Beware the Song of the Siren // Something Scary | Snarled
In this episode, Sapphire takes you to Bulgaria in 1982, where Vasil has a close encounter with the legendary Samodiva.
Following is inspired by a true story from Alex whose father Vasyl served in the Bulgarian People's Army in 1982.
Vasil was 18 when he was sent for two years of military service starting in 1982. He was dispatched to a border post along the defensive line between Bulgaria and Turkey.His job was border guard and his main duty was to patrol the electrified border fence, mostly it was to make sure nobody left the country during a time of severe restriction of movement under the Communist government. His orders were to shoot on sight.No exceptions one night. He and his best friend Ivan were patrolling the border as usual with their dog.
Ivan was a far senior soldier, much larger and stronger than fossil with a kind of look only veteran soldiers.He described the night as still and cold and the moon shone through the clear sky during the night. There was a light breeze that whistled faintly across the open plains between the two borders. All was well and normal and their routine patrol was near their end.
Much like most days nothing seemed out of the ordinary and the two men started to make their way back to the camp.They were almost back to base when all of a sudden Ivan stopped, he turned his head to the darkness “do you hear that?”Fossils stopped to listen and his eyes widen as he heard what sounded like singing. The two men listened and listened as a singing continued and seemingly became louder.Basel stood still yearning to know who was singing so beautifully then their dog started to growl softly at first until it started barking furiously as a singing came closer and closer.
Ivan grabbed Basel “listen to me very carefully!” he said “I need you to run back to checkpoint B get on the radio and call for reinforcements, tell them Code SIREN they'll know what you mean!”“What? Why?” Basel said“do as I say, do you understand all this over some singing this isn't the Turks or the Americans this is much more serious than that now go!"
By this time the singing had become so loud it was almost unnerving as if the source was as close as a few meters away. Basel looked around and panicked, gripping his rifle and fear and confusion. Basel started to run, he knew that the checkpoint was less than a kilometre away and that he could make it there in a few minutes if he really ran for it.Behind him he heard the barking and the growling of their dog changed into whimpers cries which was followed by bursts of automatic fire that ripped through the night air. The fire sustained until he had finally reached the radio at the checkpoint.
Checkpoint B to base we have a situation here. Code SIREN I repeat Code SIREN, requesting immediate reinforcements over”
(Reply)“Base checkpoint B, reinforcements are inbound. What is your status? Update, over”
As the response came, the gunfire continued followed by a scream as if from a young woman and pain. Basel stood petrified, his hands trembling “I… I don't know my comrade is currently engaging, I don't know what's going on” he shouted into the radio desperately hoping for some help.
A cracked response from the radio came, Both will struggle to make out the words of the gunfire continued on in the distance, then the man screamed and the gunfire stopped total silence as a broken message of the radio became nothing but static. Basel begins a panic wondering whether to help Ivan or to wait for reinforcements.
He stood there and listened carefully but nothing, only silence and suddenly the singing. The most beautiful sound he's ever heard in his life.Puzzled jumped shouldering his rifle and aiming into the darkness frantically, he aimed his rifle in different directions as a singing grew louder and louder. His breathing became faster and disjointed, his heart pounded like a drum.
The singing came closer and closer, filling his eardrums until nothing. Silence again, he looked around and listened, trying to see or hear anything he could then he saw it, a woman with blond hair that glistened under the moonlight, wearing a white dress, stood no less than 300 meters in front of him, She was unbelievably beautiful.
Puzzled, flinched, bending down and aimed his rifle, the woman remained still evidently not fazed by his threats.
“Hey you stop there! Or I'll shoot!”, no response.
He re-aimed his rifle. Her eyes glowed like a cat's in the night. The eerie yellow hue was both terrifying and alluring.“Maybe she needs my help, he shouted at her “last chance you, surrender or you die!” again no response. He opened fired full magazine later and the woman was lying on the floor dead. He went to examine the corpse just as reinforcements turned up, but when he got up close, there was no body, no blood trails, no drag marks, nothing . “Where did she go?”Neither Ivan nor the dog’s bodies were ever found. Either what was found were bullet casings and Ivan's rifle left in the mud.
He wondered why she would be here by herself on the border. “Was she a spy or a defector, maybe I should go over there and talk to her.”
“Had it not been for Ivan, you would not have lived to tell this tale. I'm so happy you're safe!”
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