Our Controversial Celebrities

There he is…
That creature above is JENGLOT. He was quite a celebrity back in the late 90′ in Indonesia. No kidding! Everybody was talking about him (actually, I don’t know whether it’s a babe or a hunk. I genderized it myself. Heh heh… What is ‘genderized’ again, Yella?), every magz and tabloid and newspapers and TV discussed things about him. And he starred in several Indonesian movies too!

Now, let me introduce you to him.

He is called ‘jenglot‘.

Jenglot
[-j- like in the English letter 'J', -eng- like in 'ANGle, and -lot- like in 'lanceLOT]

Jenglot is a blood-drinking creature. Some paranormal studies say it’s an animal or some kind of doll. (I know a guy next door kept one as a pet. )

There are (or were?) Many jenglots people found. They can be found everywhere in Indonesia, especially in Java. If you want to, you can find one from under the ground, or in the trunk of a huge tree. But to find them, you need to do some kind of rituals first Otherwise, you can only keep that picture above if you like. (FREE. Grab it now! )

Physical traits:
Although they look scary, actually they are only 10 to 15 cm in size. Oh yes, they have long nails, and SOME SAID their hair grow (which indicates that they’re not ‘just a thing’), they won’t eat you as long as you feed them. And feed them blood, please…

This guy next door, whom I have previously mentioned, used to be a loyal costumer to our local Indonesian Red Cross. Yes, you’re right. He bought bags of blood. For his pet. Why he kept one? Because Jenglot can help you with your rivals and enemies. I mean, you can tell them to suck your enemies blood to dry! He made money from telling this creature to kill people. Upon his clients request, of course.

Any questions?

Ok, let’s get on to our next controversial celebrity.

First off, I must tell you that that ‘thing’ in the picture above is not a ghost or anything like that. That’s a pillow made to look like, ahem! …our cute guess. I use that picture because I couldn’t find the better one to illustrate how our next celebrity looks like. Well, almost look like that…

That’s a ‘pocong‘.

Pocong
[-po- like in 'POlemic, and -cong- like the Chinese 'CHONG']

Pocongs show their face, not wrapped it all over like in the picture. Their face are of the color of grey sand, and the skin around their eyes like severe bruises. Their lips are deserts dry, and the rest… just like in the picture (only their shrouds are a lot dirtier, not that clean. Remember, there’s NO laundry service in the world of pocongs!)

Pocong is one of the most famous Indonesian ghosts. They should be rich! You know, from royalties… And the myths imply that pocongs are the funniest ghost of all. Because: one, they hop, not walk or float. And two, they tickle you to death! That’s funnier than than Johnny Vegas! Aggreed??

Some believe that pocongs are the wandering souls of the dead. Some others believe that they’re spirits from the other world, not of those who’ve passed away. I don’t know which one is true. All I know is that millions of people in Indonesia have seen them ‘in person’. And I have too. And also twenty other human beings (read: my friends.) who happened to be with me when the pocong showed herself (yes, it’s a she).

You don’t have to believe that such ‘things’ do exist. Just come over, live here on Java for several years. You’ll meet at least one of them sooner or later.

The invisibles, are like a part of Indonesia, especially Java, and Bali. It’s one of our characteristics, which our government would never add into our proud description of who we are.

That’s it. Thanx for reading. Have a roof risin’ Saturday night!