A Frightening Experience

Let me relate to you one of my frightening experiences. I would say it was very frightening, but it is an experience which I will remember for life. Well, it was quite a long time ago - more than ten years ago, in fact.

That very evening, I was at the void deck of my friend's block, near the lift landing. I could not remember why I was there. Probably to look for my friend. Anyway, I was at the void deck waiting when I heard a loud "thud" in the direction of the grass patch, just outside the block. Initially, I thought it was somebody's bolster or mattress which had fallen down because it sounded so loud. I did not know what made me walked towards the fallen object. I guess it was out of curiosity, but usually I was not so curious.

Anyway, I guess I should not have walked there. I saw the body of an old lady lying flat on the grass patch just outside the block! Luckily, I did not see her face. But I wondered how she looked like. Suddenly, I felt very cold and something sent shivers up my spine.

I went to a nearby public telephone to call a friend who lived in that block. That time, mobile phones were not so "cheap". My friend picked up the phone, but he did not believe me when I told him about what had happened. So, I told him to look out of his windows to see for himself. I asked him to make a call to the police, but he refused as he was afraid the police would trace the call to his place. In the end, we did not make the call but someone did as the police soon arrived to investigate.