While on vacation in Korea last year, our tourist guide, Mr Park loves to tell us stories. One of the stories he told us was his own ghost experience.
Mr Park first explained that the Korean people believe that a ghost can only physically touch you if you give your consent to them. And a consent is considered given if you look directly at the ghost. So, he reminded us, if you feel that there is a ghost presence, DO NOT look directly at it.
He then told us of his own experience with a ghost. He was just 10 years old at that time and he goes for afternoon school. His class would normally end around 5pm and he would walk back home. One day, he told us that he went back home a bit late because he and his friends decided to hangout at this rice shop after school - (Yes, Korean eat rice too)
By the time they left the rice shop, it was already around 6:30pm and it is almost dusk. While walking home, suddenly from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a white figure behind him.
He froze!
Then he remembered the advise that as long as he don't look directly at the ghost, it will not be able to touch him physically. So, he continued walking. After a few steps, he looked from the corner of his eyes again to check if the figure is still there and it was!
He continued walking, a bit faster this time. And after a few more steps, he looked from the corner of his eyes again and the white figure was still following him.
"Damn!!" he said to himself.
So, he walked even faster and faster and faster. And every time he looked from the corner of his eyes, the white figure is still there following him. It moves as fast has he is - It was chasing him. He was already freaking out!
Finally he reached his house and immediately ran to his mom.
"MOM!! MOM!! Help!!!!" he said.
"Why? What happen??" asked his mom.
But before he could catch his breath to explain, his mom said "Wait...."
Then his mom reached out her hand to his face and picked something off the corner of his eyes. It was a grain of white rice sticking at the corner of his eye.
And slowly, it all begin to make sense to him. The 'white figure' he saw chasing after him just now was actually that white rice sticking at the corner of his eyes!!!
Hehehe...
"So what happened to you?" asked the mother.
"Emm.. Nothing!" he said with a cheeky grin........... :)
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