Mysterious Fire in Yörük Village | A Paranormal Story

A Paranormal Story: A chain of paranormal events in Yörük village, Yozgat. A mysterious fire appearing at night, figures dancing around it, and the terrifying, unexplained moments witnessed by youths.

I was someone living in Yörük village, attached to the Akdağmadeni district of Yozgat. Our village was established on a generally not-so-mountainous area, a settlement of 60-70 households. I lived in this village with my family until I was 19, but then we had to move to the city due to financial reasons. Since a large part of our family remained in the village, we visit often. We are three siblings; I am the middle one, and we are a nuclear family. I will tell you about an incident that happened to me shortly before we moved to the city.

Before I tell you about these events, let me state that I didn’t really believe in things like djinns. What I knew about djinns was only based on hearsay, until that day.

One day, my older brother and I went to visit our cousin’s house. My cousin’s house was on the outskirts of the village, and about 200-300 meters further, there was a dried-up creek bed. Approximately 800 meters beyond that, there was a hill we called “Girdik.” Anyway, we were eating sunflower seeds at my cousin’s house. I heard the rest of the story from my brother, so I’ll relay it as he told it to me:

“My cousin, his wife, and I were sitting together. It was quite late, deep into the night. While we were chatting and joking, we heard a noise. Since my cousin’s barn was right next to the house, we realized the sound came from the barn. At first, we didn’t pay much attention and continued our conversation. When it struck one in the morning, the same sound came again, but this time we couldn’t ignore it because the inside of the house shook slightly as if there was an earthquake. We were all very scared. My cousin and I went outside and went to the barn. There was nothing strange, but the animals in the barn had their heads turned towards the hill we called ‘Girdik,’ staring as if locked onto it.

We came out of the barn. As I said, the house had a direct view of that hill. As soon as we stepped outside, we saw a huge fire burning on that hill. When we looked more closely, there were small figures next to it, dancing around the fire. At that moment, startled, we became very frightened. My cousin and I were extremely curious about that burning fire, wondering what it was. Of course, initially, nothing related to djinns crossed my mind. Since our village is close to other villages and the district center, I thought they might be treasure hunters who came to the village. But according to the village elders, that fire has been appearing and disappearing at a certain time of the year since ancient times. A few people who thought there was treasure there had attempted to go. One of them lost his mind, and his relatives took him away from the village. Another one didn’t stay long in the village after the incident, isolated himself from people, and wandered around talking to himself at night. Another person took a friend and left the village, never to return; their fate is unknown. According to what I heard, as you approached the fire, strange sounds were heard, and people with strange appearances were seen. After a certain point, you would lose consciousness, wake up somewhere completely different, and lose your sanity.

We approached the hill. The fire that was at the top of the hill suddenly appeared right in front of us! It was about ten meters away. I felt like I was going to faint because the fire was almost 15 meters high, a gigantic thing! I recited all the prayers I knew, and the fire suddenly vanished. I looked around, and this time the fire appeared on our village’s main road, and this time, humanoid creatures appeared around it. They were circling the fire, making strange noises. It was as if they didn’t notice us at all. In that fear, we immediately turned back. We gathered our courage, took the tractor, and first stopped by our house.”

This is where I come into the story. My brother and cousin arrived. When my cousin told me these things, I didn’t believe him, of course. I believe in djinns, they are mentioned in the Quran after all, but since my cousin was known to exaggerate a bit, I thought he was embellishing. Then, when my brother confirmed my cousin’s story, I was surprised and reluctantly started to believe. But I still had doubts. To find out if it was true, I convinced them to go back.

We hopped on the tractor and went to the main road. Just as they said, a fire was burning. It rose and fell intermittently but didn’t go out. The creatures they mentioned seeing around it were gone. We approached the fire closely. In the blink of an eye, the fire moved at least a kilometer away from us, appearing on the opposite hill. Suddenly, black shadows appeared across the road, moving. We all turned our heads that way. Oh my God! Ten seconds later, the fire appeared right beside us, and there were people in black cloaks circling around it. They started chanting something in a language I later learned was Aramaic. Then they suddenly stopped and froze. But the fire continued to rise and fall without smoke. Then we looked up, and it was burning in the air, above a tree! I took out my phone and started recording. My cousin was recording everything because it was the first time I had encountered a metaphysical event, and I felt compelled to document it.

Just then, a humming sound came from the opposite direction we were looking. We quickly turned our heads that way, but there was nothing. Then, when we turned our heads back to look at the fire again, everything vanished in seconds. It was as if we were all having the same nightmare together. We were all experiencing multiple emotions simultaneously, like I was inside a horror movie. Oh God! We all felt an indescribable fatigue; we barely had the strength to move.

We decided to return to the village. My cousin was driving the tractor. By the way, my cousin’s name is Gökhan. At that moment, my cousin’s wife called my phone. I put it on speaker. “Yes, sister-in-law?” I said. Her voice sounded frantic: “Gökhan is calling me to the creek bed! He says he wants to show me something! I’m looking down from the balcony, he’s just standing there looking at me. I call him, but he doesn’t come up to the house. It’s like this isn’t the Gökhan I know! I’m starting to get scared!” she said. Oh my God! Hearing this, the blood rushed to our heads! Because Gökhan was right there with us! He heard the conversation too. Plus, my sister-in-law was pregnant! “Don’t, don’t go, sister-in-law!” I said and quickly explained the events we had just experienced. “The djinns are calling you to the creek; they want to take you! Go inside the house, lock the door, wait for us! We’re coming right away!” I said.

We arrived home, but how! When my sister-in-law saw our state, she got scared. She came to her senses but acted normal as if nothing had happened. We told my sister-in-law what happened, and she turned to us and said, “Don’t be ridiculous! I just came from your place! I didn’t call you! Who called you?” she asked. I checked the call log; there was no incoming call from my sister-in-law! But how could that be? Then I remembered the video I recorded and thought of showing it. When I opened the video, I almost lost my mind! The video showed us and our voices, but where I had filmed them, there was only a dark tree! Oh God, oh God! Are we hallucinating, or are we losing our minds? Are we in some kind of game?

I said, I needed to collect myself, so I stepped aside and sat down. Light was visible from the window outside. Trembling and scared, I pulled back the curtain. A huge fire had broken out where we had just been! But how it was burning, I can’t describe! And since it was summer, everywhere was full of dry grass. The villagers, unable to understand what was happening, called the fire department. By the time the fire department arrived, most of their fields had burned. That summer, nobody earned much of anything. The gendarmerie asked questions, investigated, but found no clue as to how the incident occurred.

This secret remained with us, and we couldn’t recover for a whole year. After the trauma we experienced, sometimes when passing through dark places in the village, I feel like I see them. As long as I stayed in the village, I started praying a lot. After the incident, I had an amulet made, and we didn’t stay long anyway. Only four people know about this incident; nobody else knew. Not telling the villagers was for the best because it could attract people’s interest, and they might experience what happened to us. I didn’t stay long anyway; we moved to the city. Time has passed, but even now, I still have nightmares about that fire from time to time. Despite everything, we are grateful that we didn’t lose our minds and escaped the incident safely. May God protect us from the evil of the djinns.

Are you asking what happened to the fire? I heard it still appears occasionally. Only God knows what is there.