The Haunted Observation Post Rock in War Torn Afghanistan

Strange lights and sounds have been reported on from the war ridden Observation Post Rock. Remains of Russians, Taliban and perhaps even older groups of soldiers have been found in the ground that perhaps still are haunting the place.

In the Helmand Province there are more than the living that haunts the place as paranormal sightings have been seen around these parts for a long time at this place called The Observation Post Rock.

Before being taken over by the Americans, The Rock or OP Rock was a Taliban controlled fort, almost falling to pieces. The Americans also dropped a 900 kg bomb on the place before taking over. Situated only a few hundred meters south east of Patrol Base Hassan Abad, it is a desolate place. It was at the hands of NATO since it was captured from the Taliban in 2008. Although today, it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban once again.

The Dead Bodies of Soldiers

According to the locals, this was a place where they claim rebel fighters were buried alive during a missile strike. And when The Marines that were clearing out the place to use it as a base for the US looked, they found more than one body, buried in a shallow trench. They reburied the dead they found and turned the place into a base. But the horrifying things didn’t stop there.

Strange Lights and Static Sounds

Soldiers that are stationed at the military outpost are tormented by sounds and seeing things not belonging to this world. Reports about radios giving off static sounds, sudden temperature changes from hot to cold and a general feeling of uneasiness have left the soldiers with a feeling of being watched.

There are also flashes of lights when patrolling the barren landscape in the night. A trick of the eye perhaps of overstraining in a war ridden zone where you always have to be on guard? Perhaps, but the strange light around the place is something that more than one soldier reported on.

Soviet Remains and Ghosts

A rotten smell is also some of the things that have been reported by the soldiers on random parts of the night, a smell eerily similar to the one of rotten flesh. One of the sounds they have heard are voices of not only the victims of ongoing war, but also something that sounds like Russians are heard in the darkness.

During the Soviet occupation of the country for many years, there used to be stationed a fair amount of Russian soldiers there as well. And many rumors say that the Russians that used to be stationed at this place ended up being executed by the Mujahidin, the guerrilla-type militant groups led by the Islamist Afghan fighters in the Soviet–Afghan War.

What the fate of the observation post now, is more of a bigger question. The U.S army pulled out in 2021, and the Taliban quickly regained territory over the whole province again during their weeks of fighting. Perhaps for another set of soldiers being haunted by war?