Years ago when i was still in the active forces of the Army, i was in my 1st year as a 2nd Lieutenant. The Battalion had returned to camp after a field training exercise. As usual we did the post excercise activities like packing up the stores, cleaning of weaponry, debriefing, etc. We are all chatting happily about the coming weekend when the 2 dogs that is our Company's pet (I was in Bravo Company) rushed out, barking and yelping as they dashed past us.

We are all taken aback at their strange behaviour as they are known to us as very tamed and obedient animals that had never behaved so strangely before. Upon hearing the commotion, the CSM (Company Sergnant Major) walked out of his office and asked all the men to pack up ASAP and return to our bunks, not coming down unless really required. He however asked all the officers to gather with him in the OC (Officer Commanding) office. Next to the OC's desk is a box of offerings consisting of joss-sticks, candles and josspaper. And with a solemn face, CSM told us the story.

Years ago, at my camp there have been a soldier who was very weak physically and mentally and was constantly bullied by his commanders and fellow troopers. He was having a very hard time adjusting to the demanding lifestyle of a soldier and he often wept himself to sleep. He constantly failed all his physical tests and it finally come to the attention of the OC who ordered that he would not be allowed to go home for the weekend break if he fails his chin-ups again.

Though he tried his hardest, his skinny arms refused to pull him up more than the minimum requirements of 12 for a Guardsman. He did only 4 and was ordered to stay in camp doing extra guard duties for weekends. He broke down and sob uncontrollably as going home for the weekends was his greatest wish and that helped keeping him sane. The final straw to him is everyone is given a long weekend break that started from Friday afternoon.

On Friday night, he slipped out of his bunk and brought with him a toggle rope to the pullup bar behind our Company building and hanged himself. Due to negligence of the routine camp patrols and deserted camp over the weekends, his body was only found on Monday morning. OVer the weekends, it had rained heavily and the effects of the humid and damp weather made its effects on his body. His body was rotting and his neck was extended to a impossible length due to hanging and according to witnesses it is a most ghastly sight. Dogs all over the camp had howled at the corpse for attention but as said, he was to be found only at Monday morning.

So from that day onwards, each year at the anniversary of his death, all the dogs of the army camp would without fail howled madly and gather around the pull up bar. A Taoist priest who was hired to sort out this unnatural occurrence said that, the dogs are particularly sensitive to ghosts and are there at the pullup bar pleading with the ghost of the dead soldier telling him to go in peace and not disturb the living souls. The soldier had committed suicide and died most tragically and it is very hard for him to find any rest in the afterlife and he is doomed to repeat his sufferings all over again each year after year.


Taken from DotAPortal