The Sandroom

1864

There was once a room in an old, dilapidated mansion that had a floor made entirely of sand. The room was always dark, and it seemed as though no matter how many lamps were lit, it would stay that way. The sand that covered the floor was always cold and damp, and it had a peculiar odor that nobody could quite describe. One day, a family bought the mansion, and they decided to turn the room into a playroom for their young daughter. They brought all sorts of toys and games to fill the room, and their daughter was ecstatic to have a space of her own. However, as soon as she started playing in the room, strange things began to happen. Every night, the girl’s parents would hear her screaming from the playroom. When they rushed to see what was wrong, they found her shivering on the sand-covered floor, her toys scattered around her. She would always cry out that someone was hiding in the sand and pulling her down. The parents tried everything to calm their daughter down. They even replaced the sand with new, clean sand, but nothing seemed to work. The girl’s screams only grew louder and more frequent as time went on. One evening, the parents decided to set up a camera in the room to see if they could capture any evidence of what was happening. As they watched the footage, they saw the sand shifting and moving on its own, as though something was buried beneath it. Then, suddenly, they saw a hand emerge from the sand and grab their daughter's ankle. The parents were horrified, and they called in a paranormal investigator to help them solve the mystery. Together, they discovered that the room was built on top of a burial ground, and the sand was covering the remains of long-dead bodies. The investigator warned the family not to disturb the sand, as doing so could anger the spirits of the dead. But it was too late. The girl had already been dragged under the sand and lost forever. From that day on, the room with the sand floor remained forever sealed, a terrifying reminder of the horrors that hide just beneath the surface.

1987 Years Later

The once-insignificant room in an old, crumbling mansion held a grim and secret truth - the floor was composed of cold, damp sand. Despite its eerie atmosphere, parents decided to turn it into a playroom for their young daughter. As soon as she began playing there, however, strange occurrences followed: the family would hear her nightly screaming and find her shivering on the regularly shifting sand. Intending to shed light on what was happening in the room, they set up a camera before realizing that the buried remains of long-dead bodies were influencing their daughter's behaviour. In a vain attempt to stop whatever was occurring beneath them, they contacted a paranormal investigator who warned them not to upset the dead. Unfortunately, the girl had already been pulled away never to be seen again - leaving only an ominous reminder for future visitors about what can lie beneath our feet.

The family never spoke of the incident again, but the legend of the sand playroom continued to spread throughout the town. Some claimed to have seen ghostly apparitions roaming the mansion, while others swore they heard unearthly whispers coming from beneath the floorboards. Eventually, the estate was abandoned and left to decay, the sand playroom forgotten by all but the bravest souls who dared to enter its doors.

2023 Years Later

Years later, a group of urban explorers stumbled upon the mansion and decided to venture inside. As they made their way through the crumbling halls, they stumbled upon the sand playroom. Intrigued, they began to dig, hoping to uncover the remains of those who were buried beneath the sand. But as they continued to dig, they too began to hear the whispers and feel the cold chill of fear that permeated the room.

Realizing they had made a grave mistake, the explorers attempted to flee the mansion. But as they ran, they could hear the groans and moans of the long-dead rising from the sand. It was said that they never made it out alive, cursed to join the spirits of the dead who lay silently beneath the sandy floorboards of the old mansion. And so, the legend of the sand playroom lived on, a warning to all who dared to tempt the wrath of the dead.