As I was leaving for work today, I happened to catch an interesting newspaper article on the dining room floor. The paper was doing double duty as a safeguard against any bladder accidents my dog might have. (Sadly, it seems to be a habit now because the wood floors are beginning to warp. ) Anyway, it was still dampish so I slipped it into a plastic bag to read it at work. Thankfully, no one asked to borrow it.
It was about the ghosts of Calcutta, India. How they inhabited old buildings and preferred to be around fish and travel by third class train . There were ghosts of suicides in the Writers' Building -- failed scribes apparently. And you can distinguish them from live people because ghosts have backward-facing feet or they are without heads. 70% of Bengalis believe in ghosts. Certainly, more than Americans do. Most of them won't admit to believing in ghosts although the popularity of ghost hunter shows belie this.
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