Brunei Mentiri Complex Haunted

The Mentiri Complex is one of the most haunted places in Brunei. It was rumored that the place is cursed and every year many strange incidents happened there such as possession or fatal accidents.

Another place is the Tasik. It is such a popular haunted area that people will visit there at night to experience the spooking especially at the area near those Japanese graves somewhere there. Anyway a while back when it was that Chinese ancestral ghost week thing ( can’t remember the name) one of my mates from Perth came over and so we thought we’d watch a marathon of Pontianak movies.

About midnight we ended up at Tasik Lana. We walked through the main gate the street lamps shut off one after the other, from the gate up into the park. We looked back but decided to keep going. We got to the entrance to the jungle tracks an realized we forgot the torches, too lazy to walk back again we thought we’d just feel our way. By the time we got up to the ridge on the far side of the loop we were covered in mud. We decided to sit there for a while. Just then from the tree behind us came a SHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! screeching noise an we freaked out and both fell over the screeching shot over us and down the ridge through the trees CRRR…CRRRR…CRRR and into the distance like them flying ghost in those movies.

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Traditional Malay Mythological Creatures and Legendary Ghosts (Part 2 of 2 )

by Oregon Chang

Dear Readers, please do note that in Malay culture and traditions, much of the be it demonic monsters or ghosts are about same. A monster is a ghost and a ghost is also a monster. They do not make too much of a difference to them.

The locations of these monstrous creatures and ghost are pretty much shared in the Malay archipelago or neighbouring nations. Some of it can in the nation's own version or if not exactly or about the same.

This are the list of countries where these creatures have appeared either in folklore or witness sightings:
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Singapore
4) Thailand
5) Philippines
6) Brunei
7) Papua New Guinea
8) Cambodia
9) Vietnam
10) Myanmar (Burma)
11) India

List of Malay Mythological Creatures (11 to  25 )



11) Hantu Bajang




Hantu Bajang is a spirit who takes the form of a fox or polecat and who eats fetuses and drinks the milk of lactating women.

12) Hantu Kopek



A variant is Hantu Kopek (Nipple ghost), who appears as an old woman with pendulous breasts. The striations of pregnancy are said to be the scars left by the attack of the bajang. Sharp metal objects such as scissors placed near the baby will help to protect it from the bajang

13) Polong



Polong is a spirit ghost that can be used by a black magic practitioner to harm someone. It is said to have been created from the blood of a murdered person and this blood is put into a bottle for one to two weeks before the spirit is invoked with incantations and magic spells. The owner must feed the polong daily with blood from his finger.

14) Pelesit



Pelesit is another ghost made by magic, in this case from the tongue of a stillborn child. It enters a house in the form of a cricket or house fly, and spreads misery and unhappiness in advance of the arrival of a polong. It also drinks blood from open cuts or wounds. Both the pelsit and the polong can be forced to reveal the name of their owner through magical questioning.

15) Hantu Raya



A Hantu Raya (great ghost) is the most dangerous of Malay ghosts. It has great strength and can change into any shape, may help its owner become rich and may cause harm or death to the owner's enemies. However, the ghost may also impersonate the owner, making love to his wife. The ghost is said to have a limited range, being unable to go far from its home.

16) Ceplos



Ceplos is a type of childish youthful male ghost which main objective is to protect its owner, especially warding off other black magic practitioner or ghost owner.

17) Hantu Air or Laut



Hantu Air (water phantom) also called Hantu laut (sea phantom) is a water spirit or ghost that lives in rivers, pools or the sea. It may be the ghost of someone who has died through drowning, or may be an independent spirit. Sometimes it appears as a floating log. The ghost or spirit may be dangerous, and may drown or eat people.

18) Hantu Bungkus or Pocong



Hantu Bungkus or Pocong is a ghost wrapped in a shroud that feeds on the blood of babies. It always runs after the victims by the means of jumping as it's hands and legs are tied up or wrapped up.
In some cases, it has been said that it will seek and plead you to untie her/him and in exchange it will grant you only one wish. But again do you really expect them to keep to their words in every case?

19) Hantu Galah (pole ghost)



Hantu Galah (pole ghost) is a very tall and thin ghost found among the trees and bamboos. To make it disappear, a person simply picks up a stick or twig and breaks it.It is normally female

20) Hantu Pari-Pari - fairy ghosts



Hantu Pari-Pari - fairy ghosts. It is normally female.

21) Harimau akuan



Harimau akuan: a were-tiger, or a human in the form of a tiger.It is normally male

22) Jembalang Tanah



Jembalang Tanah are earth demons of virgin forest. Derive from the urine or umbilical cord is buried in the forests.

23) Jenglot



Jenglot is a doll-sized creature that is said to be found in the jungles of Malaysia and Indonesia, described as a vampire in habit. Dead jenglots are sometimes sold or exhibited, but appear to be man-made.Most of them is female

24) Orang Bunian



Orang Bunian (whistling people) are invisible forest spirits who may lead travelers astray, but may sometimes assist them. There are stories of human men marrying female Orang Bunion, but as a result also becoming invisible.It is normally female.

25) Orang Minyak



Orang Minyak (Oily Man) is a rapist who believes in mystical properties of forced sex. A supernatural Serial Rapist ghost which is hard to see and hard to catch as he is covered in black grease and uses night as camouflage.

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Traditional Malay Mythological Creatures and Legendary Ghosts (part 1 of 2)

by Oregon Chang

Dear Readers, please do note that in Malay culture and traditions, much of the be it demonic monsters or ghosts are about same. A monster is a ghost and a ghost is also a monster. They do not make too much of a difference to them.

The locations of these monstrous creatures and ghost are pretty much shared in the Malay archipelago or neighbouring nations. Some of it can in the nation's own version or if not exactly or about the same.

This are the list of countries where these creatures have appeared either in folklore or witness sightings:
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Singapore
4) Thailand
5) Philippines
6) Brunei
7) Papua New Guinea
8) Cambodia
9) Vietnam
10)Myanmar (Burma)
11) India

List of Malay Mythological Creatures (1 to 10)



1) Sang Kelembai



The Sang Kelembai or Gedembai are supernatural beings inhabiting in the forests of Malaysia . Kelembai has powerful magical curse that can turn anyone to stone. Kelembai(s) confines to noise as it is in the forest.
Sang Kelembai is as an ugly woman with thick eyebrows, a flat nose, big elephant ears, fanged teeth, and about three times the size of a normal person. Feda on the soft top leaves of bamboo plants and occasionally fruit and meat.

It has the power of transforming any human or animal into stone and non other forms. For a Kelembai to turn someone to turn into stone, the Kelembai has to begin with by talking to that person or animal, and this can made her even more deadly.

2) Malaysian Dragon




The Malaysian Dragon or Naga (Draco naga) – are species found in the East Indies – modern day Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea which has been long feared by Malay mariners who called it the Naga.

The Malaysian Dragon has been known to reach lengths of 30 feet, thrice the length of the largest known Komodo Dragons. Unlike the Komodo Dragon, the Malaysian Dragon is comfortable at sea and on land, much in the manner of the Arabian Dragon of Red Sea areas. It preys on all manner of wildlife, including forest hogs, birds, deer, fish, sea snakes, crabs, and yes humans.

This dangerous of the dragons, are constant bane to fishermen in the region, often striking small fishing craft with tremendous force, throwing the occupants in the water to be consumed. They are no less a danger in the jungle and in isolated villages, and have discouraged settlement in some of the more remote regions of the archipelago.

They are known to be responsible for many deaths, even into the 20th century they were known to kill explorers and anthropologists working in New Guinea and downed Japanese and Allied aviators in the region during the Second World War. One popular theory has it that a Naga ate Amelia Earhart in her abortive world flight, though in truth where she perished is well out of their known range.

This dragon once ranged into the southern Philippines, but a concerted effort by the United States military resulted in their eradication in the first few decades of the 20th century, after a number of servicemen were eaten during the Philippine Insurrection. There was a plan by the CIA during the Vietnam War to attempt to populate the species in North Vietnam, to deny the Gulf of Tongking to North Vietnamese fishermen and present a threat to shipping. Howard Hughes was even involved, and constructed a special ship, the St. George, to carry them to the region, but the plan was aborted (though provided Hughes’ company valuable experience for the later Glomar Explorer, used to salvage a sunken Soviet sub).

3) Jentayu



In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Jatayu (Sanskrit: जटायू Jatāyū, Tamil: Chatayu, Thai: Sadayu, Malay: Jentayu or Chentayu) is the son of Aruṇa and nephew of Garuda. A demi-god who has the form of a vulture, he was an old friend of Dasharatha (Rama's father). He tries to rescue Sita from Ravana when Ravana is on his way to Lanka after kidnapping Sita.

4) Garuda



The Garuda (or giant eagle) has a significant place in many Asian legends and history. Garuda is the Malay form of the Phoenix (or the Roc). The Japanese call the Garuda, Karura. In fact, Thailand and Indonesia have the Garuda as their national symbols: The Indonesian national airline is Garuda Indonesia while the Garuda (the king of birds) is also known in Thailand as Krut Pha (a sign of Royal family).

5) Jin


A Jin or spirit from the beliefs of the West Malay people of West Malaysia. He is the guardian of a state known as ‘Royal Musical Instruments’ and he is subject to the King of Jinns, Sang Gala Raja

6) Golbin ( Toyol or Tuyul or Tiyanak )



A Toyol or Tuyul or Tiyanak is a mythical spirit in the Malay mythology of South-East Asia (notably in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippine and Singapore).
They can be a small child spirit which is invoked by Dukun (Indonesian shaman) or Bomoh (Malay witch doctor) from a dead human fetus by the means of black magic. Any person can also easily accuquire a Golbin from a Dukun or Bomoh.

Such Golbin can also be babies that died before receive the rites of baptism. After death, they enter place known as Limbo, which is a chamber for unbaptized dead people and such group of dead people are being transformed into evil spirits known to be as Phautasms. Phautasms would then return back into the mortal world as the form of goblins to feast on the living.

However, such golbin can also be the offspring between a demon and a woman . It can as well be the aborted fetus, which comes to life to take revenge on its mother. They are very vengeful creatures.

The owner of such golbin uses it mainly to steal things from other people, or to do mischief. According to a well-known superstition, if money or jewellery keeps disappearing mysteriously from your house, a goblin might be responsible.

A good way to ward off a toyol is to place some needles under your money. This is because goblins are afraid of being hurt by needles.

According to Javanese mythology, the creature is believed to be kept by a person that practicing pesugihan tuyul black magic. This magic helps people to become rich instantly, but in exchange he or she must perform some rituals or offering tumbal (sacrifice something) to keep the goblin happy. The exchange would be that a female member of the family must allow it to breastfeed from her, sucking blood instead of milk.

Most goblins are said to live in forests. If they see a human, they transform into what looks like a normal baby. When the person notices the goblin and comes near to take a look at it, that's when the goblin changes back to its true form and eats its prey.


7) A Bao A Qu



In the Malaysian mythology there is a creature by the name of A Bao A Qu is generally accepted as being pronounced Abang Aku, which means my elder brother

A Bao A Qu was those gods that were caught in this dimension when the gateway closed being unable to return Because it was caught in this world and needed to be able to cross over into its own dimension, it has become attached and dependent on human behavior, beliefs and karma.

A Bao A Qu gains more consciousness, begins to glow in different colors hoping to find itself in the bluish glow of perfection.  It is also said that the many tentacles

8) Pontianak



Pontianak is a Malay vampire. Said to be the ghost of a woman who died during pregnancy or childbirth, or the vengeful spirit of a woman murdered by her own lover. Commonly spotted at the roadside or under a tree, sometime accompanied by a baby. Pontianak appear to be young and beautiful so as to entice men to come near, whereby she would then turn into an ugly old woman with sharp teeth who will attack the victim and try to drink their blood. She can be killed by an iron nail driven into her neck, however if the nail is ever removed she will come back to life. She is depicted as wearing a full white dress, which can be bloodstained, with very long hair, long fangs and long fingernails. When she is close to you, she gives off a strong smell like flowers.

9) Kuntilanak

Similiar to Pontianak is the Indonesian Kuntilanak. It commonly takes the form of a bird and sucks the blood of virgins and young women. When a man approaches the Kunitilanak when it is in a female form, she would suddenly turns and reveals that her back is hollow. The bird, which makes a "ke-ke-ke" sound as it flies, may be sent through black magic to make a woman sick, the characteristic symptom being vaginal bleeding

10) Penanggalan



Penanggalan is another type of female vampire who is attracted to the blood of new born infants. Basically it is only the head of a woman with intestines and stomach below the head, from which her entrails trail is used to grasp her victim.

The Philippine Manananggal is a similar vampire who can separate her upper torso from her lower body in order to fly in the night with huge bat-like wings to prey on unsuspecting, pregnant women in their homes, using an elongated proboscis-like tongue.A similar concept is also found with the Thai Krasue

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Islamic Exorcism (GRAPHIC WARNING)

An eyewitness account of an Islamic-style exorcism carried out by an Imam in Brunei.

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Girl in Primary school being possess in Brunei

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UFOs and Occupants Sightings in South East Asia

Source: UFO Reports in Southeast Asia, 1800-1996 by Ahmad Jamaludin.

These are just a tip of the iceberg of UFOs activities in South East Asia, and we do not intend to cover all cases in this article. The main purpose is just to show the readers that there were and there still are strange things going on in our sky.

17 July 1810, Meklong, Thailand: HMS Nereid, a British merchant schooner was moored in the vicinity of Meklong and while the captain, Augustus Tweed was on watch, he sighted a display of lights in the night sky. The lights appeared in the eastern sky and flew and turned until they abruptly vanished from sight. Captain Tweed witnessed the lights again on 31 July and 9 August. Apparently they plunged into the sea on 9 August.

28 August 1810, Meklong, Thailand: Dr. Jacob Hazlitt, a missionary and physician living in Siam reported that he saw a man made all of silver on the road outside Meklong. His skin was gleaming and had only one eye.

September 1810, Thailand: A young woman claimed that she was awaken by some unknown force one night. She described the evening as being devoid of all animal sound. (This could be due to the subject is in fact in an altered state of consciousness. Ufologist Jenny Randles call this the Oz Factor) Looking into the yard beyond her house, she claimed to have seen a man made all of metal. The man had only one eye. She added that she was abducted to an undersea palace of lights.

14 March 1969, Thailand: A KC-135 tanker was flying over Thai airspace when the crew sighted a cylindrical object larger than the tanker and holding position at their altitude. The plane commander cautiously banked toward the UFO and it veered away in a matter of seconds.

10 August 1944, Sumatra, Indonesia: Captain Alvah Rieda, a B29 bomber commander had been ordered to stay behind and photograph the damage inflicted on a Japanese oil depot in Sumatra after US planes had bombed the area. Then an oval-shaped UFO appeared off his right wing. He frantically tried to shake it off but the UFO matched every turn he made. After 8 minutes the UFO shot upward and disappeared in the overcast.

16 June 1909, Dong Hoi, Vietnam: At 4.10 am, an astronomer, M. Beljonne, sighted an elongated object described as truncated at both ends, flew over the city on a west-east course. The UFO was casting a great luminosity. 4 other witnesses, all fishermen who were fishing at sea reported that the phenomenon lasted from 8 to 10 minutes. The UFO was reported to have fallen into the sea at about 6 kilometers from the shore.

11 June 1967, Da Nang, Vietnam: U.S. military personnel at the DaNang base reported sighting a cylindrical, silver-coloured object over the base in daytime. F-102 jets were sent up to intercept but the pilots were unable to locate the UFO.

22 July 1947, Ayer Rajah Road, Singapore: Regimental Sergeant Major T.J. Needham reported that he had sighted a saucer-shaped object at 6.45pm. The object appeared to be flying with a spiral motion and with slight dips. Witness called another soldier, RQMS Crump who also saw the UFO which was flying at a pace slower than a jet fighter.

28 April 1952, South Canal Road & Raffles Place, Singapore: Hundreds of witnesses sighted a cigar-shaped silvery object with smoke spouting from it streaking across the sky at 3.45pm. Yee Hong Phoy reported that the UFO flew towards the harbour from the north then turned back for about two minutes before going towards the sea again. The object was flying very high and very fast. Another witness William Osborne reported a slip stream of vapour trail behind its body. His friend, Lee Chin Ghee said the sighting lasted for about 10 minutes.

28 April 1952, Singapore: Members of the Singapore Swimming Club reported sighting a flying disc at 7.15pm. The object was described as big with a sort of bright flame on one side of its body. It was spinning parallel to the earth and flew towards the west.

24 February 1953, Seria, Brunei: Hundreds of witnesses saw in the clear blue sky a tiny but exceedingly bright star-like object hovering at a height estimated to be at 30,000 feet altitude. The object appeared to be rotating slowly with two jets, vapour or cloud formation appearing and disappearing at the edges. The sighting lasted for about 40 minutes.

24 August 1967, Kuala Belait, Brunei: A police officer sighted a large round object with dim white light underneath it at 7.45pm. The UFO was reported to the traveling across Kuala Belait from the direction of Miri, Sarawak, and going towards Seria. It seemed to be moving at about 30 mph but was completely silent.

1 November 1968, Baros, Philippines: A witness reported sighting a white object with red lights. Through its transparent canopy, the witness could see two beings wearing white coveralls. One of the occupants was taller than the other. In the same area, another farmer reported sighting a white low slung saucer-shaped object which landed and then took off again. Two beings were observed in the UFO. The farmer described them as Caucasian about 6 feet tall, wearing white suit with no identification (Nordic?). They wore glasslike headgears.

24 March 1972, Tukuran, Philippines: A witness claimed to have seen a UFO and he fired his .45 caliber pistol at it. He claimed that his pistol cracked after the shooting and the object vanished.

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Recounting the Pontianak (Part 2)

We continue our collection of stories of Pontianak encounters.

This guy named Ismail was returning home from his cousin's house as it was during the Hari Raya. I think it was 2 years ago. His cousin's house was in Yishun and he was heading to Pasir Ris that where he lived. While riding along Punggol, he was feeling strange all of a sudden. He continued to ride until there was a Malaysian plated motorcycle. When they were side by side, this old Malaysian guy turned to him and then speed faster. Ismail didn't care and just kept on riding until he was again riding side by side with a old man. He was riding a Vespa motorcyle. The old man turn to look at Ismail and again the old man speed faster. Ismail thought that he wanted to race.

After a few minutes, he looked at his side mirror as he felt as if there was someone riding behind him. He look at the mirror and saw a white dress. He again looked at the mirror and saw a woman with long black hair and then it strikes him that there was evil riding behind him. Ismail says “I did not disturb you and you please...do not disturb me”. He was in total fear!

When he reach a junction at Pasir Ris, he was getting ready to stop at a red light. This 'thing' pulled near and began to laughed. Ismail didn't care weather it was a red or green light, he just sped off until he reached home. Without even taking the key and parking at the correct spot, he rushed to his house. Reaching his house, he tells his elder brother what happened. His brother said he was lying.

They both get on their motorcycles together...Ismail rode behind his elder brother. When they see the motorcycle, the Pontianak was sitting and smiling at them. Ismail scolded his elder brother for not believing him. His brother quickly shouted prayers and the 'thing' was gone. Ismail rushed back home leaving his brother alone.

When the brother reached his way home, he scolded Ismail for leaving him alone, "what if the thing attacked me." Beware riding your motorcycle alone at night.....

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One Friday night, all of my friends and I are chatting at a nearby coffee shop. It was a boring night, one of my friends suggested we go clubbing at Boat Quay but we ignored his suggestion. I suggested to have some fun with the spirits as it was the HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL.

We planned the things that we needed, e.g joss sticks, candles, apples and a comb. We proceeded to the destination planned. Upon reaching, we set up all the things we bought. The candles were used to make a pentagram and we put the joss stick around us. Together there were 6 of us including one girl. We were suppose to sit at every end of the pentagram and one person in the middle. The girl sat in the middle and she was supposed to comb her hair while chanting some spell.

It`s almost midnight and we started to chant the spell my friend taught us. After a few minutes nothing happen. I started to feel that its a waste of our time. I got up and kicked all the candles and joss sticks, and walk away. Suddenly it happened. The girl who was combing her hair started to scream. She ran towards me and started to bite me. At first I thought she playing around but she wasn’t. My friends tried to pull her away from me but to no avail. Then she released me and started to say words that we could not understand. My friend who is a religious type, started to chant some prayers and the possessed girl started to scream again. The screams then began to fade and she fainted. All of us then witnessed a white object flying above the bushes behind us. We became alarmed, picked up the fainted girl and ran away to the nearest HDB block. From there we went back to our home.

I told my mother about the incident...she was so mad that the slap me on the face. She said that I had disturbed the resting place of a PONTIANAK. I swear to myself not play with spirits again. As for the girl she knew nothing about what had happened to her.

This really happened at Serangoon Park Connector.

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Driving down the highway, Ahmad tried to adjust his focus and eyes on the road as fatigue and lethargy took control of his body. The long working hours at his new job had taken its toll and left him practically exhausted. After several failed attempts to keep himself awake, Ahmad finally gave in and decided to stop at the side of the road to get some shuteye before continuing his journey.

As he turned to make a stop, his eyes caught sight of a strange looking ‘object’ in the middle of the road that seemed to resemble a log but simply shrugged it off as nothing out of the ordinary. However, as Ahmad peered closer at the weird object, he could make up some facial features but it was too dark to tell whether his imagination was beginning to run wild. Despite the warning which echoed in his mind to ‘run away’, he simply refused to steer clear of whatever was on that road.

Curiosity got the better of him and he took out a torch light out of the glove compartment to investigate what it really was. As Ahmad approached the ‘object’, it laid so disturbingly still as if waiting to strike. He suddenly stood frozen in his tracks as the ‘mysterious object’ lifted its head slowly in his direction and let out an ear-piercing cry. Fear overtook the very core of Ahmad’s mind and he knew instantly what the ’strange’ object was. He struggled to summon his inner strength to face the terror staring him right in the eye. “This was something that you could only see in horror films,” Ahmad said.

He watched the terror unfold as the paranormal entity, commonly known as ‘pontianaks’ to the locals, crawled to the side of the road and began creeping towards a lamp post. Within split seconds, it swiftly moved towards him and all he could do was recite prayers to ward off the spirit. The ‘pontianak’ stared at him intently before disappearing into thin air. The memory of such a disturbing image, till this day, seems difficult to erase and has changed his philosophy on the existence of paranormal entities.

“I think it’s a good idea to share my experience with fellow readers on this issue. Whether they choose to believe it or not, is of course up to them. However, this is not something you simply make up. It took me quite a while to try and forget this horrifying incident but I decided to instead use it as a lesson in life,” he said before concluding his story.

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Legends of old have it that an individual who possesses a fragile spirit will most likely encounter supernatural entities and although no evidence of such a claim exists, some have unfortunately experienced it firsthand for reasons they cannot phantom. This story revolves around an American expatriate who was kind enough to share his ordeal before leaving the country for good.

David loved Brunei and considered it as his second home. He even planned to settle down with his then fiancé living in Kuala Belait and thus, frequently traveled back and forth to visit his better half. Working in a highly demanding field, which required every ounce of his expertise, commuting from the capital to the Belait District daily was painstaking and inconvenient but he longed to put a balance between his work and fiancé. Days and sometimes, even months at a time, the pressuring demands of his career began to take its toll on their relationship.

One fateful night, they got into a heated argument and his fiancé threatened to commit suicide. After several attempts to call her hand phone, which went unanswered, he grabbed his car keys and drove hastily to Kuala Belait. “Please answer the phone, please,” David pleaded. He then began blaming himself should anything unforeseen happen to his fiancé and could not imagine life without her.

He then approached the one-lane road and focused on the dark, eerie highway, where no street lamps were erected. Suddenly, the radio reception started to deteriorate and David simply thought it was due to the location. A few minutes later, the car engine began to quiver and decelerate from 120 to 80km/h. “What in heaven’s name could possibly go wrong now?” he exclaimed as it was a brand new car. “Do not break down here please, of all places!” David said while glancing around at the pitch-black darkness without a single soul in sight.

He pulled himself together and tried to dismiss all negative thoughts coming to mind. As he attempted to lean on the arm rest, David caught sight of what seemed to be a ’shadow’, in the corner of his eye. Without thinking, he turned to confirm his worst fear and indeed, there was a weird ‘figure’ sitting beside him in the front passenger seat. The entity’s long black strands of hair covered its face as ’she’ repeatedly let out a blood-curling laugh. Shivers ran down his spine and a thousand thoughts raced through the businessman’s mind. Given the fact that he is a free-thinker, no religion or prayers could save him then as he knew none. David thought of calling someone, practically anyone but his phone was in the middle of the dashboard. Terrified that the ‘entity’ would grab his hands, he continued driving, hoping, praying that a street lamp would appear with some visible ’signs’ of life.

A few minutes on, David’s instincts sent a warning jolt through his body. He could sense that the ’spirit’ was staring at him and his heart raced with sheer trepidation. Straight ahead, visible strokes of light could be seen and he stepped on the gas pedals hoping to reach the area before something happened to him. That seemed to only make things worse.

With the streetlights, he could clearly see his ‘uninvited passenger’. The events that followed would remain embossed in his memories forever. The ’spirit’ extended its arms to grab his shoulders. He immediately stepped on the brakes and ran out of the car. David refused to turn around for fear that ‘it’ was nearby but decided to fight his fear after remembering his fiance.

“After I saw it was gone, I went back into my car and drove off like never before,” David said. After reconciling with his fiance, he retold his frightful story and later discovered that the entity was in fact, a Pontianak. “This has altered my complete outlook in life and I now refuse to travel anywhere alone if it’s 3 in the morning,” he said while giggling but behind the laughter, the impact of that encounter could be visibly seen through his eyes.

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What is a Malay Vampire All About ? ( Apakah Melayu Vampire All About? )

Basically to say, Malay has 3 types of Vampires.

The First is known as a Langsuyar and second type is known as a Pontianak, the 2 are often confused to be the same but they are not. The third type is known as the Penanggalan.

Same as the Chinese Vampires or any other Asian Vampires, They, likewise have some trouble and problems crossing waters. Waters as in like rivers, lakes etc...

In comparison, Malay Vampires are ghost like and are viewed as Ghosts. Ghost and Vampires are almost the same to them. Chinese Vampires on the other hand, it really depends. Some are very Zombie like, Some very Beastly like and others the undead or immortal classification.

Langsuyar
Other names : Langsuior



She is Basically described as a banshee like flying demon. She was said to be woman of extreme beauty. She died of Childbirth basically. She resents her life & felt sad that her beloved child was taken away from her. She wants others to share the same fate as her. eventually led to her becoming into a monster , known as the Langsuyar for she was unable to accept this fact based on stories of her Orgins.

This Langsuyar is often being described as wearing a green robe, Long finger nails & long black hair up to the ankle length. She has a hole in her neck.

To guard against a Langsuyar, hang a thorny branch across the entrance of your home. She will believe that she cannot enter without being horribly scratched.

At the very beginning, Langsuyar only suck blood of children, but as a matter of time she turned into a flesh eater.

In the usual stories, it is all about a mother becoming into a monster because of her children, for the love of her children.

Malay Woman are believed to become into a Langsuyar if she died during Childbirth or 40 days immediately after the child was born. To prevent it, her family would place glass beads in her mouth to stop any banshee like Shrieks. To prevent her from flying, eggs would be placed under her arms and a needle poked in the palm of each hand at point of childbirth.

To Tamed a Langsuyar, you will need to capture it first and then cut off her nails and hair and then stuffing them into the hole of her neck. When this is done, this Langsuyar would become domesticated and could live among the humans, normally.

Claims have been made of, tamed Langsuyar who lived and got married in the local village and eventually bore children. However, their new life ended usually at a village party when they began to dance. Suddenly, they would revert to their more spirit like form and fly off to the jungle, leaving husband and child behind.

Pontianak



A Potianak is both a Ghost and a Vampire of the Malay version and has similiarities with a Chinese Vampire. To the Malays, they would see the Potianak and the Chinese Vampire ( Jiang Shi) as the same with no differences. It has been said that Potianaks are much more powerful and fearsome than Western Vampires.

Potianak were believed to be Child of a Langsuyar. They could changed into an owl during the night.



They feed on pregnant woman, infants, fetus & Children. Only sharp objects can be used to deal with a Pontianak. The more Sharp and prickly it is , the better ! A nail has to been driven into her neck and she will be reverted back into the woman she used to be once, as her original form. The second method to stop her will be that you will have to disrobe yourself but before doing so, one needs to be ugly, a ugly body !

To have a Potianak trapped and to be by your bidding, one must tie a red thread from a Banana Tree to the foot and sleep on your bed. Think of a beautiful with your imaginations. Be as Imaginative as possible. Through your thoughts, she will appear in front of you at your bed.

Be very careful about the red thread! She trapped and is under your every command due to that thread. She has a very strong desire to be freed. If she is successful, You are definitely Finished !

To release the Pontianak that is under a person's bidding, remove the pins or needles that is located at her tree. Once you do so, she is being released from her sufferings and will seek absolute revenge on her master controlling her.

When things go out of hand, there is only way to stop this Banana Tree spirit Potianak , which is to have her banana tree chopped off with only one strike. You have one chance and her tree must be chop off the first time right with only just one chop. If you fail to do so, You fail to stopped her ! SO GOOD LUCK to you ! Best that you don't even do it in the first place.

Penanggalan
Other Names : Hantu Penanggal / Penanggal



A Penanggalan is something similar to the Philippines Aswang or Mananaggal.
The Philippines Aswang or Mananaggal is upper half Woman body that has been detached from a full human body and has wings when it flies. The Penanggalan on the other hand is just a head of woman with her internal organs like her stomach and intestines tangling below her and She flies.

Both the Mananaggal and the Penanggalan shared some Austronesian roots and hence the two distinct culturally in terms of appearances and behaviors.



From afar especially her tangling organs, it looks like the twinkling of fireflies as the Penanggalan flies during the night. During the day time and at any time when she did not detached herself from her body, she is just like any human like you and me.

Orgins of her is about a woman involved with black magic or a woman who dabbles with demonic powers.
tales speaks of woman who wants supernatural powers but had made a broken pact with the demon she fails not to eat meat within 40 days and was hence punished by the demon who turned her into a Vampire known as the Penanggalan.



Some other origins speaks of a priestess or an ordinary beautiful woman who was having a ritual bath in a tub that once held vinegar in the wild. While bathing herself and in a state of concentration or meditation. A man who wanted to watch her bath, entered the room without any warning and startled her. During her shocked, She jerked her head up to look who was this man and moved too quickly that in the process of an accident, her head was sever from her body with her organs and entrails pulling out of the neck opening by some tree branch or some sort.

She was so furious on what this man has caused to her ! She flew after him with her empty body left in vat. Her organs was dripping with Venom. Hence, it is said that the Penanggal carries an odar of Vinegar with her wherever she flies. Even during day time when she passes off as an ordinary mortal woman, there is still some odor of Vinegar from her body. That is one of the ways to identify a Penanggal if she is among one of you.



Penanaggal has been described to be able move through walls and ooze up through the cracks in the floorboards of a house. She can also move her intestines like tentacles during her attack.

A person can also become one when under a powerful curse or a under a demonic force. A Mananaggal has only 2 fangs but the Penanggal has a Mouthful of Fangs.

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Kuda Kepang (Kuda Lumping)

In Malaysia it is knowns as Kuda Kepang and in Indonesia it is Kuda Lumping.

It is basically a mystic art dance which tells a story of 9 horseman that came back in victory from a battle. It was a war won for, in the name of Islam.

It has it's origins in Java which is part of Indonesia. This dance can be seem in many places & occations such as malay weddings and many more.



The thing about it is that as long as it is just something very ordinary it is very okay.

But however the moment it becomes into something too fantastic which is something out of the norm then it considered to be the Occult version of Kuda Kepang (Kuda Lumping) even by the Muslim communities themselves.

Fantastic things can be such as eating of the grass of the horse rider, walking on fire or broken pieces of glass or jumping to a great height.







I have long been mystified by the ‘art’ of Kuda Kepang. Popular as part of the Malay culture, the dance can be seen usually during special events like weddings or opening ceremonies and is usually accompanied with the soft melodies of the Gamelan. Usually, the performance would involve the participants to dance around with a cutout of a horse, akin to riding that said horse.

However, a more mystic side of Kuda Kepang seems to be on the rise these days, after a dwindling of it for the past few years. Instead of just harnessing the powers of the human body, other ‘external’ forces from the ‘other’ world were called on to make the performance a more intriguing one.

The following would be examples of what I mean by a more intriguing performance:



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How come Sentosa is Haunted?

BY : ShiJie

Sentosa is a very popular place many of us like to go to. But did you know that it is a very haunted island?

The old name of Sentosa is Pular Blakang Mati which literally means dead from the behind. There are alot of myths to how did this island got such a name. No one is however sure which is the actual and correct one.



But one thing for sure, this old name did brought about curse to the main island of Singapore in history unknown to many. One of such examples was that during WW2 when the British Colonial Masters expected a sea attack by the Japanese and placed all their defences to the south of Singapore to protect Singapore there in the front, the Japanese attacked from land , and caught the British soldiers by suprise when they were attacked by the Japanese from the behind.

Pular Blakang Mati was an island of fruits in originally. All over this island, it is all fruits. But however, mysteriously there was some graves in which no one has the explaination of who they were and how they appear there.

The first settlers to appear on Pular Blakang Mati was the Bugis from what we call as Indonesia today. When they arrived ashore to settle down , what they initially did not noticed was these graves directly behind of them , which was not very far from where they touched down from.

They set up their own fishing village somewhere in the front of these grave even to make things worst.

Just when they thought they were going to have a peaceful life , such peaceful life in this fruit island was short lived. Soon Pirates from the Malay archipelago arrived! they decided to established and transformed Pular Blakang Mati island to be their pirate's Headquarters.

These pirtates arrived from ashore directly from behind these Bugis fishing villagers. The villagers were caught by suprised when they were attacked by the pirates from behind. A very magnificient and epic battle occured as a result. Although these villagers proved to be tough and good fighters, they were still however no match agaisnt the pirates. The Pirates won! Their HQ was established in this island of Pular Blakang Mati!

Pular Blakang Mati island was then transfromed into a Treasure island, ever since.

Frankly speaking I also really wonder what happen to those treasures? mayb in the process of history they were looted and have become missing.



Years laters, Singapore was Colonized by the British! As a matter of time, an extremely fierce naval battle took place near the seas of Pular Blakang Mati island and the pirates were wiped out by the British.

Each time when battle took place, more and more graves will appear in this island, mysteriously. however, most of the battles took place near the coast of the beach or the waters near to the island. Hence, more people died in the waters than on the land.

Years laters after the extermination of the Pirates, epidemic took place on this island very suddenly and it was just so close to have taken the lives of every single people living in this island to the last man standing. But however again the cure arrived fast and the population of those surviving ones was saved.

Some people even called Pular Blakang Mati island , an island of death while others called it a haunted island, perhaps due to too many deaths and hauntings happenning in this island in the flow of history.

Years later again, World War 2 took place. Singapore was taken from the behind. Pular Blakang Mati island became into one of those execution grounds of those POW(s) and anti Japanese etc...

these people were brought to be shot to death at the coast of the beach shores. some who wanted to escaped ran into the waters adn were either drowned to death or slashed and hacked to death by the Japanese who ran after them into the water using their swords.

The number of deaths of those who died in the waters was really alot! Hence , the type of ghosts that Sentosa had the most is actually Water ghosts! ghosts on the land was not as much as those in the waters.

Some people believed that Pular Blakang Mati was the initial intention of General Yamshita to have the treasures looted from all parts of Asia to be stored here and then transported to Japan and not in the Luzon islands of philippines.

This island was renamed to be as Sentosa which means peace and tranquility in malay. Even since then, the fate of this island and Main land Singapore Changed forever! Most likely, even since the change in name and developments and human activities in Sentosa since 1972 to present, the curse has already been broken.

Sentosa island is today very safe , generally speaking regardless during the day or night. However, do bare in mind of one thing, during the night, DO NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE WATERS. KEEP SOME DISTANCE FROM THE WATERS! IT IS VERY OKAY TO HAVE A WALK IN THE BEACH AT NIGHT BUT PLEASE DO NOT BE TOO NEAR TO THE WATERS. THE WATER GHOST ARE STILL LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENTS AND SUBSITUTES!

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Malay Spiritual Healing

By : DR AMIR FARID ISAHAK
MANY Malaysians are no strangers to the workings of faith/spiritual healers, and there have been numerous TV programmes documenting these healers.



Today I would like to share with you about two female spiritual healers. One is from my home town Kota Baru, Kelantan, and the other is from China. They are among the most fascinating I have ever encountered.




Puan Lin

Puan Lin (or just “Lin” as she is commonly known) is in her 40s. She’s originally from Java, Indonesia, and settled in Kelantan after marrying a Malaysian. They are blessed with seven children

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Several years ago, she had a dream that she was to start healing people. Her first patient was her own relative, who was bed-ridden. After her “treatment”, he recovered. That gave her confidence to treat others, and the word spread like wildfire. Now her “clinic” is always crowded.

Lin starts diagnosing the cause of the ailment or problem as soon as the “patient” introduces himself to her. Her speciality is in diagnosing and reversing black magic. Every patient is required to bring an egg for the diagnosis, and a bottle of water for her to supplicate upon. She will roll the egg over the patient’s back and then break the egg. Needles, rusty nails, hair, seeds, and countless other items have been found in the eggs which were brought by the patients.

I have observed these many times at close range, sitting or standing just beside her while she was treating the patients. Each session lasts only a few minutes, and each patient is asked to telephone her in the evening for further instructions.

Note that the patients brought their own eggs. This is important because healers often have been accused of cheating by putting these items inside the eggs and cleverly concealing the breaks in the eggs. To put in nails and larger objects without breaking the eggs would require extreme ingenuity.

She is now pregnant with her eighth child, and had actually decided to stop her “clinic” to concentrate on her pregnancy. However, people kept knocking on her door for help, and she relented. So even with a bulging tummy, she patiently treats over 200 people each day.

Many people have benefited from Lin’s treatment, ranging from physical ailments to spiritual angst. If you were to study the cases that come to her, you will realise that so many people have physical ailments that actually have spiritual causes behind them, and that many physical ailments are amenable to spiritual healing

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Mass Hysteria in Brunei Primary School (STPRI)

The story was first published by BruneiDirect.com in July 2005

Bandar Seri Begawan - A hysteria syndrome that began in an all-girl school in the capital last month continued yesterday with yet another hatch of 12 students showing signs of distress last morning as senior authorities rushed a statement to the press to assure parents and public that they were taking steps to bring the - situation under control.

The Sekolah Thinggi Perempuan Raja Isteri, STPRI closed again yesterday after the incident

In a statement the Ministry of Education said appropriate measures are taken to stabilise the situation plaguing the school.

Special emergency steps were mentioned as being issued as guidelines to teachers and students in the event of a recurrence.

Members of staff have been put in charge at various blocks of classrooms, and at assembly points for these classes designated, in case of emergency".

'Sembahyang Hajat' and recitation of the Al-Quran and the Surah Yassin are now conducted regularly as appropriate measures by the Ministry.

While finger pointing was a common reaction in incidents such as this, the more immediate need is to support the efforts undertaken by the school, advised the ministry.

The Ministry requested in its statement for the understanding and full support of parents and members of the public to work together so that teaching and learning can proceed with minimum interruption at the school.

Meanwhile, Borneo Bulletin Sunday hotline has been ringing non-stop with distraught parents inquiring about the situation.

Yesterday as students assembled in the hall for a scheduled religious talk as well as to recite the Surah Yaasin, some twelve students showed signs of hysteria gradually becoming uncontrollable.

The Sunday Bulletin at the scene to cover the planned religious talk was told by school staff manning the entrance that no one was allowed in.

They said only parents and guardians were allowed to go in as the mystery phenomena had struck the students again.

The parents were allowed in to the school compound to collect their children who were waiting for them as school closed earlier than schedule yesterday after the incident.

The Deputy Minister of Education Pg Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Mohammad was scheduled to attend the talk.

"After the incident the talk was cancelled and the school was closed," staff said.

The school first experienced the mystery phenomena in July.

Even the young primary female students at Raja Isteri Fatimah Primary School showed symptoms of hysteria last week. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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European Encounters of Chinese Sea Serpent In South East Asia

It was during the 1700s and 1800s during the days of the european colonisation as well as explorations and discovery that the early europeans came by sea route into south east asia and other parts of asia.

It was being frequently claimed by many Europeans of those days that Chinese Sea Serpents was being spotted in the South China Seas and Straits of Melacca.

The sea serpent is as common in oriental folklore as in its occidental counterparts. In China the legends merge into purely mythical accounts of sea dragons, which have the disconcerting talent of shape shifting, but the more credible tales seem to describe something very similar to the sea serpent, in China called the Kiao or Shan.

The Shan is the Eastern Sea Dragon that unlike the Kiao, who is a lake dweller, lives in the sea. The Shan is described as serpentine but with ears, horns and a red mane. Until recently the Malays and Chinese believed sea serpents were responsible for ambergris, which they call 'dragon spittle'. In the History of the Ming Dynasty, a Chinese author describes a place called Dragon Spittle Island in the Sea of Lambri

In the 19th century many oriental sea serpents were seen by Europeans. Some were shown to be frauds or hysterical exaggerations, but several accounts cannot be easily dismissed - though, as always, many witnesses regretted having gone public. The Straits Times Overland Joumal carried a lively correspondence on the matter. Particularly dramatic was the encounter in September 1876 between the SS Nestor and a 'sea serpent' in the Straits of Malacca which seemed rather different to most, though very Chinese.

There is in the Far East a well - known living 'dragon' species, named the Komodo Dragon because its primary (almost its only) habitat is Indonesia's Komodo Island. This giant monitor lizard usually grows to about 12ft (3.7m), but speeimens twice as long have been reported. The creatures migrate by sea between Komodo and three other Indonesian islands. Specimens washed out to sea may well have given rise to some sea - monster tales, but none of great importance.
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Islamic Exorcism

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Ghost At HuaHo Brunei

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Mass hysteria in Brunei

The mystery phenomenon that has affected students from two schools in the capital is showing no signs of abating.

And rumours spreading wildly through the short message service (SMS) are apparently sowing more confusion in the minds of the public. Yesterday, more students were hit by the unexplained hysteria but this time at Sayyidina Hussain Secondary School in Jerudong.

It all began with a Form 4 student returning to the classroom from the restroom at around 10am, according to a teacher from the school. When other students started getting hysterical as well, the school asked all the students to assemble at the hall.But as the situation threatened to get out of control, the school called the parents and asked them take their children home, the Bulletin was told.

The Royal Brunei Police Force last night warned that anyone found guilty of spreading such malicious SMS would be dealt with accordingly. Following the hysteria cases that have occurred in schools in the country affecting several students in the past weeks, the police in a press statement advised the public not to be influenced with false rumours spreading through the short message service.

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