CHARLOTTE'S LAST CHANCE

 





One such incident happened 40 years ago in Seattle, USA. Charlotte, with her husband and son, had just arrived in Seattle from Portugal. When they arrived there, they both took jobs in a huge farmhouse. They started to live in a cabin at the end of the farmhouse. One day a letter came to her husband. The letter stated that he had to go to his native England to settle a property dispute. He did not want to leave his wife and little son alone. But it will take 2-3 weeks where he was going. Moreover, the farm owner did not want to give such a long vacation to him and his wife together. So he had to leave for England alone. The behavior of the owner of that farmhouse was very strange. She was a woman. She always wore a black gown. It looked like she was to be in mourning. She was always serious and never spoke to anyone. But every two days Charlotte had to visit her to give an update on her work. 

By the time Charlotte finished work that day, it was evening. Then she remembered that she had to go to the owner to give the work update today. The owner lived in a double glass cottage at the other end of the farm. Big trees were surrounded by the cottage like a fence, and woods were a short distance away. When Charlotte went to the cottage, the area seemed scary to her. And now it was evening, so with a kind of fear in her heart, she started walking across the lawn towards that cottage. As she went, she could see from a distance that it was pitch dark inside the cottage. But just outside of it, the light is shining. Approaching, she saw that right in front of the main door of the cottage, someone had set fire to some logs. With more dry branches and leaves nearby, the fire burned brighter and quickly grew to a much larger size. She thought that if the fire burns like this, it will spread around. So she fetched water from a nearby well and started pouring it on the fire. Pouring water on the fire filled the surroundings with smoke. The fire was not completely extinguished, the owner of the farm came out of the dust and shouted, 'What have you done? You ruined everything. You must repent for what you have done now. ' Charlotte then started apologizing to her mistress and asking what she had done wrong. Her mistress said, 'Even if I forgive you for what you did wrong, the person you worked with will never forgive you. You will have to pay for it with your life. Your husband and child will die within a week. ' 'Please tell me what crime I have committed,' cried Charlotte. ' Then the lady took her inside the cottage. Sitting in one place, she started saying, 'A demon lives with me. That demon came to my parents through some curse. And it comes to me after them. I have to follow many rules and regulations to satisfy that Demon, I have to arrange many gifts for him. If he is happy, I get what I want. He cannot be angered in any way, once angered the Demon will not leave without harm. And that loss is death. Today I was here trying to appease him with a ritual. But you spoiled it in the middle so Demon got very angry. And while leaving I was told that he would harm you. Will harm you mean harm to those who are closest to you. And the closest to you is your husband and son. ' Charlotte asked, ' Is there no way to get rid of it? 'There is a way,' said the woman. ‘But I won't tell you now. If there is no harm to you tonight, I will talk to you tomorrow morning. But be careful tonight. Because he will try to hurt you tonight. ' 

Hearing this, Charlotte returned to her cabin in fear. At night when she was sleeping with her son, she suddenly heard the roar of a lion outside the cabin. The lion started walking around her cabin. Charlotte held her son's ear so he wouldn't wake up at the sound. It seemed as if she could hear the breathing of a lion in her ears. She once lost consciousness in fear. When she regained consciousness, it was morning.

In the morning the farm owner came to her cabin. She came and gave Charlotte a map. Then she showed her the map and started telling her, 'You will first leave the farm and go to this forest of birch trees. Go to that forest and you will see a dry well. Go to that dry well and recite the spell words written by me. You will do it in the middle of the night. As soon as that spell word echoes back to you, water will begin to rise from the bottom of the well. Then you drop the bucket into the well. Lift up the bucket and you will see the severed head of a man in the bucket. The severed head will be packed in a bag and will come out of that forest after morning. Then you cross this hill to find an abandoned mine. Next to the mine area, you will also find an abandoned town. There are many houses in that town. Among them, go to the house’s location I gave you and wait. Someone will come to you at night and claim the head, you will give it to him. Only then you can save your husband and son. This is your last chance. If you miss this opportunity, no one will be able to save your husband and son. Since it's a two-day and two-night tour, pack plenty of food and water, and leave now. You have to go on this trip alone, I can't help you in any way. The road is terrible, you will not find any vehicles. Taking a horse from the stable will benefit you. If you can do this job properly, then Demon will be very happy with you and you will be helped by that demon as I was. ' 

Charlotte was surprised to hear the words from the mistress's mouth. To her, the words sounded like a fairy tale. But to save her family, she gathered courage, thinking that this was the last chance. Charlotte then left the farmhouse with her son on a horse. She had a rifle, knife, dry food, water, and various camping equipment with her. As it was afternoon when she left the farmhouse, it was evening when she reached the birch forest. Because it was late, Charlotte lost the way to the well marked on the map. She had a lantern with her. After lighting the lantern, she got off the horse and started searching. After much searching, she found an empty place in the middle of the forest. A cottage in that vacant lot, a well in the middle of the courtyard next to the cottage. Approaching the well, she saw that there was a wooden bucket blocked by a log. But because it was dark, she could not see whether there was water inside the well. Tying the horse to a nearby tree, she entered the cottage with her son. She made her son sleep by eating the dry food that was with her. Then started waiting for midnight.

At the midnight the moon has risen in the sky and in the light of the moon, everything was clear like the light of day. She saw that the bottom of the well was dry, without a drop of water. Then Charlotte recited the spell words that had been told to her. The words echoed and sounded like a whisper in her ears. Immediately, water began to rise from the bottom of the well. Charlotte dropped the bucket into the well. Trembling with fear, as she lifted the bucket, her horse became restless and began neighing loudly. Lifting the bucket, she saw that there was indeed a head inside. She was afraid to take the head in her hands. Her whole body shuddered as soon as she touched the hair of the head. Charlotte saw that the head was that of a Red Indian seaman, and it looked up at her. Seeing this, she froze in fear. She quickly put the head inside the bag and went to the cottage to wait for the morning.

In the morning, she left the place on horseback with her son. Walked all day, and crossed the mountains. Descending from the hill, she saw abandoned mines and villages, drawn on the map. The streets of that city had been destroyed, and the houses had turned into piles of ruins. After searching, she found the particular house drawn on the map. It was a two-storied house. It was late afternoon, and the surroundings were covered in thick fog. Charlotte went to the attic of the house and took shelter in a place where she could see the outside of the house. Being very tired, mother and son soon fell into a deep sleep. She was woken up by the loud neighing of  horse. She tied the horse to a tree outside the house. She saw there was darkness and thick fog outside. It seemed that the moon had set a long time ago. Silence all around, no sound anywhere. At that time, a wolf called somewhere far away. Charlotte's heart pounded in fear as she saw a man standing near the main gate of the house, his entire body covered in black cloth. She realized that this was the entity to which she had to give the head. She left her son sleeping and went down alone. That entity was surrounded by mist in such a way that the body appears to be a shadow body. Charlotte held the head bag to the figure. And that figure quickly took the bag without touching her hand. Then it seemed as if the body vanished into the mist. Charlotte hurried back to her son. She spent the rest of the night sitting with the rifle in her hand without sleeping.

She left for the farmhouse in the morning. On arrival at the farmhouse, the farm owner informs her that Charlotte and her family are now safe. The demon was pleased with her for what she had done, he would do them no more harm. When Charlotte's husband returned to the farmhouse, she told him everything. Shortly after that, they left the farmhouse with jobs elsewhere. They had no further problems in the future.

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