The GraveStone at Madh, Mumbai (Untold Tales)

Madh Island Air Force station is perched on a high risen rocky terrain with one side of the compound sharing the sea. The lower part of the wall  facing the sea is made of concrete and stones and the upper part of the wall is grilled with wires. Since the mess is situated at a height of about 12ft above the seashore, the view of the sea through the grill is breathtaking. During the high tides the waves reaches up to the wall and the waters splashes onto the lawns of this beautiful station.

In the lawns of this officers Mess lies a gravestone… and the story behind this gravestone is the history of how this station was constructed.

It is believed that when the station was constructed on this shores, the contractor removed a gravestone and put it away on to the shore as it was within the the compound wall. But every time he built this wall, it would collapse by the next morning. He used all his skills and material, but this wall would never stay till the next day. He was puzzled by the whole incident and decided to withdraw from completing this project. That night he heard a voice in his dreams asking him to put  the gravestone back at its place. He got up very early the next day and moved the stone back to where it had laid and built the wall. The wall has remained strong guarding the waves till date.

No one knows the authenticity of this story but this gravestone lies near the wall of the mess and no one has dared to disturb it.

To add on to this strange story…

During our tenure ('93-'95) we decided to host a theme party “The Pirates Nite”…

The seashore adjacent to the wall

The mess was decorated with full zest for a whole week. The entrance took the shape of a cave and the whole decor had a haunted look with lanterns, lights and even spooky sounds were played. The party was scheduled to begin at 19.30 hrs. It was a beautiful October evening with cool breeze and an excellent weather for a party. But around twilight strong ghostly winds started blowing the shores. All the decorations were blown down, the banners and posters were ripped off from the walls and the whole place looked as if a tornado had struck the place. And the party was announced cancelled at 1900 hrs. Not a single decoration could be retrieved and the winds did not last even an hour.

The grill wall over looking the sea

I’m not sure till date if it was the weather or the spirit living there which had something to do with this episode, but none of us ever thought of another Haunted Theme party again.

Reliving that evening…

Believe It Or Not…!!