Malayan House Comes 'Alive' at Night
Many flock to Jalan Bellamy for the Ikan Bakar while others may
recognise the road as home to one of the country's oldest
international school, Alice Smith.
The road has not changed much since the country's pre-independence
days and remains a quiet path that most city dwellers do not use.
With old government quarters hidden by the large trees on the road,
the aroma of fish being grilled waft out from Gerai Seri Menanti and
Seri Melaka while the chatter and laughter of children from the Alice
Smith school livens up the atmosphere.
Rosemary Alder Duckworth who lived at 5, Jalan Bellamy from 1947 to
1949 remembers the days when housing was scarce in post-war Malaya and
when most houses on the street housed two or more families.
"A few families would share a home and we were very surprised to find
house No 5 empty.
"We moved in but for the next two-and-half years, we had a lot of
problems, especially with servants who would just disappear in the
night without even collecting their pay," said Duckworth.
She had come to Malaya with her family when her father, Frederick
Victor Duckworth, was appointed the last British adviser of Selangor.
The family managed to trace a few of their former workers and they
recounted tales of paranormal activities that took place in the
servants quarters and kitchen.
"We then realised that the house was not snapped up because it was
considered haunted. Many of the servants told us that they would be
jolted awake from sleep and see blinding lights circling on top of
them. Some said they even saw vegetables flying around the kitchen,''
said Duckworth.
She had the chance to speak to the Richardson family who had lived in
the house before the war and they confirmed the unusual sightings in
the house.
"Corinne Richardson was one of those who lived in the house and she
related an incident that took place one night.
"She told me she was awakened by loud banging noises and saw an old
Chinese man standing next to her bed. Corinne's sister, who was in the
room, also saw the man," said Duckworth.
"Corinne asked the man what he wanted but there was no reply and the
man just walked away. The banging noises, however, continued. Corinne
told her parents and although they looked everywhere, the man was not
found.''
The Richardsons later found out that at the exact time that Corinne
saw the old man, the chief of a nearby village on Jalan Bellamy had
passed away.
"When she was shown a picture of the village chief, Corinne recognised
him as the old man who had appeared in her room.''
During the Duckworth family's stay at the house, the haunting worsened
and they had to conduct an exorcism ceremony.
Other than this, the family enjoyed their stay on the quaint Bellamy
road.
"It was a very quiet and nice residential area with big trees. said
Duckworth.
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Has a Chupacabra Been Found in Texas?
Cuero, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's
been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and
other exotic animals in her house to prove it.
But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one
even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious
onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical,
bloodsucking chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten
or carried off -- all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may
simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and
licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international
craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The
Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature
of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including
Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said.
"It's good for Cuero."
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South Wales' Rhymney House Hotel Haunted
Rhymney House Hotel licensee Rob Dunster says he definitely feels a
presence every time he steps into the 19th Century building.
The small hotel, situated on the A465 near Rhymney Bridge, appears in
the Haunted Cardiff and the Valleys book, compiled by the South Wales
Paranormal Research team, and is thought to be haunted by a pregnant
maid who threw herself from the top window.
The hotel has been owned for six years by the Dunster family, who all
differ in opinion on the presence.
Licensee Rob, 42, says he is spooked by the building and believes
there is a definite presence.
He said: "I am quite sure there is something here.
"We have had two paranormal groups come to visit us and they have both
felt it.
"I think it's in the cellar."
Rob's sister Jackie, 52, also works part-time at the hotel. She said:
"I am a bit of a sceptic. I think the nature of the building makes it
a bit eerie because parts of it are dark and cold.
"But whenever I stay the night on my own, I'm more worried about
humans breaking in than ghosts.
"But one of the previous owners said their daughter used to speak to a
kind old lady who would sit on the edge of her bed."
The Grade II-listed building, which sits on a two-acre site, is
surrounded by a farmyard and a row of ageing listed trees. The owners
say it is prone to a lot of nocturnal noises.
Rob said: "We do hear quite a few strange noises at night and that can
be a bit spooky, but I don't think it's too bad.
"If our guests ask about the paranormal activity, we tell them if they
want it to be haunted it is, but if they don't want it to be, it's
not."
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