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*really creepy music*
The Pocong
This story is based on an urban legend from Indonesia
There once was a young girl named Imelda. Every day after school
She had to attend religious classes, but the only way there was to go through a thick forest
Neither the Sun nor the moon could shine through the densely packed trees and
Since no one else in her class lived in her neighborhood
She always had to walk there and back completely alone
The first couple of times was nerve-wracking but after a few weeks
She had grown used to the darkness and had her way home memorized one night after class
She was headed home on her usual path guided by her flashlight
She heard a rustling behind her, but she ignored it
She had memorized all the sounds of the forest by now and knew it was just the stray cat that liked to roam in the area
She took another couple of steps
Before she heard a thump *thump sound*
That was a new sound. She stopped walking so that she could listen for the sound again. It sounded like it was getting closer
Imelda took a deep breath. She aimed her flashlight in the distance the light beam fell on something
But she couldn't quite make out what it was since it was so far. It looked white and
Judging its size compared to the trees, tall.
She continued to stare, trying to figure out what she was looking at
Then whatever it was jumped about 40 meters closer to her
Imelda took a few steps back
How did it jump so far so quickly?
Then it jumped again
It was now right in front of her and there was no longer any doubt in a Imelda's mind what she was looking at
It was a decaying corpse wrapped in a white shroud bound at the top of its head
It's a neck and its feet
It's withered pale green face was the only thing exposed it had two deep holes where eyes should have been
Imelda screamed and ran in the other direction
She knew the forest well and decided to take a different path back home
To try and lose this figure following her
She squeezed her small frame through a very dense section of trees and crawled through the other side to her neighborhood
She looked behind her briefly to see if it was still behind her, but she couldn't see it when she got to her house
She ran up to her mother.
Mom. Something was following me in the forest
It was wrapped in white and it looked dead!
Her mother had an eager look on her face
Did you hug it?
Imelda stared back at her mother in complete disbelief
Why would I do that? I never want to touch that thing. I don't want to see it ever again!
Imelda burst into tears
You were lucky enough to see a Pocong
Her mother explained, In Muslim burials a dead body is wrapped in a white shroud and tied at three spots
Above the head on the neck and at the feet after 40 days the body is unwrapped. So the soul can be freed
but if left untied
The body will look for a living person , and wont stop following them
until they're unwrapped.
And if one is following you, her mother continued with a more excitement than Imelda was comfortable with
You must hug and hold it tight
So it will bestow your family with good luck and a riches. Don't you want us to be rich?
I don't want to touch it mom
Something hit the door , Imelda you have to open the door
She grabbed Imelda and held her in front of her while Imelda protested do for us, sweetie
Her mom opened the door
There stood the
Pocong, looking down at a Imelda's tear-filled face
Her mother pushed her forward and Imelda held onto the shrouded corpse,
then her mother helped her pull the Pocong to the ground
So they could untie it
they stared at the motionless corpse on the floor
And wondered
Did it work?
Over the next few days Imelda's mother was the most cheerful and giddy
She'd ever been , she poured herself many cocktails and premature celebration of her incoming wealth
She drank a little too much one night and was struck dead on the road
Imelda was devastated by the loss of her mother
But her pain was eased when she was adopted by a very wealthy family
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