From the "I Can't Believe it" Files

by heathervescent

Apparently a ghost in a small village in India has demanded a house.

"Earlier the ghost used to live on a tree, but it has now become homeless after the tree was uprooted in a storm a few months ago. He now wants a separate place to live in," one of the villagers said.

So villages started a collection to raise funds to build the ghost a house. The problem is, the ghost is not satisfied with this.

"The problem is that the ghost doesn't want his new house to be constructed with donation by the villagers. He wants the house to be constructed through the panchayat and registered in his name. But the rules do not permit us to do any such thing," Purohit said.

It's pretty amazing that this is even news. Are we really living in the 21 century? Or was something lost in translation? Read the whole story here.

| 06/29/06 | Fringe