Late one stormy night, two brothers were driving home. Their car broke down in a deserted area. Seeing an abandoned old house near by, the brothers decided to take shelter for the night. At midnight, they were suddenly awakened. A sailor, dripping wet, was sitting on a chair next to the fireplace. He warmed his hands before an invisible fire. The elder brother stammered, “Who are you?” The sailor muttered something and disappeared. The next morning, the brothers found a patch of wet salt water and a piece of seaweed. Soon, a passing car towed them to the nearest garage. There, they learnt that the people who had owned the house had a son who had been drowned at sea. The older brother asked a museum curator to test the seaweed. The curator sent him a message several days later. “The seaweed in the abandoned house is a rare type of seaweed, only found on dead bodies!”
The Seaweed
