For those studying at
TAR College, they may have come across many ghosts
stories around the housing area of Setapak. A lot of
houses, even new ones are supposedly haunted in that
area. Perhaps, it is a very old area and may even had
been a burial ground of some tribe in the olden days.
A cousin of mine is currently staying there and his
house itself is claimed to be haunted.
My cousin told me a
story about his friend's house in that area. One of
the tenants, who claimed to have the 'third eye'
(ability to see ghosts), said he saw his housemate
brought home a male ghost during the seventh lunar
month (on the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival, see
General Stuff). According to him, the male ghost
followed his housemate into the house as he came home
from supper late one night. Up till today, the ghost
is still wandering around the house. None of the
others have ever seen the ghost and the ghost has
never done anything harmful either. However, he seems
to be following this guy, who can see him, around the
house a lot. The ghost also has this 'bad habit' of
staring at him close on the face as he was about to
wake up in the morning. That often gives him a scare.
In my cousin's house
itself, there were several bizarre happenings since
they moved in. On one occasion, they came back to the
house all lighted up at night. According to them,
none of them had returned since they left the house
in the morning, after making sure all the lights were
switched off.
On another night, one
of them reported hearing one of his housemate playing
the guitar upstairs. However, he was shocked to see
his housemate coming through the front door a few
minutes later. No one else was at home then.
Apparently, the ghost has a passion for guitars. One
night, after they came back from supper, they found
all the three guitars in the house gathered in the
kitchen.
Nothing really scares
any of them until a very strange incident happened.
On a hot and humid night, Ah Fook and Lim decided to
go downstairs with their mattress and sleep in the
living room. They were sleeping soundly under the fan
until Ah Fook woke up at about 3am. He found himself
sweating because it was so hot. He looked around him
and realised he was no longer under the fan in the
living room. Instead, he was, still on his mattress,
inside the kitchen. He knew something was not right
and he went straight back to his own room.
The next morning, Ah
Fook asked if anyone had pulled him into the kitchen
but everyone said no. Then he asked Lim if he had a
good sleep, which Lim agreed convincingly.
Afterwards, he told everyone what happened the night
before. Everyone, especially Lim, was not amazed with
his story. Lim scolded him badly for leaving him
behind to face the ghost!
