Malay Ghost
Malay Female Vampire probably related to the Evil Change Of A Woman who died together with her child during Child LAbour. With the aid of its companion spirit the pelesit it causes illness and insanity.
Polong
A tiny woman like creature approximately one inch tall. With the aid of its companion spirit the pelesit it causes illness and insanity. With the aid of its companion spirit the pelesit it causes illness and insanity.
Pelesit
It appears as a house cricket. It enters the body of the victim (usually to prepare the way for the polong) and causes illness and/or madness.
Penanggalan
She may be either a woman who died in childbirth or a woman who is surprised by a man as she performs a religious penance. When in flight she is only a head with trailing intestines, which glow in the dark. She can also rejoin the head to the rest of her body and appear normal. The penangglan can fly, and the fluid which drips from her intestines causes sores in human beings.
Langsuir Liar
After forty days a woman may become a langsuir is she died in childbirth or if she died from the shock of hearing her child was stillborn. She appears as a very beautiful woman with long nails, green robes, and ankle length black hair. This hair conceals a hole in the back of her neck. She can also appear as a night owl. The langsuir has the ability to fly and also has a powerful wail called a ngilai.
Toyol
This is a spirit which is kept in a jar with a foetus and some special liquid to preserve it. The toyol is kept by people to do their bidding, but the price for keeping it is you HAVE to feed it your own blood EVERYDAY.
Kum Kum
The Kum Kum is an old witch who attacks young virgins in her attempt to regain her youth and beauty. According to legend, she got her name as she cannot say the whole Malay greeting and can only say these 2 syllables.
Hantu Tetek
Loosely translated from Malay, Hantu Tetek means 'Ghost Breast'. This ghost is female and has huge breasts, which she is said to use to suffocate her victims.
Orang Minyak
There are several version of the orang minyak (literally means 'oily man'). According to history, Satan offered to help and grant worldly desires if the "orang minyak" raped 21 girls within seven days and worship Satan as a God. During the 1960s, the orang minyak existed around several towns of Malaysia raping young women. They covered their nude body with oil so that it would be difficult for anyone to catch them
Pocong/Hantu Bungkus
The hantu bungkus, also known by many as pocong. It is usually found in villages wandering around and jumping off as though in search of something. Its jumps can range from 50 meter per jumps or at most 100 meter or more. The hantu bungkus got its name from its physical appearance. Its body is wrapped with 'kain kapan' (a cloth made for wrapping the dead in Malay culture) and its face could not be seen.
Hantu Tinggi
Hantu tinggi or in English means the Tall Ghosts. Usually this type of ghost is not so tall when one encounters it. It only increase in height after somebody approaches it. Soon after, it will increase it height little by little until a person can barely look up to measure its height.
Hantu lilin
Hantu Lilin means the candle ghost. It carries a candle around to wherever it goes. Why? Nobody knows. Hantu Lilin first made quite a stir on the newspaper somewhere back in the early 90's when a group of youngster was taking picture by the sea at early dusk. The ghost's form appeared on the picture that was getting developed as a very old and ugly lady holding a candle.
Hantu Raya
The hantu raya is a shape shifting ghost. Usually, this ghost doesn't use its natural ability. This is a ghost with a master (owner) and its purpose is to give its master wealth and richess. The master is responsible for taking care of the ghost until his death.
Penunggu
The penunggu is also known by people of the west as the poltergeist. It is an evil spirit or more specifically a restless spirit that dwells an area or place. The type of area that is considered a 'keras' or haunted area is usually and old burial ground, a brutal crime spot or even a house of a person that practices black magic.
Mambang Kuning
Mambang Kuning or known as the Yellow Spirits, dwell during sunset. At this time, they are at their peak and most mischevious. For a bomoh ( a witchman ) to summon them to do their bidding, their power must be at least as strong as the Mambang Kunings or more than that.
Sundelbolong
This ghost goes after young men ( those of you handsome ones watch out! ). It takes form of a beautiful lady and if it manages to tackle you, she will show you her very smelly butt with an '0' hole shape instead of the normal one ( you know )
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Buaya Puteh (White Crocodile Spirit)
Buaya puteh is believe to the the siamese twin of a human being. According to the legend, a baby girl was born together with a baby of a white crocodile in 1954 in a village. The whole village was shocked! But it was no surprise for the mother cause she herself practice bomoh magic. She care and love the baby girl and crocodile every single day without fail but when the goverment wanted to repossed the land they are living on, she had to let the crocodile free into the sea. Before doing that, the crocodile came as a human in her twin sister dream and warn her to feed her on every full moon on a thursday nite. She wanted live white chicken to be slaugther on the beach. If she fail to do so, the crocodile will claim a victim from the nearby beaches(sembawang park).