The hantu raya is a shape shifting ghost. Usually, this ghost doesn't use its natural ability. This is a ghost with a master (owner) and its purpose is to give its ...
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Hantu Lilin means the candle ghost. It carries a candle around to wherever it goes. Why? Nobody knows. Hantu Lilin first made quite a stir on the newspaper somewhere back in ...
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Hantu tinggi or in English means the Tall Ghosts. Usually this type of ghost is not so tall when one encounters it. It only increase in height after somebody approaches it. ...
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The hantu bungkus, also known by many as pocong. It is usually found in villages wandering around and jumping off as though in search of something. Its jumps can range from ...
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The Malays call it Hantu Tetek which means 'Breast Ghost' when translated to English. This ghost is a female ghost and has a huge breasts. She uses her breasts to attack ...
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There are several version of the orang minyak (literally means 'oily man'). According to history, Satan offered to help and grant worldly desires if the "orang minyak" raped 21 girls within ...
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A very famous slave ghost. Toyol is the name given to this "being" that has been sadly abused by the power hungry, money crazed, egotistical humans and medicine-man in the South ...
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Mambang Kuning or known as the Yellow Spirits, dwell during sunset. At this time, they are at their peak and most mischevious. For a bomoh ( a witchman ) to summon ...
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The original Langsuyar was a beautiful young woman in green garb with long finger nails and ankle length black hair which concealed an opening in her neck through which she would ...
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Perhaps the most famous, scariest and violent ghost in the Malaysian culture. Primarily, the Malays believe that it originates from a still born child, women who dies while giving birth, women ...
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