ONCE,YOU JUST WAKE UP AND WAS BEING READY FOR HAVING A MORNING WALK.BUT,WHEN YOU STEPPED DOWN FROM YOUR HOUSE,THERE WAS NO ONE IN YOUR SIGHT VIEW.TOTALLY SILENCE.IT WAS AFTER SOMETIMES YOU CAME ACROSS TO KNOW THAT ALL YOUR BELOVED RELATIVES,FAMILY,NEIGHBOUR'S AND THE WHOLE TOWN HAD GONE FOR THE ETERNAL SLEEP.CAN YOU BELIEVE SUCH A VISION?IF NOT,THEN BE READY TO KNOW THAT A SIMILAR TRAGEDY HAD HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE.WELCOME BACK TO MY REALITY.....
1986 AUGUST 22.THE SUN WAS RISING SLOWLY.A FARMER LIVING IN UPPER NYOS,LOCATED NEAR WEST CAMEROON,WAS WAKING UP.HE WAS TRYING HARD TO KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED LAST NIGHT,AS HE WAS TOO TIRED DUE TO HIS WORKS.HE JUST REMEMBERED ONLY ABOUT A HUGE SOUND,BURST IN THE MIDNIGHT.HE WASN'T BE ABLE TO RECOVER WHAT HAPPENED THEN AFTER.
HE TRIED TO WAKE UP SO HARDLY,BUT HIS BODY AND HEAD WAS SO SPINNING.AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE MORNING DILEMMA,HE DECIDED TO HAVE A WALK AT THE VILLAGE.BUT,SOMETHING WENT WRONG THAT NIGHT.
USUALLY,WHENEVER HE WENT OUT OF HIS HOUSE,HE'S BEEN ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE,BUSY AT THEIR DAILY WORKS.BUT TODAY,THERE WAS BEEN NO TRAIT OF SINGLE HUMAN BEING IN THE FIELDS AND IN THE STREETS OF UPPER NYOS.COMPLETELY SILENT.IT WAS ALSO SENSED THAT EVEN NO SOUNDS OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS WAS FOUND IN THE FIELDS AND SKY RESPECTIVELY.
HE WAS IN A TOTAL DILEMMA,EVEN DOUBTING THAT WHETHER THE PEOPLE LEFT THE VILLAGE.TO HAVE A CLEAR SENSE,HE JUST WENT AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF HIS NEIGHBOUR.AT THAT TIME,THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE WASN'T LOCKED.HE JUST SEEM THROUGH THE SMALL OPENING OF THE DOOR THAT ALL THE MEMBER'S OF THE FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THEIR SLEEP. THEN HE THOUGHT THAT HE MIGHT GOT WAKE UP TOO EARLY BEFORE THE SUNRISE.THE HE WENT FOR HIS DAILY ROUTINE.HE THEN STARTED TO WALK INTO THE LOWER NYOS.
AS PER THE GEOGRAPHICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THAT REGION,THE WAY TO LOWER NYOS WAS SURROUNDED BY GRAZING LANDS,WHERE THE CATTLE'S GRAZE UPON IN THE MEAN TIMES.
but,for his surprise,all the cATTLE'S HAVE BEEN LYING ASLEEP.
SURPRISING ON WHAT HE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR A LONG TIME FROM NOW,HE WENT TO THE CATTLE'S.BUT FOR HIS FEAR,HE FOUND THAT NONE OF THE CATTLE'S ARE ALIVE RIGHT NOW.
CHILLED ON THE REALITY,THE MAN DECIDED TO RAN AS FAST AS HE COULD TO HIS HOME. BUT SUDDENLY,A SOURING CRY OF A LADY PASSED ALONG THROUGH HIS EARDRUM.
TRYING HIS BEST TO REACH TO THE DIRECTION OF THE CRY,HE WAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE LADY,TELLING HER BODY IS FEELING AS SHE IS DIPPED IN THE RISING LAVA.AND LYING NEARBY THEM WAS SOME PEOPLE'S WHOSE NOSE WAS SEEN SHED BY BLOOD.IN SHORT,NO ONE WAS ALIVE.
DAZZLED BY THE HAPPENINGS OCCURRING AROUND HIM,THE MAN WAS IN A STATE,CONFUSED WHETHER ALL ARE JUST ILLUSIONS.BUT SLOWLY,HIS WORST FEAR BECOME THE REALITY.EACH AND EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF LOWER NYOS HE GOES WAS FILLED WITH THE DEAD CORPSE OF THE NATIVES.
AT THAT MOMENT,HE THOUGHT THAT WHETHER THE PEOPLE WHO HAD MADE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE HAS MET THIS FATE.SO HE DECIDED TO CHECK EACH AND EVERY HOUSE,AND FOR THE GREAT SURPRISE,NO ONE WAS ALIVE.
WORRIED ABOUT HIS NEXT ACTION,HE SUDDENLY REMEMBERED SOME STORIES,TOLD BY HIS GRANDPA IN HIS CHILDHOOD.
ONCE,THE NATIVES OF UPPER NYOS HAD DECIDED TO SHIFT THEIR LIVING TO THE LOWER SIDE OF LAKE NYOS.BUT MANY OF THEM WHERE SCARED TO DO SO.THE LEADER CALMED THE SITUATION,TAKING THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SHIFTING.
WHEN THE GROUP ARRIVED THE LAKE,THE LEADER RAISED HIS HANDS TO THE SKY AND STARTED CHANTING SOME MANTRAS.UPON THE RECITAL,LAKE NYOS BIFURCATED INTO TWO AND HENCE GOT A PATH FOR THE NATIVES OF UPPER NYOS TO TRAVEL INTO LOVER NYOS.
BUT,SUDDENLY,WHEN THEY WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE,SOMETHING JUST BITE AT THE HAND OF THE LEADER.SLOWLY SLOWLY,HIS HANDS WENT DOWN AND THE RISING WATER STARTED TO REFORM INTO THE NORMAL SIZE.THE MIGRATORS FINALLY MET THEIR FINAL FATE IN THE WATER OF LAKE NYOS.BUT THEIR SOULS NEVER LEFT THEIR NATIVITY AND HUNTED OVER THE LOWER NYOS FOR CENTURIES.AND IT WAS THEN AFTER,LOWER NYOS BECAME THE CURSED LAND.HE WAS NO MORE DOUBTFUL THAT THOSE EVIL SOULS HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR TERRIFIC TRAGEDY OF HIS VILLAGE.
SUDDENLY,HE JUST HEARD A LOUDER CRY FROM A DISTANT HOUSE.WHEN HE ARRIVED,HE WAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE A MAN WHO WAS STRUGGLING TO WAKE UP.BUT THE MAN TOLD HIM TO CHECK WHETHER HIS DAUGHTER IS ALRIGHT.WHEN HE ENTERED THE ROOM,HE FOUND THAT THE GIRL WAS LYING DEAD AT HER BED.
WITHOUT WASTING TIME,TWO OF THEM TOOK THEIR BIKES AND RIDE AS FAST AS THEY COULD TO REACH THE DISTANT VILLAGE.THEY REACHED THE VILLAGE SAFELY AND TOLD ALL THE MATTERS HAPPENED IN THEIR VILLAGE.FOR THe FIRST,THEY DENIED WHAT THEY SAID.BUT THEN THEY CAME TO REALIZE THE TRUTH:1700S OF NATIVES OF THE LOWER NYOS HAD A PASSED AWAY.
SO LET'S HAVE A BREAK,AS THE TOPIC IS PRETTY HUGE TO EXPLAIN...WE SHALL CONTINUE LATER IN THE NEXT SESSION....HOPE YOU WILL WAIT FOR THE NEXT...DROP YOUR OPINIONS,SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENT BOX AND DO FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES FOR FURTHER UPDATES...SO TILL WE SEE NEXT TIME,THESE IS YOUR AK....SIGNING OFF....BA BYE....
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