Pelesit is an evil spirit that usually carried off in the body of a grass hopper like insect. This spirit is usually sent off to another person as an evil mean as to possesed the victim. One of the usual counter measures used to deal with it is to catch the ‘pelesit’ and separate its head from its body. Usually, after the head and body is separated, there is a strand of hair attach to head that usually belong to the sender of the spirit.

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.