The subject of the paranormal is a fascination to many, no less those who have experienced it.

Soldiers fighting on the front lines of any war are clearly no stranger to these experiences.

Why this is such a commonality across the documented wars throughout humanity is up for speculation.

Perhaps where there is much death and suffering, there are often strange and unexplained happenings.

But it cannot otherwise be denied that wherever you go in the world, there exists a variety of localized beliefs.

So when soldiers with their own set of beliefs and experiences from one part of the world

find themselves in a distant country unfamiliar to them,

is it really that surprising when these soldiers then encounter things that the locals

have long considered ordinary and routine.

Of course, to them, the experience can be terrifying.

It's not something they would have ever expected to see.

Whether you believe in spirits or not, seeing is believing.

And for these soldiers

they are the ones telling us

they saw something

and these are true stories

from service members serving in Iraq

about their encounters

with something the locals

would collectively identify

as gin.

I'm Luke Lamanah, and this is wartime stories. The Baghdad Mall.

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