I am now a legend of terror, a whispered story that will be told over and over in bars or around the dinner table. I am talking about myself now, David Stewart. This is a true story, after all.
It all started because my wife wanted to see a ghost. I’d like to see one too, if they exist, which I’m not entirely sure of. I have an open mind though. In any case, when I heard about a reportedly real haunted house on the east coast of Korea, my wife and I rented a car and drove four hours across the country to the rural area of Youngdeok, right on the coast of the East Sea (or Sea of Japan. I don’t want to get involved in that controversy).
I had seen another video about people who had gone to explore the house, but they had gone during the day. Bah! We like to go at night. Actually, we meant to arrive around sunset, but it does get dark earlier these days and it was pitch black by the time we arrived.
The last abandoned house we explored was out in the middle of nowhere but this one was right next to a vacation condo on a busy highway. We walked up the road on the condo side and set off two geese and a dog who were standing guard. A man came out and we thought he was going to yell at us, but instead he just told us to go up the other side.
The graffiti says variants of “ghosts” and “evil spirits”
The house, being famous, was quite vandalized, with graffiti all over it and broken windows. But it was also nice and creepy. We were looking for the basement, especially, since that was supposedly where people had heard ghostly voices. While we were looking around, a car stopped at the bottom of the hill. At first, we thought they had seen our flashlights and were coming to yell at us, but we quickly realized they were just there to see the house too.
Suddenly, we were in the position of being in a haunted house at night with other people coming to see it. What would you have done? Well, what we did was stand without moving in the front room with our hoods up and wait for them to come. Honestly, I had no idea how they would react. They walked up, shined the flashlight in and…
…screamed like banshees. They kept screaming and ran all the way down the hill to their car and drove away while my wife and I laughed and laughed. I would have explained and apologized but they never came back. Oops. So, that is why there is now even more anecdotal evidence that this house is haunted. However, if you hear any Koreans tell about how they saw a ghost in the window of the Youngdeok house, feel free to explain (or not).
By the way, we finally did find our way down to the basement but we never heard any voices. And we still haven’t seen a ghost. Yet.
Here is the video of our explorations. Go to 3:21 to see the part where the other people come.
The Green-Walled Tower 
December 30th, 2013 at 5:40 am
That is brilliant! Lol
December 30th, 2013 at 5:02 pm
Thanks. 🙂
December 30th, 2013 at 7:15 am
Followed your blog 🙂
I have also written about a few illogical midnight fears in my blog post here:
http://sonotsimple.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/615/
December 30th, 2013 at 5:02 pm
Thanks for following. I liked your post too.
December 30th, 2013 at 7:41 am
Great post!
December 30th, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Thanks!
December 30th, 2013 at 8:29 am
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December 30th, 2013 at 11:35 am
hehehe..you silly…
December 30th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Very true. 🙂
December 30th, 2013 at 12:48 pm
haha… I would not have been able to resist either!!!
December 30th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
🙂
December 30th, 2013 at 1:11 pm
This is great. They will remember that night for the rest of their lives, as will you, I suppose.
December 30th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
I’m sure I will. It’s the sort of thing you tell your kids and grandkids.
December 30th, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Brilliant! Nice and cheeky 😉
December 31st, 2013 at 5:05 am
That is good. Haha
December 31st, 2013 at 2:32 pm
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December 31st, 2013 at 10:54 pm
LOL they screamed forever, that is so hysterical! It’s too bad you didn’t see any ghosts though. I won’t lie I was half expecting something to happen in the video. But oh well. Nicely written though, you’re a great writer.
January 1st, 2014 at 1:18 am
Hilarious. Well played.
January 1st, 2014 at 11:13 am
That is too Funny.. I think I would have done the same thing.. though I might have been tempted to yell BOOO!! LOL
January 1st, 2014 at 12:23 pm
Haha wow they probably thought they saw pretty legit ghosts. I mean, I can’t blame them. If I walked into a haunted house and saw a teapot, I would’ve thought that it was a ghost.
January 2nd, 2014 at 2:19 am
You are a great story-teller! That video was hilarious. I can’t believe they screamed for that long. So great.
January 2nd, 2014 at 7:01 am
Oh I laughed and laughed! Who wouldn’t do that to those poor, poor people! You are part of the legends for sure. What a great true story.
January 2nd, 2014 at 8:07 am
You have such an interesting blog, I am now a follower. 🙂
January 2nd, 2014 at 8:16 am
Love this. Explaining probably wouldn’t have made a difference anyway.
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January 2nd, 2014 at 10:08 am
Hahahahaha quality! You could have made it better and chased them while making wierd demon noises lol
January 2nd, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Haha, I would not have been able to stop laughing if I was there when the people had gotten scared. Well knowing myself, I wouldn’t have went in the first place.
January 3rd, 2014 at 5:50 am
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January 3rd, 2014 at 9:28 am
I love this story, it’s kind of funny. I love the part of how the other people looked into the window, screamed and took off running. I’m still laughing even as I type this. Great story!
January 3rd, 2014 at 10:11 am
video was perfect!
January 3rd, 2014 at 11:19 am
Funny read! I grew up in a cemetery and write about some of my experiences on my blog. Check out my encounter with a ghost…http://wp.me/p3OwXI-D
January 4th, 2014 at 10:41 am
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January 4th, 2014 at 1:34 pm
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January 4th, 2014 at 7:42 pm
Intriguing, nicely paced. Could be spookier! Thanks.
January 5th, 2014 at 3:31 am
Maybe the ghost were mad you did their bidding so they didn’t speak to you lol.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:40 am
Haha, I hadn’t thought of that. They were sulking in the back and refused to speak since we did their job. 🙂
January 5th, 2014 at 3:37 am
Great Blogger you give me inspiration; love Giselle!
January 5th, 2014 at 11:40 am
Thank you! I’m happy to hear that.
January 6th, 2014 at 1:50 pm
I am amazed at how courageous you are. I can definitely say that if it comes to ghosts and dark places, i’ll chicken out. I so envy you…
January 7th, 2014 at 8:34 pm
I think it would be scarier by myself. I’m surprised at my wife. She gets really excited about creepy places like that and really wants to see a ghost. We’ll see. 🙂
January 10th, 2014 at 3:04 am
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January 11th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
I am a huge fan of ghosts, and am so glad to be on your blog now and having just read this, I want to believe that you see humor in horror. I’d like to see that myself one day.
January 13th, 2014 at 6:31 pm
Thanks for the comment and thanks for reading. I like that weird place where horror and humor intersect.
January 12th, 2014 at 12:39 am
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January 13th, 2014 at 7:28 pm
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January 21st, 2014 at 6:48 am
HAH!FAKE!!!
January 21st, 2014 at 5:12 pm
What part? Their fright was real, I can assure you. 🙂
January 29th, 2014 at 1:25 am
Yea right.
January 29th, 2014 at 4:47 am
Dude, why do u believe in ghosts?!?! You are messed up.
January 27th, 2014 at 3:15 pm
How did you find the house? Is there an address or something?
January 27th, 2014 at 8:34 pm
I found the location from landmarks I saw in a video someone else made of going there. It’s right next to a hotel that is easy to find on a Korean map website. I can send you the address if you want.