Top 10 Scary Madagascar Urban Legends Madagascar is a country that is located off
the eastern coast of Africa and it is the fourth largest island in the world.
Madagascar is home to thousands of species that can’t be found anywhere else in the
world but despite all of its beauty, Madagascar also has their fair share of creepy urban
legends.
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So, let’s dive right into our list of the top 10 scary Madagascar urban legends.
Starting things off in at number 10 we are talking about Chameleons.
In Madagascar, it is believed that if you cross paths with a chameleon, you will be
cursed with extreme bad luck.
If a pregnant woman stumbles by a chameleon, then she will have a very difficult childbirth.
They also believe that if a young girl sees a chameleon, then she will never get married.
If a chameleon touches your food, then it will be poisoned and if you try to kill one
you will have bad luck for the rest of your life.
So for the most part, natives have an extreme fear of chameleons and they will do everything
in their power to avoid these little guys.
Lolo Fokatra brings us to number 9.
Lolo Fokatra is a dead person that refuses to leave or to enter the spiritual world.
People of Madagascar know that these spirts are hanging around because they eat pady which
is rice with husk and they smell bad.
So, in this country, it is believed that in order to ward off these evil spirits – you
must leave a plate of pady next to the corpse during the seven days between death and the
burial.
If the pady is eaten, the dead person is a lolo Fokatra.
In that case, you need to call upon a shaman who will perform a ritual on the corpse and
send them away to live in the forest.
If you don’t do this, they believe that these evil spirts will haunt you until you
die.
Slithering into number 8 we have the Fagnano.
In Madagascar, some people believe that the dead return to earth in the form of a boa
or giant snake.
They return to earth as a snake because they have been wronged by living relatives or because
they have some sort of unfinished business.
If a snake is terrorizing you in Madagascar, then you need to perform a zebu sacrifice
in order to send the dead back to the spiritual world.
And this is why I live in Canada, where we don’t have gigantic snakes that are capable
of crushing my bones.
Masaola Forest comes creeping onto this list in at number 7.
Almost every country has their own variation of a haunted forest, and Madagascar is no
exception.
Locals believe that if you disrespect this forest you will either immediately die, or
you will become infected or possessed and then you will die a brutal death.
It is also believed that this forest punishes people who harm it and many villagers are
too afraid to step foot into it.
Well I don’t blame them... this forest sounds awful.
Next up in at number 6 we area talking about Twins.
There is a tribe in Madagascar that believe twins are a curse and they will bring death
to their families.
So because of this unfortunate urban legend, there are a lot of twins that are abandoned
in Madagascar because of this black magic superstition.
In the dark ages, newborn twins were taken out to the bush where they are left there
to die.
But now, thankfully some of these twins have a chance at a new life and they are taken
to centres where they are adopted out to countries such as Canada, France or Italy.
Kalanoro comes crawling into number 5.
This scary looking creature can be found in all parts of Madagascar but encounters with
this beast are very rare.
Well thank god for that.
Different tribes all over this country have different names for him but they all believe
that this creature is an evil spirit.
He has hooked fingers and three backward facing toes.
They also have long finger nails, long spines and long hair.
They also have superhuman strength so you definitely don’t want to cross paths with
a Kalanoro because you might not live to tell the tale.
Moving up on this list, we have Famadihana in at number 4.
This sacred ritual occurs every five to seven years and it involves families exhuming their
dead relatives’ remains and bringing them out for festivals.
Their bodies are returned to their tombs upside down and this is supposed to close the cycle
of life and death.
The Malagasy people believe that their ancestors serve as intermediaries between the living
and God so they have the power to intervene in events that happen on Earth.
But they also believe that the dead do not move on to the next phase until their bodies
have completely decomposed.
So, this process occurs every 5 to 7 years.
I don’t know though, to me this sounds really morbid and stressful.
I wouldn’t want to dig up my dead relatives to see how far they’ve decomposed.
And now, in at number 3 we have Angatra.
In Madagascar, some people believe that there are protective spirits who will help you when
they pass on.
But then there are also evil spirits who will do the complete opposite.
These are spirits of the dead and they are said to haunt graves and they can cause living
people who have wronged them to become really sick or even die.
Some of these ghosts can look like real people but they have red eyes, long fingernails and
a tendency to eviscerate the living.
The Madagascar Tree strangles the number 2 spot.
This is probably the most well-known urban legend that originated in Madagascar.
The Madagascar tree is known as the man-eating tree.
It looks like a regular palpi tree but when you get closer, you can see a ton of serpents
are dangling from it.
It is believed that the serpents have an instinct to kill and eat everything that comes too
close.
If you are around this tree and make a sudden move, the serpents will grab you and pull
you into its mouth where you will have a slow, excruciating death.
Others believe that on a quiet day, you can hear the cries of the tree’s victims coming
from the forest.
Aye-Aye and the finger of death tops this list in at number 1.
The Aye-Aye is a species of lemur that is believed to be super demonic.
If you have an encounter with this scary looking animal, it is believed that he will bring
misfortune or even death to you and your family.
So the only way to avoid disaster is to catch and kill the animal.
But sadly, because people in Madagascar are killing the Aye-Aye, they have become an endangered
species.
Oh, and let’s talk about the Aye-Aye’s finger.
On each hand, they have one extra long finger that is super ugly.
Some believe that if an aye-aye points in your direction, you will become cursed.
And they also think that the aye-aye sneak into homes at night and use their gross looking
finger to pick at the hearts of their victims.
Well there you guys have it…