8123 - Beware the Ghost who walks
Jan. 17th, 2006 07:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian man who was believed dead caused panic when he returned, causing villagers to think he had come back as a ghost, the Times of India reported Monday.
Children screamed "Ghost! Ghost!" and villagers locked their doors when Raju Raghuvanshi returned from jail earlier this month to his village in Mandla district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
Raghuvanshi's brothers, who had shaved their heads to mourn his death in line with Hindu tradition, fled when he appeared, the paper reported.
Villagers and family members have ostracized him, forcing Raghuvanshi to file a complaint with local police. The village council has demanded he prove he is not a ghost, but the paper did not say what kind of proof the elders wanted.
Raghuvanshi's troubles arose after he was jailed last year. In prison, he was admitted to hospital with a stomach ailment from which he recovered but a distant relative told his family he had died.
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Date: 2006-01-17 03:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-17 03:17 pm (UTC)"Hey! Don't walk through that wall!"
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Date: 2006-01-17 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-18 03:27 am (UTC)Even Daleks are powerless against Newton.
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Date: 2006-01-18 01:21 pm (UTC)http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=88055087&size=o
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Date: 2006-01-17 03:49 pm (UTC)Ginger kitty alert! http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/01/colonel_cupcake.html
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Date: 2006-01-17 03:52 pm (UTC)I think your plan would work.. unless Indian ghosts are touchable and can kick!
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Date: 2006-01-17 04:06 pm (UTC)Get a hat like that for Newton!
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Date: 2006-01-17 04:10 pm (UTC)I wonder how long I could get him to wear something like that?
he'd more likely take it off and carry it in his mouth like a dead mouse.
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