Indian kids at graveyard school face nightmares

Yahoo news ^ | 7-12-07

[Renfield]

PATNA, India (Reuters) - Scores of Indian children attending a school located in a graveyard were having recurring nightmares about ghosts and have appealed to authorities to shift them from the site, officials and residents said.

"I have stopped going to school after many dead people walked out of their graves and came into my dreams, ordering me to reach school on time," said six-year-old Raqib Ansari.

This week, hundreds of children at the school in the eastern state of Bihar, accompanied by their parents, marched to the office of a senior district official, asking for the school to be shifted away from the Muslim graveyard.

About 200 children study in the makeshift school set up several years ago after authorities refused to donate land for a school in Kohari village, 200 km (125 miles) southwest of the state capital, Patna.

Some parents say their children's sleep and health is being affected by dreams of ghosts.

"They used to play and study together and finish their lunch boxes while sitting on top of concrete graves but now the ghosts have come to haunt them at night and they are falling ill," said one father, Riyazuddin Ansari.

"We have no choice as the nearest other school is at least four hours away," he said by phone from Kohari.

There are more than 100 tombs in the graveyard but dozens of fresh graves -- most of them shallow -- have been dug in recent months, further crowding the burial ground.

Authorities in densely populated Bihar said they were trying to provide new land for the school.

"Maybe the dead are not enjoying the noise inside the graveyard any more, but we are looking into the matter," said Ram Yash Singh, a village council official.

[Renfield]

And YOU thought YOU had it hard when you were in school....

[netmilsmom]

“I see dead people.”

[SlowBoat407]

yeah, when I was their age I had to walk to school knee-deep in bodies, uphill both ways.

[cripplecreek]

I grew up in a former funeral home next to graveyard. It ain’t the dead ones ya gotta worry about.

[SlowBoat407]

[johnny7]

[small voice in the wilderness]

I thought Indians were burned on funeral pyres.

[stainlessbanner]

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[BullDog108]

Hindus are. Its probably a mooselimb graveyard.

[CarrotAndStick]

These people ARE Muslims.

Look at all the names mentioned. Except for the village official, all others mentioned are Muslims.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Duh on me. Of course. It makes more sense now. Frickin’ Muslim Ghosts, scaring the children. STAY DEAD, DAMN YOU!!;)

[Renfield]

“....I grew up in a former funeral home next to graveyard. It ain’t the dead ones ya gotta worry about....”

Ooohh!!! Tell us some stories!!

[Renfield]

“...I grew up in a former funeral home next to graveyard. It ain’t the dead ones ya gotta worry about....”

I bet that’s a great icebreaker at cocktail parties...

[Darksheare]

NOT my fault!

[derllak]

Lol! Never trust a wraith...

[Monkey Face]

NOT my fault!

But can you account for your whereabouts during this time?

[Slings and Arrows]

Indian kids at graveyard school face nightmares

Now they know how the teachers feel.

[JSDude1]

don’t go messing with demons, seriously..they’re not “ghosts”!

[Borax Queen]

COOL!

[Darksheare]

I can be trusted.
And I can account for my whereabouts.
I was busy giving nightmares to Sweets.
(That’s my excuse and alibi, I’m sticking to it!)

[Darksheare]

Yeah, and the best part is that they’re muslim ghosts bothering the kids.

If it was me, I’d be asking them, “Hey, hey, hey kid... ya gonna eat that?” and then do something wacky like sey my boot on my head.

[Monkey Face]

I’ve heard that before. Just...not from you...;o]

[Darksheare]

What, that I can induce nightmares?

[nicmarlo]

typical story!

[Darksheare]

But this one seriously isn’t my fault.

[nicmarlo]

uh huh.

[Darksheare]

Well, it is a muslim graveyard.

[nicmarlo]

and.........

[Darksheare]

I don’t do muslim graveyards.
Too creepy, even for me.

[bannie]

Cemeteries make good neighbors.

They never party, they never complain, and they never ask to borrow a cuppa.

[nicmarlo]

Oh, so you have your limitations?????

and weaknesses. : )

[Darksheare]

..yes..

Still, I would have been asking the kids if they were gonna finish their lunch and such.

[nicmarlo]

lol!

omg....heartless and cruel. : )

[Darksheare]

Hey, they gotta finish their lunch, how would they outrun the ghosts otherwise.
Plus, I’d ask if they were going to do their homework.
(Give them the wrong answers!)

[nicmarlo]

poor kids....when they’re down on their luck, you’ll increase the bad luck seven-fold.

they don’t have a chance.

[ViLaLuz]

I’ve noticed there is a lot of demonic oppression in India. People being tormented by colored lights in the sky, voices, all forms of it.

[Monkey Face]

What, that I can induce nightmares?

No. That you can be trusted...remember, I HAVE some of your nightmares!

[derllak]

Well what makes her so special? :P

[Titan Magroyne]

I don’t do muslim graveyards.
Too creepy, even for me.
How come? Safest ones to be around, you can trust 'em. :-D

[Darksheare]

Maybe, unless you’re going to school nearby.
Then they come back to annoy you!
*chuckle*

[Titan Magroyne]

That’s when you bring a pork sammich.

You know, fer the Muslim ghost who offers to finish yer lunch.

[Darksheare]

LOL!
I highly doubt the muslim ghosts would follow my advice to ask if the kids were gonna finish their lunches.
However, they might mess with their homework.

[LibertyRocks]

There need not be any speculation as the article clearly states that these children are attending school on the grounds of a Muslim graveyard... I don't know if I would assume that all of the children at this school are Muslim though.

"This week, hundreds of children at the school in the eastern state of Bihar, accompanied by their parents, marched to the office of a senior district official, asking for the school to be shifted away from the Muslim graveyard."

What I find really interesting is that these children are plagued by ghosts of the dead Muslims... It would seem Allah isn't making their eternity too joyous if they are doomed to roaming the Earth and tormenting children. I wonder if they have thought about THAT part of it.