WEBVTT - The Smiling Figure in White 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:15.720 everyone welcome back to another episode of Too many Ghosts 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:22.309 nowadays I am only supernaturalie. Genesis, thank you so much 0:00:22.309 --> 0:00:28.780 for this week episode. You know it was only the 0:00:28.780 --> 0:00:29.190 month and you can tell 0:00:29.524 --> 0:00:33.284 Because the air just smells different, it's different. And also 0:00:33.284 --> 0:00:37.244 because you see all the shops, supermarkets, you know selling 0:00:37.244 --> 0:00:41.444 lanterns and moones in place of all the money people 0:00:41.444 --> 0:00:43.884 offerings that they used to sell. So, I don't know 0:00:43.884 --> 0:00:47.485 if your nearest supermarket also offer the same kind of variety. 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.580 But the everything. They have fruits, vegetables and during the 0:00:56.580 --> 0:01:09.699 seventh month of know, Louis Vuitton, Christy Dior, paper clothes. 0:01:10.123 --> 0:01:13.071 handbags, the shoes and then sometimes they throw in the 0:01:13.443 --> 0:01:16.482 Rolex watches. I know I tend to make a bigger 0:01:16.483 --> 0:01:20.083 fuss about the seventh month because the Hungry Ghost Festival 0:01:20.083 --> 0:01:23.163 always intrigues me. I know it's not technically a PH 0:01:23.163 --> 0:01:27.803 that recognized here. And there are bigger festivals that last 0:01:27.803 --> 0:01:29.112 pret long as well you know like Chinese typically for 0:01:29.112 --> 0:01:29.152 fifteen days. 0:01:31.905 --> 0:01:34.346 Something about the seventh month especially now that it has 0:01:34.346 --> 0:01:37.825 ended this makes me feel a little different. For me 0:01:37.825 --> 0:01:42.115 it feels like this huge rock, this really heavy rock 0:01:42.865 --> 0:01:45.825 be lifted my shoulders. I don't know why I get 0:01:45.825 --> 0:01:49.545 this crazy paranoia during the seventh month. I get this 0:01:49.545 --> 0:01:53.145 crazy paranoia that something out there is trying to get 0:01:53.146 --> 0:01:53.466 to me. 0:01:54.180 --> 0:01:56.940 So, every year when I thankfully make it out in 0:01:56.940 --> 0:02:01.129 one piece, it's like thank God because you know, there 0:02:01.129 --> 0:02:05.180 are too many goals nowadays. You see we have seven 0:02:05.180 --> 0:02:10.580 billion people at this place in this in this space 0:02:10.580 --> 0:02:12.380 right now. But you thought about 0:02:30.820 --> 0:02:30.989 bilion. 0:02:31.589 --> 0:02:34.788 So today, I'm gonna share with you a story and 0:02:34.788 --> 0:02:39.110 it is a real life recent encounter that one of 0:02:39.110 --> 0:02:43.070 my friends experienced. So jumping right in let's just call 0:02:43.070 --> 0:02:45.990 my friend Jonathan, he lives in HDB flat somewhere in 0:02:45.990 --> 0:02:49.669 the north side of Singapore and his story happens on 0:02:49.669 --> 0:02:53.710 a regular weekday night when he was alone with his 0:02:53.710 --> 0:02:55.429 four year old son at home. 0:02:56.220 --> 0:02:58.860 So, his wife was not back from work yet. Jonathan 0:02:59.869 --> 0:03:03.740 his son to sleep in his room. So, he went 0:03:03.740 --> 0:03:06.380 out and was just gonna chill in the other room 0:03:06.619 --> 0:03:09.059 waiting for his wife to come home from work. And 0:03:09.059 --> 0:03:12.899 it was just a very peaceful, slow and easy night. 0:03:13.538 --> 0:03:17.259 So John was just taking his time slowly folding the clothes. 0:03:18.038 --> 0:03:20.839 His son had just fall asleep, his wife was gonna 0:03:20.839 --> 0:03:23.940 come home soon and he was just taking his time 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:28.399 doing his chores. It was just like the perfect weekday night. 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:33.320 It was like the last night you would expect anything 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:33.839 to happen. 0:03:34.830 --> 0:03:37.399 But then he did, from the bedroom where he was 0:03:37.399 --> 0:03:42.839 folding the clothes, he heard a very unexpected banging on 0:03:42.839 --> 0:03:43.639 the dining table. 0:03:44.710 --> 0:03:49.070 It was rhythmic and honestly a bit tall. So he 0:03:49.070 --> 0:03:54.190 listened more attentively. It stopped on its own after five 0:03:54.190 --> 0:04:00.110 six bangs and that was when he started hearing muffled footsteps. 0:04:01.070 --> 0:04:06.520 Like someone slowly dragging their feet around the living room. So, 0:04:06.589 --> 0:04:10.869 his first thought was, is my wife back? Maybe she 0:04:10.869 --> 0:04:14.630 had just came home from work because it really didn't 0:04:14.630 --> 0:04:17.229 sound like it was just him and his son in 0:04:17.230 --> 0:04:19.268 the apartment that night. But wait. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:34.119 He didn't wife's open en house wife's greeting every night. 0:04:38.609 --> 0:04:38.700 Whenever comes home work, 0:04:39.238 --> 0:04:43.729 entry back home or she would immediately go to her husband, John, 0:04:43.869 --> 0:04:46.510 and let him know that she is back. Also John 0:04:46.510 --> 0:04:49.190 is a house husband. He is always at home. He 0:04:49.190 --> 0:04:51.428 is very used to the routine at home and because 0:04:51.428 --> 0:04:54.029 he is at home so much, he can tell, he 0:04:54.029 --> 0:04:57.750 can recognize if the footsteps were his wife or not. 0:04:58.769 --> 0:05:01.890 And the problem we have now is that the other 0:05:01.890 --> 0:05:05.289 thing in the living room was not his wife. So 0:05:05.290 --> 0:05:08.010 clearly he was not comfortable with the noises he was 0:05:08.010 --> 0:05:11.200 hearing from outside. In fact, he was feeling a bit 0:05:11.690 --> 0:05:14.808 anxious even you know his heart was like racing a bit. 0:05:15.540 --> 0:05:19.100 And because he didn't know what was out there, his 0:05:19.100 --> 0:05:24.859 fatherly instincts kicked in almost immediately after that realization. All 0:05:24.859 --> 0:05:27.440 he could think of in that moment was his son 0:05:27.779 --> 0:05:32.059 and he dashed to his son's room to check. He 0:05:32.059 --> 0:05:34.500 swang the door open and he was just praying so 0:05:34.500 --> 0:05:38.459 hard that nothing should ever happened to his son. But 0:05:38.459 --> 0:05:40.618 his son wasn't in bed. 0:05:42.820 --> 0:05:46.989 He felt heart burning the panichout hesitation scrambled out of 0:05:46.988 --> 0:05:51.269 the room for his. Heading closer and closer to the 0:05:51.269 --> 0:05:54.750 living room. And that was when some movement in the 0:05:54.750 --> 0:05:59.989 kitchen caught eye. He whipped his head around and thank 0:05:59.988 --> 0:06:04.109 goodness he saw his son there. So, finally found his son. 0:06:04.899 --> 0:06:07.829 But it was pitch black. The light switched off in 0:06:07.829 --> 0:06:09.609 the kitchen and his son. 0:06:17.299 --> 0:06:32.450 Hm. So that was just having his own relief. Maybe 0:06:32.450 --> 0:06:35.850 he was at the start. You know because 0:06:37.035 --> 0:06:39.604 didn't anyone his house keys, no one entered the house, 0:06:39.725 --> 0:06:43.204 then there will be no reason rationally for any other 0:06:43.204 --> 0:06:46.924 stranger to be in his house, right? Because he lived 0:06:46.924 --> 0:06:49.364 on the fifteenth floor. So, even if he had the 0:06:49.363 --> 0:06:51.803 windows open, no one would be crazy enough to scale 0:06:51.803 --> 0:06:55.553 fifteen floors just to get into his house to break in. So, 0:06:55.565 --> 0:06:58.325 he called out to his son, Adam, what are you 0:06:58.325 --> 0:07:02.204 still doing in the kitchen? It's so dark. Why don't you? 0:07:03.309 --> 0:07:05.910 Suddenly, he stopped mid sentence. 0:07:06.850 --> 0:07:09.570 Because from the corner of his eyes, he caught a 0:07:09.570 --> 0:07:13.489 glimpse of a white figure just behind his son. 0:07:15.019 --> 0:07:19.019 Adam, come here now. He immediately called his son over. 0:07:19.500 --> 0:07:21.339 He didn't get a very good look at what the 0:07:21.339 --> 0:07:23.720 white figure was and he had very much preferred stay 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:28.929 that way. All he could remember that the figure seemed 0:07:28.929 --> 0:07:32.260 to be in white cloth and for some reason just 0:07:32.260 --> 0:07:37.579 felt like that thing was just staring very intensely at 0:07:37.579 --> 0:07:41.339 his son. So John scooped his son up and brought 0:07:41.339 --> 0:07:42.500 him to his room. 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.839 While waiting for his wife to get back. His wife 0:07:45.839 --> 0:07:49.920 came home shortly after and when he told her about 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:54.079 what he saw, she just laugh at him. you expect 0:07:54.079 --> 0:07:57.559 that his wife would be equally afraid or even more 0:07:57.559 --> 0:08:00.920 afraid than him right? but not really there because he 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.040 always laugh at his wife about her phobia, because she 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:07.119 has this which means she is just scared of clowns. 0:08:07.839 --> 0:08:14.570 and you know speaking, I recently online and I don't 0:08:14.570 --> 0:08:21.250 think it is watching you like a duck, animal. I 0:08:21.250 --> 0:08:24.320 don't know why people are scared of that I find it. 0:08:28.380 --> 0:08:29.170 but my friend's wife doesn't have. So, you know after 0:08:29.170 --> 0:08:31.299 told his wife about what happened 0:08:31.869 --> 0:08:33.589 She felt like it's my turn to laugh at you 0:08:33.590 --> 0:08:35.510 now right now you scared of ghost you scared of 0:08:35.510 --> 0:08:38.189 clowns but you also scared of ghost and then okay 0:08:38.190 --> 0:08:40.869 lah John also didn't want to argue with his wife 0:08:40.869 --> 0:08:43.669 over whether this really happened or not. He didn't even 0:08:43.669 --> 0:08:47.109 bother trying to rebut when his wife clearly didn't believe 0:08:47.109 --> 0:08:49.869 in him. So he just let the whole thing go 0:08:49.869 --> 0:08:52.549 and just didn't want to think about it anymore. But 0:08:52.549 --> 0:08:56.429 in the next few days, maybe it was the paranoia 0:08:56.429 --> 0:08:57.150 from that event. 0:08:57.900 --> 0:09:02.380 Or maybe there was really something there because he always 0:09:02.380 --> 0:09:06.179 felt like there was someone watching him. You know sometimes 0:09:06.179 --> 0:09:08.780 when something slightly traumatic happens to you. 0:09:09.409 --> 0:09:12.650 You get very paranoid about it like super hyper paranoid. 0:09:13.130 --> 0:09:15.409 Like you know for example just a few months ago, 0:09:15.909 --> 0:09:18.570 I was being stupid okay. I had my earphones in 0:09:18.570 --> 0:09:22.770 belting in my ears. So, I was just walking out 0:09:22.770 --> 0:09:25.090 of the office and I really don't know what I 0:09:25.090 --> 0:09:27.890 was thinking if I was thinking at all and I 0:09:27.890 --> 0:09:32.369 just walked straight into the glass. Like there was this loud. 0:09:33.330 --> 0:09:35.450 and then the security guard had to come out to 0:09:35.450 --> 0:09:38.770 check idiot walked into the door and luckily the glass 0:09:38.770 --> 0:09:40.929 wasn't hurt but I was. And you know from that 0:09:40.929 --> 0:09:44.729 day onwards, I just very consciously don't listen to music 0:09:44.729 --> 0:09:47.209 or use my phone when I'm walking in and out 0:09:47.210 --> 0:09:50.130 of the office building. So, it seems like I'm just 0:09:50.130 --> 0:09:52.650 more on my guard or maybe you could say I'm 0:09:52.650 --> 0:09:55.650 just being a bit hyper conscious of this event. 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.090 transpiring again. So you know it could be the same 0:09:58.090 --> 0:10:02.450 thing for John because after whatever thing he saw, maybe 0:10:02.450 --> 0:10:04.929 it was a bit traumatic for him. He was just 0:10:04.929 --> 0:10:07.770 super conscious of this thing happening again so he was 0:10:07.770 --> 0:10:09.770 always kept on his guard when he was doing a 0:10:10.090 --> 0:10:12.570 at home. Maybe he just felt like there might be 0:10:12.570 --> 0:10:14.409 something there you know just got to keep an eye out. 0:10:14.690 --> 0:10:17.849 Following this incident, it was pretty peaceful 0:10:20.010 --> 0:10:22.130 Anything that happened to them within this week. It was 0:10:22.130 --> 0:10:25.089 just that my friend feeling a bit. But other than 0:10:25.090 --> 0:10:29.289 that again it was another weekday night. John was in 0:10:29.289 --> 0:10:32.010 his son's bedroom with his son and he was just 0:10:32.010 --> 0:10:35.169 reading a story which was really cute and he says 0:10:35.169 --> 0:10:37.409 he still remember it was the princess and the P. 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.369 And even remember that they were at the part where 0:10:41.369 --> 0:10:46.530 the queen ordering the servants to put the underneath the 0:10:46.530 --> 0:10:47.599 layers of mattresses. 0:10:48.909 --> 0:10:51.478 When he looked out of the window. 0:10:52.390 --> 0:10:56.709 and saw a figure dripped in white cloth staring at 0:10:56.710 --> 0:10:57.150 his son. 0:10:58.299 --> 0:11:03.500 Yes, the same white figure and this time John managed 0:11:03.500 --> 0:11:06.619 to get a proper look. It had dark freezy hair 0:11:06.619 --> 0:11:09.829 that seemed to be shooting out in all directions and 0:11:09.900 --> 0:11:11.219 it wasn't very long the hair. 0:11:12.140 --> 0:11:15.140 He said it kind of reminded him of popcorn, but 0:11:15.140 --> 0:11:19.949 what was supposed to be a face, didn't look like 0:11:20.059 --> 0:11:23.900 there were any blood or flesh underneath the skin. Even 0:11:23.900 --> 0:11:27.419 then he couldn't really quite call whatever was clinging onto 0:11:27.419 --> 0:11:28.739 the face, skin. 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:34.400 Because the texture was really weird like burnt wood and 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:38.640 the colour was like a very very dark greyish black. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:43.199 The two black short eyes were white and nearly popping 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.598 out of the sockets. Edged on its face was a 0:11:46.599 --> 0:11:51.159 huge unsettling grin. It was just greening at the both 0:11:51.159 --> 0:11:51.559 of them. 0:11:52.500 --> 0:11:56.700 And that grin got wider and wider as the two 0:11:56.700 --> 0:12:01.340 boys continued staring in fear. His son was screaming at 0:12:01.340 --> 0:12:04.659 the top of his lungs, pointing frantically in the direction 0:12:04.659 --> 0:12:08.419 of the window. He was crying like there was no tomorrow, 0:12:09.059 --> 0:12:13.340 but John, he immediately brought his son to his room, 0:12:14.020 --> 0:12:19.619 took out all his amulets, started chanting any and every 0:12:19.619 --> 0:12:20.380 prayer he knew. 0:12:21.340 --> 0:12:24.819 One hand was gripping tightly his son's hand, all his 0:12:24.820 --> 0:12:26.098 son continue to cry. 0:12:27.140 --> 0:12:31.199 While his other hand was just holding all his amulets 0:12:31.700 --> 0:12:33.979 and he was praying as hard as he could for 0:12:33.979 --> 0:12:36.140 that thing to just leave the both of them alone, 0:12:36.500 --> 0:12:40.460 never come back, never come into the house, outside the house, whatever. 0:12:41.419 --> 0:12:45.059 And as he was praying, he was closing his eyes tightly, 0:12:45.500 --> 0:12:47.140 he didn't dare to open his eyes because you know 0:12:47.140 --> 0:12:49.459 he was afraid that the thing might just jump scare 0:12:49.460 --> 0:12:50.780 him right in front of his face. 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.520 So when his wife finally got back, she saw that 0:12:55.520 --> 0:13:00.080 both her boys were so visibly shaken by whatever has 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.320 happened because the son also saw the same thing. So 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:08.559 this time John's wife finally believed him and agreed that yes, 0:13:09.159 --> 0:13:13.080 they definitely need to find help to settle this. Because 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:17.840 this definitely should not and cannot continue being a long 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:19.559 term chronic issue in the house. 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:25.679 Because clearly it was terrorizing and traumatizing for their son. Well, 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.959 okay this is where our story stops. I have not 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.359 heard from my friends since but the last I heard 0:13:31.359 --> 0:13:35.959 from him, John had already made arrangements with his wife. 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.919 He agreed to get a master to come and get 0:13:38.919 --> 0:13:43.799 rid of this entity that somehow has just always been 0:13:43.799 --> 0:13:47.159 creepy watching them for the past week. And you know 0:13:47.159 --> 0:13:49.000 really I think it's a good thing that 0:13:50.219 --> 0:13:54.900 decided to take prompt action to this issue because it's 0:13:54.900 --> 0:13:56.890 really good to have this kind of things around especially 0:13:56.890 --> 0:14:00.510 if you know that there are things like that in 0:14:00.510 --> 0:14:03.429 close proximity of you and your family. And if you 0:14:03.429 --> 0:14:07.909 want to take the spiritual point of view, definitely this 0:14:07.909 --> 0:14:09.979 kind of things have a lot of negative energy bring 0:14:09.979 --> 0:14:10.010 a lot of 0:14:22.770 --> 0:14:27.169 to the terms of relationship relationships relationships 0:14:38.206 --> 0:14:40.966 very very bad energy. Sometimes we might evening our lives. 0:14:43.077 --> 0:14:45.086 And I've heard of this. I've heard of this kind 0:14:45.086 --> 0:14:47.327 of things happening. And then on the other hand if 0:14:47.327 --> 0:14:50.966 you want to move away from the spiritual, of course 0:14:50.966 --> 0:14:53.726 it is not good for kids especially if they are 0:14:53.726 --> 0:14:56.846 so young to be exposed to this kind of things 0:14:56.846 --> 0:14:57.416 because you can leave them. That experience definitely 0:15:01.734 --> 0:15:05.973 traumatic for John's because the next night Adam refused to 0:15:05.973 --> 0:15:08.093 sleep in his own room, which is of course very 0:15:08.093 --> 0:15:11.573 valid because if you have seen something so scary, especially 0:15:11.573 --> 0:15:14.494 when you are such a young boy, right outside your window, 0:15:14.734 --> 0:15:18.814 can you really feel at is going to sleep? Because 0:15:18.814 --> 0:15:21.734 I know I wouldn't be able to. Even at this age, 0:15:22.054 --> 0:15:25.263 I definitely would still be scared. And I think it's 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.901 This is not very good. If he can't even feel 0:15:28.901 --> 0:15:31.820 safe in his own house. You know because people always 0:15:31.820 --> 0:15:34.940 say home is very hard is, if you can't even 0:15:34.940 --> 0:15:38.181 feel like you are protected in your own home, then 0:15:38.181 --> 0:15:40.500 there is no point. And what more he is just 0:15:40.500 --> 0:15:43.830 a young kid. He still has many years to learn. Okay, 0:15:43.940 --> 0:15:47.301 so before we endorf our episode, we still have time 0:15:47.301 --> 0:15:48.781 for one more short story. 0:15:49.409 --> 0:15:53.289 And this story was contributed by one of our listeners, Terence, 0:15:53.369 --> 0:15:56.130 thank you so much for your contribution. So, Terrence said 0:15:56.130 --> 0:15:58.409 that he doesn't really have a lot of experiences with 0:15:58.409 --> 0:16:02.250 the supernatural. And this is the only experience that he 0:16:02.250 --> 0:16:05.090 has ever had so far and it's been more than 0:16:05.090 --> 0:16:07.849 ten years, but thankfully nothing else has happened to him. 0:16:08.090 --> 0:16:11.330 So here goes Terence's side of the story. 0:16:14.900 --> 0:16:17.770 driving license he thought that it would be such a 0:16:17.770 --> 0:16:24.320 idea friends out at night you know many cars on 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:29.719 the road. So that's what he did. father's of his 0:16:29.719 --> 0:16:33.760 best friends house. Both of them were living very close 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.640 of them were living around the same neighborhood. So, he 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.559 picked the both of them and then the 0:16:38.820 --> 0:16:42.460 them just drove off. It was like ten thirty PM 0:16:43.539 --> 0:16:47.510 and Terence drove the three of them to get supper 0:16:47.979 --> 0:16:51.659 somewhere a bit further away from their neighborhood. And then 0:16:51.659 --> 0:16:55.780 after supper, they were gonna head back home. So the 0:16:55.780 --> 0:16:58.500 three of them went back into the car and then 0:16:58.500 --> 0:16:59.460 Terence drove them back. 0:17:00.119 --> 0:17:02.400 So on the way back they were driving down this 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:06.979 pretty small and a bit narrow road that they don't 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.760 usually go to or pass by. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.560 And by then it was already past midnight. So it 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.199 was dark and there were many cars on the road. 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:21.119 But when they were driving along the road, they saw 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.959 there was this guy wearing a hoodie and some kind 0:17:24.959 --> 0:17:30.679 of jeans pants long pants, he was just walking in 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:31.199 front of them. 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:35.300 So was along the side of the road. So, the 0:17:35.300 --> 0:17:37.760 three of them were curious as to why there was 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.079 this guy walking along the side of the road past midnight. 0:17:41.959 --> 0:17:47.280 Furthermore he was walking very slowly like one small step 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.839 at a time. So, the three of them thought like 0:17:49.839 --> 0:17:54.000 maybe this guy was injured or he needed a ride 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:57.239 somewhere so they drove past him. 0:17:58.099 --> 0:18:02.739 Slowly, Terence already wded down the window because he wanted 0:18:02.739 --> 0:18:05.500 to ask, you know if he needed a ride somewhere, 0:18:06.219 --> 0:18:10.420 when they drove past this guy, he turned to look 0:18:10.420 --> 0:18:10.780 at them. 0:18:11.849 --> 0:18:14.810 When they caught a glimpse of his face, the three 0:18:14.810 --> 0:18:19.770 boys started screaming and his two friends was just telling him, 0:18:19.890 --> 0:18:22.770 Terence drive off as fast as you can right now 0:18:22.770 --> 0:18:25.930 just drive drive drive drive, go, go, go. So, Terrence 0:18:25.930 --> 0:18:28.969 just took off off without looking back. 0:18:35.199 --> 0:18:37.250 So what was that that that that that could never 0:18:37.250 --> 0:18:45.170 forget that. 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