Incident No. 091
Incident alias: Water Ghost Face
Client: Fang Guoying
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Occupation: Company employee
Family: Married, with one daughter
Address: Room XXX, Unit X, Anjiu Garden, Zhongfang Road, People's Celebration City
Phone: 138XXXXXXXX
Incident details:
July 3, 2015. The client's first visit. Audio file: 09120150703.wav.
"I... Um... The thing, the thing is... It must have happened about three months ago. I mean, it must have started three months ago... One weekend three months ago, I took my family to the park. The Forest Park out in the suburbs. My little girl insisted on going boating, so we rented one of the park's boats, the kind with a small electric motor, but it had oars too. We went out to the middle of the lake, and she wanted to row, so I helped her. We were rowing and rowing... Hah—whew—I bumped into something. Whew... whew..."
"Mr. Fang, what did you bump into?"
"Um, I, at first I thought it was trash. You know, people throw trash into the lake at the park, right? Some of it might be pretty heavy, right? Heh, heh... I really thought it was trash, so I just turned to look..."
"Mr. Fang, please go on."
"Oh... Oh, right... The trash... I thought it was trash, so I looked... I looked, and I saw something in the water... Right next to my oar, there was a person's head... I didn't know it was a head at the time! It had long, dark hair floating around, and its face was deathly pale, but I couldn't see any features! The sun was blazing, and the whole lake was reflecting the light. I couldn't see clearly at all! It just looked like trash! I even nudged it with my oar. It wobbled, but it seemed heavy and didn't move. I, I... I..."
"Mr. Fang, have some tea. Relax and take your time."
"Tea? No! Don't! Gulp... No, no water!"
"Mr. Fang, please calm down. Take a deep breath and relax."
"Mm... Hah—huh—"
"Can you continue?"
"Okay, okay. I wanted to get a better look, but another boat came over. They had their motor running, and there was noise and a wake, so I looked up. When I looked down again, it was gone. Really gone! I rowed around again, but I didn't bump into anything! Tell me, can you blame me for that? I had no idea! It was gone, and I didn't think much of it! Who would?"
"Mm, that's right."
"But that thing latched onto me! It latched onto me! After my family and I got home, maybe two or three days later, I was boiling water... You know those electric kettles? Ours was about this big, with a stainless-steel interior, that kind of silvery finish that doesn't reflect much. The kitchen sink is like this, with a long, upside-down U-shaped faucet. I was filling the kettle like this, and I could see a little of the upper half of the inside. Just a tiny bit. You usually can't see anything in it, right? Just a patch of silver, right?"
"Yes, I understand."
"Then I saw..."
"Mr. Fang, what did you see?"
"..."
"Mr. Fang?"
"I... I saw that person's head again... Upside down. It looked like the water I'd poured was reflecting it in the kettle. There was black hair below and a white face above... Mm... Ugh, ah..."
"Could you still not see its features?"
"Hah... Mm... I couldn't see them... Still couldn't see them... I... I dropped the kettle as soon as I saw it. It fell into the sink. The water inside spilled out, and I, I saw that face... That face flowed out with the water! Really! It was just like... like shampoo or body wash, that thick stuff. It flowed out just like that!"
"What happened after it flowed out?"
"It went down the drain, and then it was gone."
"Did you see that face again after that?"
"..."
"Mr. Fang?"
"I saw it again! At first there was quite a long time between sightings, maybe once or twice a week. Sometimes it was when I was showering. I have a shower at home, and when the water hit the tiles, I saw... I saw that face on the tiles."
"You still couldn't see its features?"
"Mm."
"What about other times? Was it always when there was water?"
"Mm. I always saw it in water. In the toilet bowl, when I flushed, I saw that face get sucked down! And in the fish tank! I saw that face floating on the surface when I was feeding the fish. I was so scared I fell over! When I looked again, it had disappeared..."
"Did you only see it at home?"
"At first, I only saw it at home, but then that changed! I was washing my hands at work, and something came flowing out of the pipe..."
"That face?"
"No, no, just... just the hair!"
"Did you only see it, like before, or did you touch it this time?"
"..."
"Mr. Fang, did you touch it this time?"
"I... I touched it... It was hair... Ugh, sob..."
"Mr. Fang, please use a tissue. You're safe here. If you want to resolve this, please tell us everything that happened in detail so we can help you."
"Okay, okay. Thank you. Hah... I'll go on."
"Please do."
"After that time, I started being able to touch the thing. When I washed my hands, took a shower, or came into contact with water, I might touch that hair. And I started seeing it more often! Before, I only saw it in water. I wouldn't see it in things like drinks. Then one time, while I was drinking coffee, I suddenly saw that face!"
"Still a pale face without features and black hair?"
"Yes! It was really clear! The coffee was brown, just ordinary coffee, brown, but inside the cup, there was black and white... It was clearly a person's head!"
"Mm, I understand. Is that everything that happened?"
"That's everything."
"Forgive me for asking, but have you ever had a history of mental illness? Or have you seen a psychologist or sought help from anyone else since this started?"
"No! I'm not crazy! I really saw those things! I wondered if I was going crazy too... But I really saw them! And I saw them more and more often! I even touched them! That hair... It was sticky and wet... Ugh!"
"Please calm down. This is a routine question. A lot of what people believe are paranormal events turn out to be hallucinations or have other causes. We have to investigate, so we need to rule out every possibility."
"Hah... Okay... I'm really not crazy... But I haven't seen a psychologist."
"Have you sought help at a temple or somewhere similar?"
"Yes. I told my wife, and she went with me to burn incense."
"What happened?"
"Nothing happened that day... Nothing at all. But after that, it started again. We asked for blessed Buddhist prayer beads, but..."
"But what?"
"My daughter broke the cord..."
"Did you go back to the temple to pray?"
"My wife went for me and asked for another set of prayer beads, but they didn't help. Later, I went again myself and asked the master to perform a ritual. It got better for a few days, then I started seeing it again. I really can't take it anymore... I keep seeing it, over and over... I told my wife, and we even went to the lakeside park to burn incense and pray, but none of it helped!"
"I understand. We'll investigate the Forest Park first. In the meantime, you can use a protective talisman made by our agency."
"Oh? Oh! Thank you! Thank you!"
"You're welcome. I need to confirm one more thing: the first time you saw this head was in the lake at Forest Park, right?"
"Right! That's when it started!"
"The head you saw had black hair and a white face, but no features, so you couldn't determine its appearance or gender, correct?"
"Right."
"Your family didn't experience the same thing?"
"No, they didn't."
"Good. We'll begin our investigation as soon as possible and stay in touch. Please contact us promptly if anything happens."
"Okay!"
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