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Swala : Haunted village of uttrakhand

Uttrakhand is land of gods, and if god is there, the devils is there too. There are several places in uttrakhand that are considered as haunted by many of the people, and one of those places is sawla village. Sawla village lies in champawat district of uttrakhand, kumaon region. 

There is a story that in 1950's, a military  vehicle was passing through that route, which accidentally fell down the road and all the soldiers were badly injured. They were screaming out of pain, people of sawla village rushed towards them & except helping them they looted all their belongings & left the soldiers there to die. From that day the ghosts of those soldiers are haunting the village & if anyone tries to enter the village, they drag him/her to the same place where they died. A temple was also made so that they stop haunting the village but nothing worked. To confirm if it's a myth or reality me and chachaji reached there one day. 




We asked the people of nearby villages about the story of sawla. They all were very sure that there is no ghost in the village as they daily go to that area dor the grass and farming activities. They agreed that accident happened but no one looted the soldiers. And the temple was made in their memories & not to stop them from haunting as they dont haunt the village.




 At night with the help of local person we also visited the village.  We found nothing but cattles tied in some houses, and even an old man was also sitting there alone to guard the farms as they could be destroyed by  wild boars. He told us that almost every alternate day comes here to guard the farms and hasn't encountered a ghost yet. He added, these all rumours are spread to ruin the image of village. 

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