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title: "Why should we not sleep under a peepal tree at night?"  
description: "Why should we not sleep under a peepal tree at night?"  
author: "simron shukla"  
published: 2018-03-02  
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# Why should we not sleep under a peepal tree at night?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Well, in India a rumor about is been spread from years that if a person has to face unnatural things if a person sleeps under a “[Peepal Tree](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4142/10-health-and-beauty-benefits-of-peepal-tree)”.** But actually, there is a [scientific](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101655/who-were-the-key-scientists-of-the-scientific-revolution) fact about it which says that a person should not sleep under a tree and specifically a Peepal Tree.

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**During the night the process of photosynthesis doesn’t take place but the respiration process goes on in the plant cells.** Which leads to the production of a large amount of carbon dioxide in the particular atmosphere which could suffocate a person and even lead to death. \
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But as we live in India the **rural tribe has a whole different story to tell you about.** Once in my [childhood](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/299511/what-are-common-childhood-mental-disorders), I also got curious to know that does it really happens **that if we sleep under a “Peepal Tree” then we can [experience](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84885/unforgettable-experience-of-staying-at-the-top-5-homestays-in-kolakham) the [presence](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12492/how-to-enhance-your-presence-on-facebook) of a ghost.** **\****Ha ha ha…..** **But its all just rumor [nothing else](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31037/which-animal-exclusively-eat-only-eucalyptus-leave-and-nothing-else).**


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