The Painting of the French War, allegedly possessed by Genl. Jan Smuts, is a painting in South-Africa that was painted by Jan Smuts in France representing either the French Revolutionary Wars, or the dealings in the Age of Sail.
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It is unknown when the painting was painted, but it has stayed in the home of Beatrice Cosmo from 1986-2005, where it has been said to have taken the souls of four residents, all except Beatrice, because she was the painting's owner. Then from 2005-present, it has been sitting at 21 Strydom Street in South-Africa. The family, which are Europeans, have said that the painting's spirit has threw things at them, threw things at their animals, and the ghost of Genl. Jan Smuts has appeared in the boy's room, where the painting is located.
The matriarch of the family has said that the painting has claimed the souls of their deceased pets, and the soul of the house's builder, who mysteriously died right after the painting was put in the house. The youngest child of the house has said that the toilet has opened and closed on it's own when he was in the bathroom, and the painting has whispered to him before. The family says the old man was seen multiple times around the house, such as lurking in the living room, rubbing the matriarch's feet, and before their own eyes, sucking the soul out of a cousin's body. The family has brought a priest to their house to bless it, and it seemingly worked for a while.
The family has multiple crosses, 14 to be exact, to keep the painting at bay. The Grandfather of the European family, who is French himself, has gone blind after looking at the painting and has gone semi-mad. The oldest son, and his mother, has said that multiple orbs have been appearing in their house, and they believe that they are the souls of that, that the painting has taken. After a whole year of just orbs and nothing else, tragedy struck as a 4-year-old boy, one of their cousins, was pushed by a ghost into the swimming pool and there he drowned. That was the last time we have heard of the painting, but some people say more souls have been claimed, and the General won't stop until all the souls are collected.
