Indonesia has been known to be the origins of many scary urban legends and folklore.
Folklore in Indonesia are closely connected with mythology.
There have been many stories of supernatural events happening.
On this list we have demons, demon spirits, and ghost tales that will scare your socks
off.
Well it for sure scared me while I was doing the re-search for this one.
I am Landon Dowlatsingh and lets get right into this one.
This is the top 10 scary Indonesian Urban Legends.
Number 10.
Pocong.
Pocong is said to be the soul of a dead person that is trapped in a cloth that is used often
in a Muslim burial.
Muslims often use these white fabric cloths to burry there dead.
So just imagine if you see someone walking around with these clothes all wrapped up.
That would be absolutely terrifying.
According to traditional beliefs, the soul of a dead person will stay on the earth for
40 days after the death.
Many people have claimed to have seen a Pocong walking around.
This Urban legend has become so popular that many people have done pranks with it.
People are actually dressing up with a white cloth and they are trying to scare as many
people as possible.
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demon baby is about to possess us comes into this list at number 9.
Tuyul is the ghost of an unborn baby.
This is a mythical spirit in Malay mythology that has been appearing in Brunei (Bru Ni),
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.
Tuyul is sometimes called Kwee Kia.
And in Thialand they are called Koman-tong for the male version of the Tuyul and Koman-lay
for the female version.
The most common image of the Tuyul is this image right here.
This looks to be an unborn baby that has red demon like eyes.
The un born child also has pointed ears and also pointed wolf-like teeth.
The stillborn child from a miscarriage was believe to be filled with evil spirits and
it loves to play in the middle of the night.
Before we get to freaked out with the demon baby let’s move onto number 8.
We have the Suster Ngesot Suster Ngesot is the ghost of a young nun
who worked as a nurse in a hospital.
This story gets really messed up because one night while this young nun was working she
was abused and then brutally murdered by a doctor.
There was no one else working this night.
The doctor buried the nun in a shallow grave near the hospital.
Well now people have been claiming to see this nun crawling out of the ground and walking
around in the hallways in old hospital buildings at night time looking for her next victim.
Maybe her victims are doctors because it was a doctor that killed her.
So this is why I decided to not become a doctor its not because I am a big dumb dumb its because
I don’t want the Suster Ngesot to find me.
Number 7.
We might want to also try and stay away from this next super natural being especially if
you’re a child.
Well next up we have Wewe Gombel who is a female supernatural being or ghost depends
really on what you want to call this creature that kidnaps children.
Wewe Gombel should really be on Americas most wanted list.
Well this myth is taught to encourage children to be cautious and to stay at home at night
time.
I don’t know why parents are so mean that they make up ghost stories, why don’t they
just ask there kids to be home at a certain time instead of traumatizing them.
Well people actually do believe in the Wewe Gombel and the stories about her gets passed
down from generations to generations.
So this is how this story goes.
This ghost was once a woman who was married.
Well her husband neglected her and than she caught him in another relationship with a
woman so she decided to kill her husband because of his betrayal.
After the murder, angry neighbors gathered in a mob and chased her from the village.
She decided to commit suicide and now her vengeful spirits lives on haunting people.
Banaspati which is a mysterious creature that looks human bites its way into number 6.
Banaspati has been sighted in many villages across Indonesia since ancient times.
Banaspati has been descripted having red skin, sharp horns, its head is usually on fire.
It is known to appear in forests at night time since its known to live in trees.
Banaspati feeds on the anger and emotions of its victims.
Local farmers in Indonesia has been known to see them because its not uncommon for local
farmers to work throughout the night in there fields.
In Indonesia there are Banaspati hunters.
In at number 5 we have one of the most popular urban legends in Indonesia.
We have the Keblek.
This is believed to be a supernatural creature that has an animal like form.
This creature looks like an owl or a crow and if you see this creature flying around
it means that people around you or a relative will be dead.
The Keblek is also often known as the death curse.
People believe that if you can catch this creature and keep it alive you will be rewarded
but if you kill it you will die.
Keblek isn’t an easy creature to capture and that’s because it has the ability to
just disappear so it takes a skiller person to catch it also I think it takes an insane
person to want to catch this being that can kill anyone at anytime.
Moving into number 4, we have the Leyak or in Indonesia people call it Leak they don’t
like to pronounce the Y. well this is a mythological creature that is a demon that has black magic
and it can appear as an ordinary human by day and by night it takes its true form which
is a disembodies head with fangs, bulging eyes that hovers through the air looking for
pregnant woman and new born children to feed on their blood.
It is believed that the Leaks can be summoned by those practicing a form of witchcraft to
do harm to others at the bidding of the summoner so I think its safe to make sure we stay away
from people who are performing witchcraft or we should keep them as close friends.
Number 3, Jelangkung which is often known as the spirit that is summoned from the ancient
board game called the Jelangkung board in which we know it as the Ouija Board.
I have no idea how people are brave enough to try and summon a spirit using the Ouija
board.
With the Jelangkung board you can summon and communicate with spirits dating back more
than 1,500 yrs ago.
You can ask these spirits any questions you want and they will answer, the only question
is are they lying and also what if you summon the wrong spirit.
Well I rather not answer that question.
Next up at number 2.
We have the Kuntilanak.
Take a look at this picture right here.
In the background you will see the ghost of a pregnant woman who passed away before her
baby was born.
This is the gown this mother died in.
It’s a long white gown, just like the ones in the hospital.
She has been appearing around Indonesia.
Sometimes this pregnant ghost woman would disguise herself as a beautiful woman in an
attempt to lure men to her and then she would kill them and suck the blood out of them.
This Urban legend actually became so popular and scary that it was turned into a movie.
Here is a quick trailer.
Ya pretty sure I won’t be watching that any time soon.
Finally, at number 1 we have the Babi Ngepet (Na Neng Pet) or otherwise known as a boar
demon in Indonesian mythology.
According to local myth this creature is believed to be the manifestation of a person practicing
Pesugihan black magic.
(Pe Sue Gi an) Pesugihan derived from the Javanese word sugih meaning rich.
It is a kind of magic to help people become rich instantly but in exchange they must sacrifice
something or someone.
Once you perform this black magic successfully you transform yourself into a boar and you
become possessed by a demon.
You than have the ability to go unnoticed and steal villagers valuables without them
noticing.
All I have to say about this is absolutely no thanks, I would be happy just being poor.
Well there you guys have it, thanks so much for watching.
I will see you all in the next video.