It sounds incredible, but those who witnessed it claim it is true. It all happened in the Gross Anatony Laboratory of the Benue State University College of Health Services where 200-Level medical students were dissecting a cadaver. A cadaver is a body used for medical training.
All of a sudden, a student rushed out, screaming, “ghost!” “ghost!”. He said a ghost that was not happy with the way the body was being dissected had protested.
Another student, who claimed to be at the session, told CAMPUSLIFE: “We were in the lab this evening, having a dissection. There was a stiff cadaver on a slab, with students standing round it. They were playing with the cadaver and insulting it. I cannot verify this because I was at a different table where dissection was going on.
“Insects were coming out of the cadaver because it was decaying and I cautioned them that they could be infected if they were bitten. Peter was busy snapping the cadaver. When he was checking the pictures, everybody noticed he was shaking terribly. I didn’t understand what was going on and since some staff were around, we continued with the dissection.
“Later, a colleague called me that the picture Peter took had a ghost in it. I didn’t believe it at first. When I saw the picture, it was shocking and strange. You may feel you want to see it, but I tell you, it is not something you want to see.
“The ghost was wrapped in a white cloth and turban, and its face was black. Peter nearly passed out because of fear. At the time, one of our classmates, who had the courage to hold the phone, would not let people collect the picture through Bluetooth because they could upload it on Facebook. I agreed with him, but the way people are checking the picture, I believe they would delete the picture. I cannot even read now because whenever I sit down, it is just the ghost that I see.”
There was a debate over the veracity of the claim. Benjamin Kondom, 300-Level student, said he did not believe the image was a ghost, until he saw the picture. He said people could manipulate graphic images to look real, but argued that it was likely that the student saw the ghost. Patrick Etunke, 400-Level and immediate past president of the Christian Medical and Dental Association, (CMDA) told CAMPUSLIFE that he could not explain it.
“I was told the picture has been deleted and I felt very bad. I don’t know how to explain this. I went to Peter’s house but he was afraid that the authorities may punish him because students have been warned not to take photograph in the anatomy lab. This probably is the reason why he deleted the picture.”
He believed in the existence of ghosts, but wondered why a spectre could be captured in the picture. “Is it that the camera is sharper than the eye? What the eye could not see, the camera picked. This is my surprise,” Patrick said, adding: “It is spirits that should be afraid of us because they can’t operate in this realm. Otherwise, that ghost could have slapped the guy if it had the power.”
Another student, who also was in the lab when the incident happened, said: “Usually, each class has its own cadaver. When we went there, we saw another cadaver. It was smallish and we were seeing it for the first time. Some of our mates made certain statements about the cadaver. At the time though, I did not think they were disrespecting the cadaver. But when we came out and saw the ghost, I then reflected on what they did to it and realised the ghost was not happy and that is why it was protesting.
“I saw the ghost standing beside its body. It was covered in white cloth like Father Abraham-kind of clothes. His whole body was wrapped but its hands were folded across the chest. Peter was afraid that the authorities may not be happy because already, phones are not allowed in the gross lab, so he deleted the picture.”
When our correspondent spoke to Peter, whose picture sent the college into frenzy, he denied the ghost story, saying it was just a joke that went beyond his control. He explained that his phone had an application that enabled him to snap pictures and cause certain images to appear alongside the main image.
Asked why he deleted the picture, Peter said when the joke began to go beyond his control, he feared that it might get to the college’s authorities, who may take disciplinary action against him. “I came to class today and told everyone that it was all a joke. But they didn’t believe me,” he said jovially, adding: “I am surprised by the way even our senior colleagues were worried by the story. We are in the medical school, and do you believe a camera can capture a ghost?”
