Back in high school, I took a mysteries and mythology type class or something like that
I don't remember the name of the class it basically just had to do with real-life mysteries and creepy shit
I was into that kind of stuff
I was taking the class with a good friend who I'll call Ben for this story
The teacher at the class took us on a field trip to a nearby abandoned village with an unknown past
The village was built in the early 1900s
but seems as though it had been quickly abandoned shortly after it was built
The bus right there was about 20 minutes all of us were glued to the bus windows as we pulled up some sketchy looking
decrepit road cutting through dense forests
The road eventually led to a clearing
We were there
We stepped out onto the road, which had grass growing through the cracks. The grass surrounding was almost knee-high
Then there were the buildings
The tall archaic brick buildings with a boarded-up windows all gave off such chilling vibes
The teacher lined all 20 of us up counted heads, and then began leading the way
The point of this little field trip was to use the so called skills that we learned in class
To see if we could put anything together about why the village may have been abandoned so long ago
Some of the buildings had holes in the walls to serve as entry ways
There were even holes in the ground next to some of the buildings
Seemingly dug to get into the basements of some of the buildings, which seemed creepy
There was one building though it stood taller than any of the others. It just intrigued me the most
While the teacher was leading the group towards the village church
Ben and I decided to sneak off on our own to look for anything interesting
When we walked off in the direction of the tallest building we saw a hole in the ground
It was dug by the back door of the building which had been sealed off
In the hole was a ladder which led down to the concrete floor below
We both looked at each other and knew we had to do it
Ben climbed down first then me
Luckily this was just around the time Apple started putting flashlights on their phones, so we had a source of light
It was creepy down there
There were a couple of beer bottles one graffiti tag on the wall and dusty wooden planks everywhere
There was a wooden stairway, which led up to complete darkness since all windows and doors had been sealed shut from above
We had already gone as far as to enter the building so we figured we'd go up the stairs too
I went first and
With each step the creepiness of the hundred-year-old wood made me feel as if I was going to fall through each and every step
Ben followed soon
This floor of the building was very tight it seemed like there were many openings going off into different smaller rooms
It was so dark in there. You would never even guess it was daytime
Ben and I were honestly starting to get creeped out in there and agreed to go back outside
but just then there was a noise in one of the tiny rooms like a big rock hitting the concrete floor
A normal instinct would be to run
But Ben, and I froze locked eyes for a moment then both tiptoed over to the opening of the room
we shine the lights into the room
and ran
We ran back down the stairs and then out the rusty ladder back outside
We caught up to the group out of breath
We didn't say anything though to avoid getting in trouble
One of our classmates asked us what was wrong?
we told him we snuck into one of the buildings and
In one of the rooms when we shined the light into it
We saw three guys standing. Maybe 10 feet away from the doorway
Facing Ben, and I in a weird formation as if they were waiting for us
As we continued following the group we paid extra attention to the tall building we entered from the distance
and before leaving we saw a person's face at one of the higher level windows that had not been boarded up
We never told the teacher in fear of getting in trouble
We didn't know what to think
Were those just homeless people living in there? Were they gang members and hiding?
Ben freaks me out with his theory
He says they were ghosts of the people who once lived in the town
Still the way the three guys were just hauntingly standing there so calmly
staring at us the moment we peeked our heads through that doorway
I still can't get that image out of my head
I may go back to that village one day
Just to prove Bens idea wrong