"2011 Mystery Short
Bongcheondong’s Ghost
Written and drawn by HoRang
This story is an edited version of the one of many local legends.
It was around 11:20 in the night.
After my self-study session at the school, I was leading my exhausted self back home.
For some reason, not a single soul was to be seen on my way back that day. I live in a large apartment complex, so there’s usually people around even at night.
Anyways, with a nagging feeling, I was walking while staring at the ground.
I noticed that there was a shadow pointed towards me, even though I was sure that there wasn’t anyone ahead of me,
and I looked up wondering whom it might be…
There was a lady ahead, but her form seemed a bit odd.
She was walking as if she had hurt her legs… Stumbling around.
The distance between us quickly shrank as she was walking slowly.
As I got closer, I could see her more clearly.
She was wearing pink PJ… It seemed as if she had broken joints at a few places.
Her hair was incredibly messy, stretching in all directions.
I got a weird feeling, so I stopped walking.
Something told me that I shouldn’t move ahead, and I also didn’t have the courage to walk past her.
“Scared witless that you can’t even scream”: this saying is very true.
I couldn’t even flinch in shock.
(Red text) Where… is my baby?
All sorts of thoughts passed through my head…
Haa… I still don’t know why I said that… It scares me to think about it even today.
I pointed as far as I could see, and said…
“o-over there.”
The woman stumbled towards that direction… and I couldn’t see her anymore.
Worried that I will meet her again, I quickly turned around to get out of the area.
I couldn’t think about anything, but to walk towards somewhere more crowded-
at that moment.
“WHY IS SHE NOT HERE?!!!!!!”
I could hear her cry of anger.
…I couldn’t remember anything after that. Apparently a neighbour had discovered my fainted self and carried me back to my house.
Author’s note:
In 2007 at a certain apartment complex in Seoul’s Bongcheondong, a 33 year old female jumped to her death.
The reason for her suicide was the delivery of a stillborn baby, a subsequent divorce with her husband and the loss of her 2 year-old daughter to her husband in a law-suit.
She was rumoured to have been seen walking around in the apartment complex a few times since then.
Her appearance of dislocated joints, broken limbs, blood-stained pajamas at the time of her death has lead to people present at the scene of her death to suffer from nightmare."