By Tim Binnall
Residents of several villages in India are on edge following a series of strange incidents that are being blamed on a mystery creature. The weirdness has reportedly been unfolding in approximately five neighboring communities in the district of Thrissur. According to the unnerved people living in the region, an unseen beast has been menacing them by appearing on rooftops and in the yards of homes at around 9 PM each evening for the last few days.
Due to the darkness at that time of night, no one has been able to get a good look at the odd interloper, but it has made its presence felt by way of eerily knocking on doors and windows. Those who have encountered the creature claim that it is incredibly fast and can somehow swiftly leap from one house to another. The 'visits' from this mysterious beast has become so frequent that they have sparked something of a panic despite the fact that there have been no attacks nor any thefts attributed to the creature.
To that end, there are also suspicions that the cause of all the commotion may actually be a person rather than an animal, though this is a hotly debated topic among residents. Particularly problematic to authorities is that the furor has grown to the point that people are now ignoring the country's coronavirus lockdown in an attempt to catch the source of the spooky knocking. As such, police have increased patrols in the region to keep the quarantine in place as well as hopefully get to the bottom of the mystery.