What The Heck!

What The Heck!

“What The Heck!” startled she let out a short muffled scream as she quickly jumped back ….

Toni is a somewhat tom-boyish girl of 23 had a job interview in Termeloh in Pahang. The town is located in the central portion of the state and is second largest after the state capital Kuantan.

Toni’s mother had contacted her cousin, Mrs Tee, and luckily managed to persuade her cousin to let her daughter to stay with them for a couple of days.

Toni met up his Mrs Tee together with her husband and two sons. They lived in the outskirt of Temerloh town in a partially concrete and wooden house. She was given a back room that was that was behind the kitchen. Mrs Tee explained that they have to clear up that tiny room which was originally used as a store for the family.

That night Toni was extremely tired for having taken a bus trip from her hometown. As she was about to fall asleep she notice that the air in that room was strangely getting cooler. She wrapped her make-shift blanket around her body and she was so tired she just slept.

Toni went for her job interview and she was back at the Tee’s house. She found the family extremely friendly especially aunty Tee. That night after she got to bed, she awoke to a very strong smell of Tiger Balm medication. Looking at her watch which shows 2 am, she wondered whether everyone were alright.

Tiger Balm Ointment

Tiger balm is a menthol-based soothing heat rub ointment herbal remedy for pain-relieving headaches, muscle ache or even itchiness.

Ghost Festival Rituals

Ghost Festival Rituals

Two real life encounters with ghostly beings during Ghost Festivals.

The Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese or Taoist festival celebrated on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month. The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is called is known as “Ghost Month.” Many people believe that during that month the sector are Heaven, Hell and the Earth and restless ghosts will freely roam the earth.

Ghost Festival rituals of joss sticks, incense, paper money, prepared food, wine and tea are offered to these temporary ‘guests’. One of the main highlights of the festival is the Chinese operas, usually held on temporary bamboo stages, to appease the wandering spirits from the otherworld.

Laden with Offerings for Hungry Ghost Festival

Here are two truly terrifying stories about peoples’ actual experience during the dark month.

Deceased Loved Ones

Deceased Loved Ones

I have heard numerous stories of people’s ghostly encounters in graveyards, hospitals, or even in shopping malls.

A Tombstone of a Piano in a local Memorial Park

However its actually touching that some spirits seemed to “relive” their whole existence just being closed to someone for the rest of lives. At times, they seem to spend their whole life of their natural or unnatural lives with their hosts until the hosts die. Let me relate to you of two similar stories that I have personally encountered.

1^st Story

I am especially close to a young girl, Kelly (at that time) when she finally married with a great guy and together they stayed with the Jay’s parents. The courtship lasted over 10 years and throughout that time together they faced tough times like when the young man lost his only and younger brother from illness and the time Kelly had a miscarriage of their first child but of course to much happier times together.

One day, a close friend Jay who was working in Singapore came back to KL and looking for a permanent place to stay. Jay’s close friend also invited a famous medium from Singapore to have a look at his apartment. Jay and Kelly were equally excited as they were trying to buy a neighbor’s unit and merge their 2 units together.

When they finally reached the ‘2’ apartments, the medium was busy looking at all the nooks and crannies and were generally satisfied except for some minor renovations that he wanted. After the visit to their apartments, they went to an eating place near the budget hotel room that they rented a room for the medium (there is a belief that allow the mediums can only accept Spartan or frugal gifts).

While eating, the medium casually said….”looks like you got 2 regulars ghost spirts in your house …a young boy and a baby spirit!” Kelly and Jay were completely shocked (as only their closest family members were aware……Jay’s younger brother died in parents apartment and the baby ghost can only refer to Kelly’s miscarriage a few years back!!!

Are You There?

Are You There?

Paranormal or Supernatural Activities, are they real – or just a wild figment of one’s imagination? It’s up to you to believe or not.

 Eye Blinking image of a hovering “Child Ghost”

1^st Story

For the first story, Lionel Yee and his friends decided to go to Kuala Terengganu for their vacation. Kuala Terengganu is located in the state of Terengganu which lies in the eastern region of Peninsula Malaysia.

One night they decided to go for dinner at a well-known local food stall and by the time they got there it was already after 8 pm. The food stall was packed with customers and they had to wait for their turn. While waiting for their turn they went to an empty nearby field to chit-chat and to smoke. The field was relatively dark as the lights from the food stall were facing the other side. However there was a partial moon with moonlight shining dimly in the darkness.

Lionel suddenly felt something had hit him hard on the lower back directly above the head and he staggered wildly towards his friends. His friends were shocked as they rushed to help Lionel asking anxiously him what was wrong. Lionel spurned around turned and angrily glared, as he was sure that it was one of friends but…there was no one, not even a soul!

They went to their hotel after their meal at the food stall and Lionel kept complaining about the ache on his back. As he was undressing he looked at the back of his T-shirt but did not find any tear, not even a sign of a cut on the fabric. As Lionel was busy inspecting his T-shirt when one his friend accidentally looked up and was extremely shocked to find that Lionel’s back shoulder was bruised with a vicious blue-black mark!!

Was it a supernatural or paranormal spirit……

Hungry Ghost Festival in Asia

Hungry Ghost Festival in Asia

…the 7 year old sleepy boy went to go to the kitchen for a glass of water when he was taken aback, shocked to see a black shadowy figure on the outside right beside the window panes in the kitchen….

I must be a bit ignorant (or just poor in Geography) as I did not know that the Vietnamese also celebrated Hungry Ghost Festival. They celebrated with other Taoist or Buddhist followers from Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and even China have observed the age old tradition of paying respect to the death. These followers believe that the souls of the departed are freed from the Gates of Hell and given a month to roam earth realm during the 7^th lunar month.

Joss Sticks and Food for the Dead Souls

Trang was only 7 year old when his parents thought it was best and much safer that he and his younger sister went to live temporarily with their grandmother place at a rural farm area in Vietnam. That was during the Vietnam War between the south and north Vietnam in the late seventies.

Trang’s parents decided to move him and his sister to their grandmother’s farm and so happened it was during the Hungry Ghost Festival. One night Trang suddenly woke up in the middle of the night at his Grandma’s one-storey farm house. His mouth and his throat was parched, realizing that his mother was back in Saigon to be with her husband and his grandma was fast asleep in the next room, Trang decided to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

The dining room was located beside Trang and his younger sister’s bedroom and the kitchen was directly behind that. The old hand sink in the kitchen with closed glass window panels was set above the basin. Half asleep Trang slowly walked past the dining room and onto the kitchen when he was stunned to see a black shadowy man-like figure out side in the frosted glass panel in the kitchen. He was not sure whether to scream or shout to warn his grandma about the intruder.

Followed Ghost Hunter Home

Followed Ghost Hunter Home

An amateur Ghost Hunter was shocked that ‘something’ followed her home!

Molly was a 17 year old who likes to follow her friends looking for haunted houses in their home town of Kota Tinggi in the state of Johor, Malaysia. Especially after SPM (a government exam) they were just bored and just wanted excitement besides Molly was naturally interested in the supernatural.

One night Molly and a group of her friends went to a derelict abandoned old folks’ home on the outskirt of town. It was pitch black when they finally found the exact location, it was a 2 storey bungalow with a rusty padlock hanging loose about the gate. They drove their car onto the small lane beside the old bungalow.

They made the way to the garden which was terribly overgrown with weeds and plants when some of them finally suggested that they will wait for them there. Molly and her friend, Rajoo, were furious with their suggestion and for changing their minds at the very last minute. Their pleas and threats fell on deaf ears as they were adamant that will only wait at the car.

Nevertheless Molly and Rajoo crept silently into the abandoned bungalow with their flashlights which only provided them with lights which were unfortunately not bright enough. They went through the broken front door and slowly went into the front hall, which were fill-up with broken furniture, weeds and with eerily massive cobwebs on the ceiling and walls.

They made to the kitchen which was located at the side of the bungalow when suddenly Molly heard a faint giggling sound from the front hall. Thinking it was her friends, Molly grabbed Rajoo and rushed to the front door but found nobody there. As Molly yelled at her friends not to play the fool she had a quick glimpse of shadows of a movement moving very fast up the staircase. Molly and Rajoo pounded up the stairs but found their friends were not there.

Later they were told by their friends who were waiting beside their car that they were busy chatting and they did not go anywhere. Molly thought it was just her imagination running wild and as such did not make too much of the incident.

Molly lived with her parents together with her elder brother, Eric, and sister, Cynthia. After a week from the incident, she noticed that things were not exactly right at her house. There were furious arguments between family members and especially between Eric and Cynthia. Being the eldest boy and girl they were close and had a loving sibling relationship but instead now they were fighting like dogs and cats, as if they could not even accept each other.

Even the house pet, a family cat named Tabby, had many weird and unexpected incidents. Tabby as usual would be busy grooming herself when she suddenly looking up and she will be frightened out of her mind. Tabby arched her back hissing all the while looking at a certain spot in the room. Then she would zoom away and be out of there at breakneck speed heading for the safety of Molly’s parents room!

The final straw came about when one night, Molly was watching TV alone in the living room. During the commercial break she went to kitchen for a glass of water when suddenly she felt something or somebody viciously yanked at the back of her hair. The tugged of her hair was so hard that she fell on her back and she let out a piercing scream. The rest of the family rushed out to the living room when they heard her scream wondering what was wrong. They discovered Molly was lying on her back sitting dazed and they anxiously asked what is going on.

Scary Footprints

Scary Footprints

…..they crept slowly about the deserted house where they found a series of footprints then they followed into the empty living room…

I was going to start on the original story but I was reminded of another story about hearing of mysterious footprints and so on, so let me start with that first.

Kelly Lin claimed never actually seen a ghost but she personally recollects a mysterious and eerie incident. Kelly left for the Meinong District in Taiwan to attend one of her cousin’s wedding. She stayed with her relatives while staying there.

His aunty brought out her to have lunch at a food stall for lunch before driving her home as the aunty has to work. Kelly was left alone and she sat on the sofa in the living room busy and preoccupied with her phone. She suddenly heard that was somebody upstairs and it sounded like a kid giggling and there were sound of footsteps of someone shuffling or dragging their feet.

Kelly was a bit surprised because as far as she knew nobody else was supposed to be in….much more a kid! She yelled but there was no reply but the sound of giggling continued. Feeling slightly frustrated she went upstairs when the giggling suddenly stopped. When she got upstairs she found the rooms were empty. She could have sworn that she heard the sound of a little kid giggling and the footsteps but she could have imagined the whole thing.

When she went to the relatives again a year later, Kelly was unpacking her clothes in the guest room in upstairs. She was clearly shocked when she heard the sound of a kid giggling in one of upstairs room. She rushed into the rooms of the upper portion but found that there was no one around! She did asked her uncle and aunty but they confirm they did not hear anything.

For the second story, Zaidi was a constable in the town of Tawau in the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. One night there were a lot of complaints from a certain neighborhood that someone seemed to be in a deserted house. Zaidi and his partner were instructed to check out the house in the neighborhood.

 Image of a Footprint

Was I Possessed?

Was I Possessed?

She reluctantly conceded that their house is haunted but was utterly horrified that she might actually be possessed as well.

When Neal and Denise shifted to Kuala Kangsar in the state of Perak, Malaysia, they were lucky to buy an old resident place which was surprising were in their budget. The couple together with their young daughter and Neal’s mother quickly settled in.

As a young married couple both Neal and Denise got into occasional minor quarrels and spats but they were generally a happy couple. However after living for a few months they seemed to be constantly involved in angry outburst and vicious rows.  Almost every day they will be screaming until the lingering heartbreak and numbness which seem at times impossible to bear.

During this period there were also a number of strange and weird incidents in the house. For instance Neal’s mother was woken up from her sleep when she heard the couple quarreling. She walked to her grandchild’s bedroom and found the little girl fast asleep. She was going to talk to the couple what was wrong again when she felt so drowsy that she felt asleep by her grandchild’s bed. While falling to sleep Neal’s mother heard the sound of a man snickering.  Even Neal’s and Denise’s young child was not spared who complained that he is seeing an “uncle” (a shadow of a man) in the corners of the house.

Neal came back from work and found Denise sitting on the bedroom putting the clothes away. Neal said excitedly that should go out for dinner just the two of them like they used to do. He added that he that he had informed his cousin to bring his mother and their young daughter out for dinner with the cousin’s family. Denise was a bit reluctant and wary but agreed to go Neal for dinner.

After a wonderful dinner that night Neal finally said that it his fault but he felt there was something wrong with their house…that he seemed like he was possessed.  Denise was surprised and taken aback…it was exactly the same way that she felt!

They decided to enlist the help of a pastor but after performing the cleansing ceremony, things were okay until the couple’s young daughter saw the “uncle” again. The dark figure was again standing at the back of her bedroom. When they told the pastor what happened, he was shock and said that will bring another old pastor in a nearby town who has more experience with spirits.

After the older pastor has done blessing, he looked at the couple and said the ghost would NOT leave. His advice that the couple and the rest of the family should leave as soon as possible!

Neal’s mother while walking to the car and leaving that house, she glanced at the window of the bedroom…she saw a dark figure and he was carrying a noose … or a hanging rope!

Although the new place was much smaller than the previous house they felt much better away with the constant fights and spats (and away from the ghost).

Life’s Unexpected Spooky Encounters

Life’s Unexpected Spooky Encounters

Incredible coincidence or was it a mischievous spirit…or even an evil spirit? These are 2 different incidents about their spooky experience.

Elsa and her team flew to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to take part in a book exhibition at PWTC (Putra World Trade Center). The next day, Elsa’s colleague and hotel mate, has to leave for Singapore as her baby boy taken ill and have to be hospitalized.

Elsa was resting on the bed that night, reading the extra notes about the event as her friend has left for home. Elsa was feeling drowsy and extremely sleepy as she tried to continue reading. The lights in the bedroom was cozy and dimmed as Elsa finally decided to sleep she switched off the reading light bedside her bed…she was startled to find a man’s hand (but only the hand up to the elbow) moving to turn off the reading light by her bed! She let out a sharp gasp…Holy Shit! .... rustling and whirling to the other edge of her bed…as she hurriedly and wildly looked back at the reading light but this time she did not see the man’s fingers and hand. Feeling tired and stupid, she thought foolishly to herself that it was just a figment of her overwork imagination.

Elsa woke up the next morning and together with her other colleagues after the breakfast hotel buffet rushed to prepare for the events at PWTC for that day. Later in the morning, when it was less busy with customers, she checked her smartphone, only to find there was a photo taken by her smartphone…..a photo of her sleeping in the hotel bedroom!

Shocked!…who could have taken the photo of her especially since her colleague already left to go back to Singapore the night before….

Tara Tsai from Hong Kong met up with her old friend, Kylie, for lunch to chit-chat about their lives from the old days when they were school. After lunch, Kylie was insistent that she show Tara the photos in her apartment.

Super Creepy Incidents from Asia

Super Creepy Incidents from Asia

Two really creepy and scary incidents from selected countries from Asia.

The first incident occurred when Yew Seng, a renovation supervisor, was working on a project in Kuantan in state of Pahang, Malaysia. It was late in the evening and he just got a call from his boss giving him hell and asking what was going on. They were working on an International School and he walked wearily back to an old music room which they were renovating.

 A Music Room

He got back and his found his 2 Indonesian workers and all of them were down on their knees cleaning the floor tiles. They were down on their knees facing downwards towards the Music room, when he heard a lady behind him saying, “Excuse me”. Tired and weary he told his workers, “Orang jalan……tepi! tepi!” (translation in English “People walking….move! move!”)

As the 2 workings scrambled and moved a path away and could hear the footsteps beside their bodies. The footsteps continued but they suddenly realized there was nobody there!….the footsteps suddenly stopped and they heard a woman saying, “Thank You”… and the sound of footsteps slowly faded at the end of the room. The 3 of them looked at each totally lost with mouths wide-opened absolutely confused…they heard the voice of the lady and even heard her footsteps…. but there was nobody there!

One of the worker heard of a rumour about a teacher having committed suicide in the music room or that school many years ago.

The next incident occurred in Butuan City in the country of Philippines. Liza is a teacher and presently unmarried and stays in the poorer suburbs of Butuan City. After work one day, she reached her flat which basically consist of a small bathroom, a bedroom and a combined room of the kitchen/living room together with a kitchen.