The Knock (Short Horror Story)
The Knock (Short Horror Story)
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The Knock |
When I got my job transfer, we shifted to a small town in
Mumbai.
They asked me to manage in a rented house for a few days
till the new house was ready.
So I rented a house near my workplace, some distance apart
from other houses, and the owner too did not live in that house.
I shifted there with my wife and daughter.
We just unpack a few of our things as we knew that we will
leave soon so no need to unpack everything.
They made the house in such a way that the front door and
the back door were exactly facing each other.
After having dinner, we all went to sleep.
At around 2:30 am, there was knocking at the door. It woke
me up. I looked for the time and wonder who could be at this late night.
I asked for the name. There was no reply but knocking
continues.
As I was just about to open the door, knocking stops at
once.
I opened the door, but there was no one outside. I looked
further outside, but there was nothing.
I thought that someone might be doing mischief, so I let it
go and went to sleep.
The next day I went to my office, and while returning I
picked my daughter from her school.
I was a little tired of work, but we went out for dinner.
We returned home at around 10:30.
I checked all the doors and windows, and we all went to
sleep.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. It awakened us.
I looked at the clock; again, it was the same time. It
scared my wife and daughter a bit. I told them not to worry, and I walked
towards the door.
As I approached the door, the knocking stops. The same thing
happened as the previous night.
I rushed and quickly opened the door. Again, no one’s there.
Now I was frustrated and also scared. I looked around, but
there was no one.
My wife asked me, who was it?
I assured her that they could be some young boys who are
doing these for fun. There is nothing to worry about.
The next day I went to the office and returned as usual.
After dinner, we all went to sleep, but I had already planned
to stay awake till late at night to discover who was knocking on the door every
night.
I just sat near the door. It was 2:30 now; I was alert and
ready. As soon as the door was knocked, I opened it at once.
I was shocked to find no one outside.
And suddenly there was a knock at the back door. It woke my
wife and daughter.
It scared us all. I told my wife to stay away from the door
and look after our daughter.
I closed the front door and move towards the backyard door.
The knocking becomes harder now. I picked up a rod and
opened the door.
I was ready to hit no matter who it would be. But to my
surprise, no one was there too.
After a few seconds, again the knocking started at the front
door.
My wife and daughter started screaming.
I asked them to be calm.
I tightened my grip on the rod and creep towards the front
door, keeping the back door open.
Slowly, I opened the front door. Now I was totally
frightened. There was no one. I just shouted, “Who’s there? You coward. Come
forward. I’ll show you.”
My wife pulled me inside and suddenly the door shuts off on
my face.
The back door also shuts off by itself.
Now it started banging on both the doors, it was much harder
and continued for a long time.
We all were screaming and shouting for help.
It stops banging after some time, but we were still in
shock.
During the whole night, we kept sitting there in the hall.
The next morning we packed our bags as fast as we could and
left that freaking house and shifted to a hotel in the city.
Later on, I came back with one of my friends to inquire
about the most horrible incident of my life.
A man living a little far from there narrated the entire
story about what had happened in the past.
I came to know that once an accident has occurred near that
house.
A bike rider slipped off because of rainwater and hit the
pole nearby.
He was injured seriously, and his phone was also broken. It
drained a lot of blood.
He cried for help, but there was no one.
He saw some lights coming out of that house.
Somehow he reached there. He crawls towards the house’s door
and knocked on it.
There was no response. He started banging the door harder
and harder, but no one opened it.
He kept knocking, but he was unaware that no one was there
in the house.
The owner had just kept the lights on.
The injured man died, knocking on the door, hoping someone
might open the door.
The whole incident was recorded on the CCTV camera outside
the house.
From that night, whenever someone stays in that house, he
knocks on the door in the night.
After that incident, whenever someone knocks in the night,
my entire family gets scared and recalls that horrible night.
We still remember the sound of that knocking and feel sorry
for that stranger…
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