meant asking for your two sons. If you had just said 'yes, I will give them,' she would have killed your two sons. You didn't understand; you thought she just wanted coconuts, so you ran to get them." Anyway, from there, Ramzan Chacha was taken to his home. It wasn't like Ramzan Chacha was very sick; he had recovered. Dear listeners, there's a strange thing about this incident. We have mentioned this type of incident before, but see how simple and straightforward people are here. She asked him for coconuts, and without saying yes or no, he ran home to get them and brought the coconuts. And when that old woman, that ogress, that witch, saw that Ramzan Chacha had actually brought the coconuts and was holding them out to her, she got angry. She thought, "What did I ask for, and what did he give me?" That's when she attacked him. Anyway, Allah had mercy here because if Ramzan Chacha had just said 'yes' and then brought the real coconuts or whatever, it wouldn't have mattered. That witch would have killed Ramzan Chacha's two children anyway. Allah protected them, Alhamdulillah. Indeed, if Allah doesn't protect, no one has the power, no matter how intelligent they are, to escape in any way. That's why we should always have faith and trust in the Great Creator. We should believe that we have no power of our own; we can do nothing ourselves if Allah doesn't have mercy on us because all our abilities will fail if Allah wants to make us fail. No matter how hard we try to succeed, it will be in vain.