The chiang-shih is the Chinese version of the vampire. In Chinese belief, each person has two souls, a superior or rational soul and an inferior irrational soul. The superior soul could leave a sleeping body and appear as the body's double as it roamed about. It could also possess and speak through the body of another. However, if something would happen to the disembodied soul during its journey, its body would suffer.

The inferior soul, on the other hand, was called p'ai or p'o and was that which inhabited the body of a fetus during pregnancy and often lingered in the bodies of the dead. It was thought to preserve the corpse. If the p'ai was strong enough, it could preserve and inhabit a corpse for a length of time, using the body to serve its needs. The body animated by the p'ai was called a chiang-shih.

Usually chiang-shih were created after a particularly violent death, such as a suicide, hanging, drowning, or smothering. It could also be a result of an improper burial, as it was thought that the dead would become restless if their burial was postponed after their death. The chiang-shih were not known to rise from the grave, so their transformation had to take place prior to burial.

Chiang-shihs were nocturnal creatures and had difficulties crossing running water. It was said that they were particularly vicious and ripped the head or limbs off their victims. They were also said to have a strong sexual drive which led them to attack and rape women. After a period of growing stronger, chiang-shihs would gain the ability to fly, grow long white hair, and possibly change into wolves.

People protected themselves from chiang-shih by using garlic or salt. They were also driven away with loud noises, and it was thought that thunder could kill them. Brooms were used to sweep the creature back to its resting spot, while iron filings, rice, and red peas were used as barriers. If a chiang-shih reached its flying, white-haired stage, it could only be killed by a bullet or thunder. Its body must then be cremated.

Kwee Kia is also known as the toyol in Malay. The closest English translation will be Little Devil, due to its small figure. The Kwee Kia is powered by a young, angry spirit and is normally ‘adapted’ for supernatural purposes, mostly bad ones. Like the toyol, Kwee Kia can be used to steal, be it money or other things. It can also be used for minor supernatural threats to scare its owners’ enemies away.

It is believed that Kwee Kia was actually a dead foetus, removed from its mother’s womb. One can acquire a Kwee Kia by getting it fresh from the grave or by passing IT down from generation to generation, from father to son. Of course, this involves chanting and all but since this is evil, it is not encouraged and it will not be discussed here.

The owner will actually have a special altar in the house for the Kwee Kia. There will be a glass tube-like structure, big enough to hold an ugly, overgrown, bloated, not fully developed foetus. Yes! The foetus itself in the house. The dead baby in a tube! Evil!!!

The glass tube is filled with a milky solution, something to preserve the foetus with. Candles, fruits, food and even toys will be laid before it. These are the necessary offerings. It also includes sweets and candies, anything that a small child would like. It is believed that the Kwee Kia comes out at night to play when everyone else is asleep. It will play with its favourite toy among those offered on the altar. Often, it will make some noise but no one shall disturb it.

The Kwee Kia is actually like a small child so the way to chase it away is to ‘scold’ it. Do what you would do to stop the children from playing soccer in your void deck. Is not known though whether or not the ways to prevent the toyol from coming back will work on the Kwee Kia. Since Kwee Kia is allegedly known to be toyol too, these might work for them both.

If you often find your money missing from the drawer, place a small mirror in it. Make it the first thing you see when you open the drawer. Toyols are said to be afraid of their own reflection. Trap IT. Bait IT. Place some needles beneath your dollar notes. They will cause severe pain to the toyol. They will shriek in pain and by God’s Will, that will be the last time you’ll be ‘hearing’ from them.

One piece of advise, NEVER indulge in the supernatural. Work your way to success, earn it the right way.

Q: What is a hopping Ghost? A: Scientifically speaking, it’s an undecayed corpse whose main soul, the po, has not yet left for the other world. Now, a po on the loose in the mortal world is bad news. It turns into an evil spirit. And a po with a corpse to occupy is even worse. It becomes a hopping ghost.

Q: What makes a hopping ghost hop? A: Many things, but mostly when a homesick corpse, not wanting to be buried in an unfamiliar village, hops home, po and all. In documented cases, the hopping corpse is often accompanied by an entourage of monks, Taoist priests, and mourners. Yin shock makes ghosts hop, too. The yin, as opposed to the yang, is dark, mysterious, and usually out to make trouble. (Cats and the moon are characteristically yin.) Should a fresh corpse somehow come into direct contact with a yin sort of energy, then it reacts, often becoming charged with superhuman powers. And it hops.

Q: How do you know when you’ve chanced upon a hopping ghost? A: It’s not terribly difficult to tell. Despite the corpse’s superhuman energy, rigor mortis does set in, and the joints get stiff enough that it is forced to hop stiffly. According to some reports they have resorted to flying. As for appearances, a hopping corpse usually wears Qing Dynasty burial clothes. As these went out of fashion a hundred or so years ago, the corpses stick out like a sore thumb. And they don’t worry too much about personal hygiene either. One hopping ghost stunk so badly that one whiff killed a relative and knocked another out cold. Some hopping ghosts are uglier than others. Some have tounges that hang down to their chest or eyeballs that aren’t too firmly attached to their sockets. But all hopping ghosts have unusually long fingernails that are their most lethal weapon (especially being on the end of stiff outstretched arms). Hopping ghosts keep best in coffins or caves. They’re not much for sunbathing. In fact, the sun’s first rays are enough to stop a hopping ghost dead in its tracks.

Q: What should I do if I run into a hopping ghost? A: Don’t breathe. Hopping ghosts detect humans by smelling their breath. The old clove-of-garlic-keeps-the-ghost-away trick will not work here. You could try pasting a yellow and red Chinese death blessing on its forehead. This will quiet many unsettled souls. In the event that you don’t have the above handy, just whip out any eight-sided Taoist mirror, a straw broom, long-grained rice, or just a few drops of fresh chicken blood. In a few seconds the corpse will be hopping scared.

Q: Just how dangerous are hopping ghosts? A: Well, lethal. Normally the hopping ghosts hops forward until it has gouged the victim’s neck and choked him/her to death. This is not a pleasant way to go. In one other case, the hopping corpse preferred to plop down on sleeping people’s heads thereby smothering an entire hotel full of guests.

Q: What can I do to get rid of pesky hopping ghosts? A: There’s only one way to do it, and that is to burn them, coffin and all.

Pinyin GUI (Chinese: “ghost,” or “demon”), in indigenous Chinese religion, a troublesome spirit that roams the world causing misfortune, illness, and death.

Kuei are spirits of individuals who were not properly buried or whose families neglected the proper memorial offerings; they lack the means to ascend to the spirit world, hence their malevolent disposition. In traditional China, numerous protective rituals and talismans were devised to ward kuei away from the family abode, and the main entrance was usually screened by a protective “shadow wall.”

Because the demons were believed to avoid light, the Chinese who were influenced by Taoism and folk religions used bonfires, firecrackers, and torches to ward off the kuei.

Shui Gui (Water ghost) - Ghosts that died of watery causes, they will haunt the pong, pool, lake, river or sea that they died or drown in. These ghosts are said to be waiting for their victims, and they can only be reincarnated if they can claim a victim, so, the victim would in turn claim the next and so on.

These ghosts are said to be very afraid of Rain and Snow as it would come down on them like millions of needles poking and piercing through them. Unlike other ghosts, they are most active during Noon time, when the sun is directly above the sky.

Fox Spirits/ Fox Fairy (Hu Li Jing/ Hu Xian) - These are foxes that accumulated enough earthly energies and skills to be able to transform into the Human Form. The fox spirits are mostly malign in nature while fox fairies are more kind, having attained a high level of enlightenment. The fox spirits usually transform into beautiful women and in ancient times, they usually bewitch chinese scholars and drawn the Yang energies from these poor fellas. Those who came under their spells normally die very fast out of exhaustion due to the continual release of Yang Energies to the Fox spirits (usually through sexual contacts). Fox fairies are normally good spirits that if in the company of a human are geniunely in love with these humans and would not do harm and in some time even help these human using their supernatural powers. There are many love stories about Fox fairies and Humans. Interestingly, the chinese pronunciation for Saddam Hussien and Fox fairy is the same.

Kutti Saitan has a small body, almost ‘toyol-like’. It has long black hair and an ugly, disfigured face.

It’s favourite victims are childrens. It is believed that Kutti Saitan was once an aborted child. And because of this, it feels jealous for other children and don’t want them to live long.

Another aspect about Kutti Saitan is that, it is able to take the form of the child’s favourite person or idols before approaching them, including their own parents.

In Hinduism, the Ashuras are the demons who oppose the devas (the Gods). Both the Gods and the demons fought for the Homa, or the Amrta (the sacred drink that gives power). However, God Visnu (The Preserver), incarnated as a beautiful woman (Mohini), and helped the Gods to successfully drink the Amrta and attain power over the demons.

The various classes of Hindu Ashuras (demons) are Nagas (serpent demons); Ahi (the demon of drought); and Kamsa (an archdemon). Demons that afflict men include the Rakshasas, grotesque and hideous beings of various shapes who haunt cemeteries, impel men to perform foolish acts, attack Sadhus (saintly men), and Pisacas, beings who haunt places where violent deaths have occurred.

Goddess Durga is also known as Parvati or Lalitha. She is the wife of Lord Shiva and exists in various forms, both friendly and fearful. Two of her fierce but very powerful forms are Durga (Goddess beyond reach) and Kali (Goddess of destruction).

Both have eight hands and great power and energy (Shakti). Durga rides on a lion and Kali rides on a corpse of a demon. Parvati was called Sati in her previous divine incarnation. She has a charming personality and is adored and prayed by married women for a happy married life.

They were very evil Indian demons who roamed cemetaries, loved dead animals and even scared priests away. They possessed great supernatural powers and could transform into anything they like. Usually they would take the form of ugly deformed bodies. They would have oddly colored limbs everywhere in any part of the body.

They were extremely dangerous and always thirsty for blood. They had long poisonous nails and they eat human flesh, and sometimes even each other.

The word Rakshasa is in Sanskrit, Raksasa is for male while Raksasi is for female. According to the Hindu mythology, Rakshasa in general is a type of demon or goblin. They have the power to transform into animals, or monsters, or in the case of the female demons, as beautiful women.

They become most powerful during the dark hours of the night but are weaken by the rays of the shining sun. Like most other evil beings, they hate prayers and sacrifices.

The most powerful among the Rakshasa is their king, the 10-headed Ravana. It is said that Ravana was killed by the Goddess of Destruction, Kali. Another demon, the female Putana, is also well known for she tried to kill baby Krishna by offering him milk from her poisoned breasts. She was however killed by the Gods.

[ Young Krishna ] Although not all Rakshasas are equally evil, since some of them are actually the Yaksas (nature spirits) while others are similar to Ashuras (opponents of the Gods), the term Rakshasas generally applies to demons who haunt cemetaries, drink cow blood and eat the human flesh.

Sculptures and paintings show them with horrible appearance, sharp side tusks, ugly eyes, weird eyebrows, and carrying brutal weapons.

Putting glass beads in the corpses mouth so that they can’t shriek

Placing eggs under the corpses armpits so that they can’t fly

Placing needles in their palms so that they can’t fly also ( apparently the palm helps the pontianak to fly )

Pontianak usually announces its presence through baby cries or turn themselves into beautiful lady and frighten or kill the unlucky who enter or pass through their vicinity. It usually disguise itself as a beautiful young lady to attract its victim (usually male). Its presence sometimes can be detected by a nice floral fragrance of the ‘kemboja’ (a type of flower) followed by an awful stench afterwards. The distance of a pontianaks cries are very tricky. The Malays believe that if the cry is soft means that the pontianak is near and if it is loud then it must be far.

Want to know how a pontianak kills? It digs into your stomach with its long sharp fingernails and feed on it to survive. And want to know why we don’t hang our clothes at night outside the house? It’s because people believe that it sniffs your clothes to suck your blood.

It is also believed that the pontianak can be killed by plunging a nail down the back of its neck whereby it will transform the pontianak into a beatiful normal girl.

It seems that a langsuyar originates after her death ( still living ) while childbirth. ( I wonder why some chose to be langsuyars or pontianaks ). The ‘attacking’ method is far more different than a pontianak. Langsuyars usually prey on man ( I don’t know why).

But the most interesting part is they charm the man with her spells and magic. The man would run after her just to be with her. ( Unless if he notices her long nails - which look like those worn in Thai or Balinese culture dances ) Automatically, he inserts her long hair into a deep hole in her neck so that she looks like a normal woman and acts like them.

Langsuyars are known to born elfin children( That I don’t know why ). Always, the relationship between a human and a langsuyar always come to a tragic end ( What kind of end? suicide? kills?). I’ll let you know more if I have more info.

It is believed that if the glow is brighter, the danger is more apparent. If a person happens to spot it, then he or she in order to avoid trouble must take a mouthful of water and spit it out in the direction of the sunset while throwing a handful of ashes ( where do you get that? ) at the same time. He or she then must chant an invocation to the Mambang Kuning explaining that he or she is ‘putting out the brightness’.

If someone is sick after a particular sunset, then it is believed that he or she is suffering from weakness of spirit. To avoid this, one can follow the procedure’ above.

Toyol is a still born that is exhumed in the dead hours of the night. It is then brought back to life with incantations of the unholy and the sacrificial blood of a pure white rooster. Incense is also burned as an offering but doubt it has any merit to the gods(seems that the incense mask the reeking smell of death). Then it is housed in a large jar and set on an altar. It is then released from its jar after the bewitching hour and will heed any commands that the owner wishes it to execute. Toyols will kill, steal, maim and create havoc in small villages. Easy to do because they are in actual fact a little fetus. After it has done its deeds it will come back to the owner. The only catch in owning one is that it has to be fed with the blood of a white rooster and incense at midnight. But beware that all it takes is for you to miss one meal and it’ll go delirious and certain death will befall the owner.

If you try to get rid of it, it will come back to claim your life especially if you are a women ( women are said to give birth to toyols after 3 - 4 months , their stomachs bigger than usual ). Chinese call this ‘kwee kia’.

It will always remain a myth for the fear of retribution from the owner of the Toyol.

One night, Minah was studying for her exams with her roommates. As the night fell deeper, Minah decided to turn in for the night and go to bed. She almost fell asleep when she suddenly felt someone on top of her. She opened her eyes and she saw this huge nude man forcing himself on her. He had a very dark complexion and he had strong, deep eyes. Minah tried to scream but no voice came out. She tried to push him off, but she didn’t have the strength for he was a big man. He was all over her and she was just helpless. She felt weak and hypnotised. Subsequently, she was raped.

Minah knew her roommates were still in the room but why didn’t they come and help? It angered her that her roommates would just sit there while she was being raped by this stranger. After everything was over, Minah finally found strength to cry out loud. Her roommates rush to her bedside and asked her if she was all right. Minah cursed them for not coming to her aid. They were puzzled by her sudden outcry. They calm her down and then asked her what went wrong. Minah was pale and still in a state of shock. Minah then asked them why they did not come to her aid when that man was raping her. All of them went stark white. They never thought that it was the orang minyak’s doing. In fact, none of them see the orang minyak. Perhaps the orang minyak has magic powers so that no one will be able to see him or perhaps he is not human after all.

To Minah, it was an experience that will haunt her for the rest of her life. The authorities were not able to capture this orang minyak who terrorised the Institute. The institute’s management decided to bring in a bomoh (Malay medium) to ‘chase’ this orang minyak away.

Mothers in kampung villages usually warn their children of this ghost and tell them not to play outside during the dusk period for this ghosts favourite victim is young men and small children. Once caught, they’ll never be seen again.

Mostly, the hantu bungkus wouldn’t bother anyone around it, so if ever you stumbled upon one. Don’t bother it or even try to disturb its path…don’t give it a reason to do otherwise.

One word of caution when, if by any chances encounter this ghost…never look up when it has beginning to increase its height. Because once a person look up, their neck will be stuck and could never be move down again!!

Another method to counter the pelesit attack after the spirit has taken over the victim is to use pepper seeds and pressed it on the victim’s big toe. Also, this method can also be used to determined wether someone is being possesed or not. If he/she is being possesed, the pressing of the pepper seed will surely make them in pain.

Usually in order to chase the Penunggu out of its place is to ask a ‘bomoh’ or an ‘alim’ person to do a cleansing ceremony. Some of the penunggu usually had some unsettling business or causes that it wanted to tell the living people about. If you are brave enough, try and listen to what it’s trying to tell.

Kemang and Hantu Sambaran
Originates in the placenta ( I don’t know how ) and torments newborn babies.

Hantu Putung
A male ghost wrapped in white cloth like a mummy, who jumps about in the middle of the road late at night glowing.

Gendruwo - Indonesian name
Nobody knows how or what does it look like because it has no certain shape. It is said that this ghost is very scary and only scares us people.

Wewegombel
It takes form of a women. Appearing often around sunset, it ‘kidnaps’ unsuspecting children and hides them on high tree branches.

Sundelbolong
This ghost goes after young men ( those of you handsome ones watch out! ). It takes form of a beautiful lady and if it manages to tackle you, she will show you her very smelly butt with an ‘0′ hole shape instead of the normal one ( you know ).

Thethekan
This ghost is said to kidnap children who are playing outside their home at night. One can identify it through it’s footsteps : “thek, thek, thek “.

Manananggal
A type of vampire. it is usually a female (can be a male) that at night especially during a full moon would rub a kind of oil on its body while uttering an incantation. then it grows a pair leathery wings (wing span may vary) that is similar to bat’s wings, claws and fangs while the body starts to separate on the waist. when the separation is complete, the upper half flies away in search of its victims while the lower half stays behind. the intestines are left with the lower half. A way to kill it is to search for its lower half pour salt, garlic or holy water until it burns. to kill the upper half is much harder because it is very fast. it is usually killed or maimed by spearing it. but killing the lower half will prevent it from transforming back to its human form.

Tik-Tik
A kind of ghost that sucks the fetus from the uterus. it is usually described as the throat of the aswang. it lowers its thread like tongue to the pregnant woman’s navel, which is its point of entry. the tik-tik usually knows if there is a pregnant woman in the vicinity because a pregnant woman smells like pinipig (sweet rice). the pregnant victim wouldn’t know if a tik-tik is near but the companions can. it makes the faint sound “tik tik tik” near the victim’s house. Garlic and holy water are usually used to ward it off from the pregnant woman.

Wak Wak
The aswang’s familiar. it is a big black bird and only flies at night. it eats the heart and liver of its adult victims and it also preys on babies and children. when it is near the victim or a place where it will attack, it cries “wak, wak, wak” faintly but when it is far, it loudly cries “wak, wak, wak”

Kapre
A Kapre is a tree spirit that smokes a Tabako (Tobacco). It is bigger and taller than any normal human, it’s body is very hairy. It play’s tricks on people who goes near it’s tree. when someone tries to cut down or harm the tree it lives on, that person becomes very sick or sometimes dies.

Tikbalang
Part man part horse (it’s a human with a horse’s head) like the Kapre, it lives on trees. They can be very possessive especially on women. When they see a virgin woman and liked her, they would go and rape her. The woman will be impregnated and she will bear a child that would be called the Anak ng Tikbalang (Child of the Tikbalng). The child will be either a normal human with a tail when it is born or sometimes the child will just disappear inside the womans womb. They believe that the Tikbalang has taken it away.

Nuno sa Punso
These are little men (like dwarfs) with magical powers, they live on a Punso (something like an large anthill) if anyone kicks it or destroys their home, they would make you sick. For example, if you kicked it’s home, your leg could be very sore and swell up. if you ever stepped on one or destroyed one, you must make a offering, a chicken or any other farm animal. You must bring the live animal where the Punso is then kill it on that spot, sprinkle some of it’s blood around the Punso and leave it there.

Oil Child
It is an adult with black magic which can change them back into a child. And they will rub some animal oil onto their body and they will creep into people’s house.They will tie the husband up and rape the wife.After that, they will leave their shit in their house.The woman can see the oil child in the dark but the man cannot see properly.They appeared , knock at people’s house and as many times as they want. BE CAREFUL AND DON’T OPEN THE DOOR…. SEE THE DOOR-HOLE FIRST!…

Buaya Puteh(white crocodile spirit)
Buaya puteh is believe to the the siamese twin of a human being. According to the legend, a baby girl was born together with a baby of a white crocodile in 1954 in a village. The whole village was shocked! But it was no surprise for the mother cause she herself practice bomoh magic. She care and love the baby girl and crocodile every single day without fail but when the goverment wanted to repossed the land they are living on, she had to let the crocodile free into the sea. Before doing that, the crocodile came as a human in her twin sister dream and warn her to feed her on every full moon on a thursday nite. She wanted live white chicken to be slaugther on the beach. If she fail to do so, the crocodile will claim a victim from the nearby beaches(sembawang park). So far there are alot of drowing cases along sembawang beaches. Most of the victim are found far from the place they drown and usually found a few days after the accident.

The vampire is one of the oldest and most global myths of all. There are variations of creatures who rises from the dead to drink the blood of the living in almost every culture around the world. However, the vampire lore of the Slavic people are the most prominent.

The word ‘vampire’ comes from the Slavi word ‘obyri’ and ‘obiri’ which evolved into the Bulgarian word ‘vampir”. It is also believed to have to be derived from the Servian word, ‘wampira’. Another name for vampires is ‘Nosferatu’, which might have originated from the Greek word ‘nosophoros’ meaning “plague-carrier”, or that it evolved from the Old Slavonic word ‘nosufur-atu’. Russians, Morlacchians, inhabitants of Montenegro, Behemians, Servians, and Arnauts know the vampire as wukodalak, vurkulaka, or vrykolaka, which means ‘wolf-fairy’.

The origin in the vampire has been credited to Greek Christianity, but references of this myth can be found in earlier times, in Chaldean and Assyrian tablets. It is believed that the early vampire legends were developed to explain things that nature could not, like mysterious deaths and wasting diseases. For instance, the Greek vampire lamiani attacked babies and pregnant women so that miscarriage and still-born can be explained.

The Romans believed that the dead bodies of certain people could be raised from their graves by magic, as long as the body was not decomposed. The only way to prevent this was to cremate the remains.

From Greece and Rome, vampire lore spread throughout Austria, Hungary, Lorraine, Poland, Romania, Iceland, and the British Isles. It reached its height in the period from 1723 to 1735, when a vampire-related epidemic broke out in Hungary and Servia. The belief continued to gradually spread to the rest of the world, including the Asian countries and Africa.

In countries that believe suicide victims become vampires when they die, the myth is used to help the love ones cope with their deaths. By performing the vampire rituals to destroy the corpse through staking and cementation, for instance, it destroys the dead person’s psychological attachment to the living, allowing his family and friends to cope with their grief and move on.

We thought we would highlight the word poltergeist, because people tend to be frightened of this type of ghost, and with good understanding because Hollywood often portrays poltergeists in a negative and harmful way…..in reality the true poltergeist is dramatic, but not monstrous like they make them out to be. Poltergeist is a German word the literally means “noisy ghost”. The cases of poltergeist activity is the most commonly reported of all ghost activity, and gives the ghost hunter the greatest potential for capturing paranormal activity. Although the poltergeist is noisy its tends to be very shy, and you rarely see it, but you do see or hear the activity it is performing, such as opening or closing doors, moving objects, and just general noise…..it can be playful, annoying and in some extreme cases dangerous. The attraction to the poltergeist is because it takes on almost human like characteristics, but most documented poltergeist haunting only last a very short time less then 6 months and longer cases have been known, but stray from the general rules.

The ‘official demon’ of New Jersey since the 1930s, there has been over thirty variations of this legend that has developed over time. It’s description ranges from a feathered animal with the head of a ram to a flying lion to a green upright monster. The Jersey Devil is blamed for all unexplained animal deaths in the Jersey Pine Barrens and surrounding areas, mysterious footprints, and strange cries in the night. There are several new sightings of the beast reported every year.

There are various versions of the origin of the Jersey Devil, but they are all evolved around the name Leeds. Therefore, the original name for this creature is the Leeds Devil, which is still used in certain areas.

The most popular tale took place in 1735 where the 13th pregnancy of a Mrs. Leeds was said to have led to the birth of a devil child who flew away up her chimney. Local records vaguely supports the idea that a thirteenth child in a family named Leeds disappeared. Some believed that Mother Leeds was a witch and the child’s father was the devil. The child was described to have hooves, the head of a horse, bat wings, and a forked tail.

Another version tells of a Mrs. Shrouds of Leeds Point who wished her next child to be a devil, and gave birth to a misshapen and deformed child who also escaped up a chimney. Other stories that took place at Leeds Point includes the one which tells of a young girl who was cursed by the townspeople for falling in love with a British soldier during the Revolutionary War and as a result, gave birth to a devil child.

Since then, numerous New Jersey residents have earnestly reported sightings of the demon for the last two hundred years.

The Windigo is a terrible spirit of cannibalism that haunts the Algonkian-speaking Indians of Canada that can take both physical and mental forms. It is a half-phantom, half-beast that lives in the forests and preys on human beings, especially children. It can also take the form of a mental disorder that causes its victim to become a zombie that performs acts of cannibalism.

The name is derived from the Algonkian root word witiku, and means ‘evil spirit’ and ‘cannibal’. Its pronunciation varies from tribe to tribe, as are its spelling, but ‘Windigo’ is the most common way, followed by ‘Wendigo’.

The Windigo is a creature of the Algonkian people, which including the Micmac, Montagnais-Naskapi, Algonkin, Ojibwa, Cree, and the Blackfoot. The tribes live on reserves in the Maritimes, the Northwest Territories, and the northern regions of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The Windigo haunts the forests and tundra in the triangular domain reaching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east, to the Rocky Mountains in the west, and to the Arctic Ocean to the north.

There are many descriptions of the Windigo, but very few illustrations. The Windigo is the feared personification of both physical and spiritual famine. It can take the form of a half-phantom, half-beast that roams the forest, or a personality disorder or mental illness that causes its victim to become crazed and perform acts of cannibalism.

It can feast on flesh and blood, it can change shape at will, and it can scare its victims to death with a single look. It can strike such terror into a person that he would be rendered into a cannibalistic zombie void of all personality and individuality.

The Windigo has been described as an evil spirit, a ten-foot tall demon with an enormous head, gigantic teeth in a twisted mouth, beady eyes, and supernatural strength and speed. It moves faster than the human eye could follow, and can blend into the trees and winds. It may also be a human cannibal, for to come into the presence of an Windigo will trigger the transformation into one. To be bitten by one and to dream of one would also lead to the transformation. Unlike the transformation of vampires and werewolves, the curse of the Windigo is irreversible.

Werewolves were evil, vicious people who had the power to transform themselves into wolves. They roamed at night in search of human flesh and blood. Typical victims would be travellers.

Werewolves could become either half man half wolf, or wolves completely. It was believed that a werewolf were able to turn his skin inside out in order to hide his fur when in a human form. To prove this point, that is why many people who were suspected to be a werewolf were caught and had their bodies ripped.

How to recognise a werewolf during his human self?
It was said that these people would be very hairy, even their palms too. Their thick, bushy eyebrows would also meet in the middle. They would have small pointed ears and their middle finger would usually be as long as their second finger.

How to kill a werewolf?
The most effective way to kill a werewolf was with a bullet or knife or stake or anything sharp made from the silver of a melted crucifix. Normally, pure silver would do. The corpses had to be burned not buried coz werewolves were believed to be able to rise from the dead as a vampire.

Werewolves were normally associated with curses or dreadful accidents. Unwillingly sometimes, they had to transform into werewolves every night or with every full moon. They actually suffered a lot and would welcome death as a bonus for them.

Chupacabra is a mysterious beast from Puerto Rican folklore. The name translates to ‘goat sucker’ in Spanish, so called because of the way it all the blood from goats and other livestock, as well as household pets. It is said to have grey or green skin, fangs, red or black beady eyes, and spinal quills. It is bipedal at a height of around four to five feet, and has the ability to fly.

There are several variations of what people believe the Chupacabra to look like. The current theory is that it is a bipedal creature around four to five feet tall, with grey or green coloured skin, red or black beady eyes, and spinal quills down its back which it uses to fly. Some believes it to be a half-man, half-beast vampire, while still others say it is similar to a panther with red eyes and the tongue of a snake. Another version is that it hops like a kangaroo and smells like sulfur.

The name originated from the creature’s earliest attacks, where goats are found with puncture wounds on their necks and most of their blood drained. There are also reports of certain organs missing from the victims, yet no visible means of extraction was found on the bodies. Since then, the Chupacabras has been blamed in the deaths of over 2000 animals ranging from other livestock to household pets. However, human attacks have yet to be reported.

Although there are sightings of the Chupacabra for nearly half a century, the first official report from Puerto Rico in 1994 sparked worldwide recognition for the creature in the past several years. Through the Spanish-speaking media, the story traveled through Mexico and the United States, leading to sightings of the beast in several cities including Miami, New York, San Antonio, Cambridge, and San Francisco.

Demons are evil spirits. The term demon is derived from the Greek word daimon, which means a “supernatural being” or “spirit.” They are not ghosts since they were never a human being before. Most people would think that demons are originally angels who were expelled from heaven for not listening to God’s commands. Others believe that demons are simply supernatural evil spirits who bring you bad luck and hell. They are said to live in the world of hot coals and flames, and burrows of the tortured souls.

Since demons are spirits, they defy the law of physics and could take the form of the anything they desire.

The common misconception is that ghosts always appear as full manifestations, this is also fueled by Hollywood. Rarely have total manifestations been photographed by ghost hunters. The common way that ghosts appear on film is orbs (glowing round forms of light) Sphere’s (long forms of angular light) and Vortex (glowing forms of light looking like a tornado)and the last as Mist (looking like fog patch). The theories are that ghosts are energy and that with these are often detected as energy forms..balls of light, mist, etc…..also it is said that sometimes when they appear as this it is right before they will manifest themselves…true or not, this is usually the way that ghosts appear on film.