Borim Bridge Hauntings..

Fate of the bridge:

Borim is a small village in Ponda at the banks of the Zuari River. This bridge was built during the  Portuguese Rule. During the war of 1961, the bridge was blown off using dynamite. The damaged portion was reconstructed and thrown open again for public. Due to weight restrictions all the passengers had to cross the bridge on foot and therefore the buses used to cross empty to the other side. There are rumours also that people should not travel by the bridge after 6pm because of paranormal spirits.

This bridge has been closed to the public after the construction of the new bridge. Often people still visit this bridge to enjoy the view and feel the breeze during evenings. The bridge has a spooky image in the minds of the local public. The bridge is visited mostly by youngsters to enjoy the scenic beauty of the river and the greenery around.

Haunted? WHY?

At around 2 o'clock at night, three young men were passing over the old Borim bridge in their car. It was a long day for them and they were really tired. When they were close to the middle of the bridge, they saw a lady from the other side running towards them. All of them had assumed her to be a mad woman.

Suddenly a terrible incident happened. The lady stopped in the middle of the bridge. She looked at the car and screamed with a blood chilling voice. Just after then she turned and jumped over the Borim bridge. All three guys jumped out of the car astounded and looked in the river.

Surprisingly, there was no sign of the lady, or no indications of a water splash. They looked at each other faces staggered. Fear struck them with shivers in their spines. They decided to fly faster from the area. The driver hurried to start the car, suddenly the man sitting behind the driver shouted with fear.

'What happened?' The man couldn't answer anything. He was looking at someone invisible in the car. He now became frozen and fell very ill.

A few days later he told them that the very same lady was sitting beside him in the car with burning eyes that night. 

Reyhan Mesquita

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