MY COUSIN WORKED IN FUNERAL PARLOUR OWNED BY A NIGERIAN GUY AND SHE LOST HER MIND LIKE G MASHEGO
“My Cousin, the Funeral Parlour, and the Snake She Says Sleeps Beside Her”
I have a cousin who used to work at one of the richest men’s funeral parlours in our town. At first, it seemed like the opportunity of a lifetime. She would often say how beautiful the building was — marble floors, golden handles, and endless corridors with rooms only a few were allowed to enter.
But the longer she worked there, the quieter she became. Her once-bright laughter faded. She stopped wearing bright clothes. And then, almost overnight, she became someone we didn’t recognize.
She started talking about “things” she had seen while cleaning or preparing bodies. Things that were not meant for the eyes of the living. She would whisper about doors that stayed locked and rituals performed before certain bodies were buried. She swore that sometimes, before dawn, she could hear low hissing sounds echoing through the walls of the parlour.
At first, we thought it was stress. Then it became much darker. She began saying there was a huge snake sleeping next to her at night. She described it as having scales blacker than coal and eyes that glowed like dying embers. She said it curled around her waist as she slept, breathing slowly like a man.
We begged her to leave that job, but it was too late. She already had nightmares, sleepless nights, and a haunted look in her eyes. Now she can barely hold a conversation without mentioning the snake or the funeral parlour. Sometimes she says it follows her; other times she says it lives inside her room.
Our family doesn’t know whether she’s cursed, haunted, or simply broken by what she saw. We only know she isn’t the same. We’ve tried churches, healers, even cleansing ceremonies — but nothing seems to calm her down.
It’s as if that funeral parlour didn’t just take her time and work; it took her peace, her mind, and maybe even her soul.
Sometimes, late at night, I wonder if the snake is just a symbol of her trauma… or if she really did see something in that place that was never meant to be seen by the living.
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