In a remote Madhya Pradesh village called Nainpur, locals fear a cursed pond where the spirit of a woman called “Paathar Wali” turns intruders into stone. When a skeptical filmmaker named Vikram visits to debunk the superstition, he encounters a red-eyed ghost rising from the water. The next morning, villagers find his camera — showing him frozen like a statue. A new stone woman now stands beside the pond, smiling eerily. Every year, they say, one more joins her.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices