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Spooked in Tasik Kenyir

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Kenyir Resort

Warning: My longest entry. Have you ever been spooked before? Not by other humans I mean, by ghostly matters. I think most of us had our fair share of encounters, and I’m sure most of them are just our minds playing tricks on us.

I never believed in unworldly matters. Yes yes, I’m a man of science. :-P But, that all changed in June 2004, when my family and relatives drove all the way to Tasik Kenyir for a couple of nights retreat. Together with my then-girlfriend, I joined them a day later, as I stayed a night in Kuantan at her parents place beforehand.

We arrived in the evening, after driving up some old road, ladened with monitor lizards (live and dead) the population of Singapore that it was not funny. Parked our cars, and walked to the chalets. My mom specifically requested for the most secluded chalets, furthest from the clubhouse, as there were more than 15 of us.

Chalets

So, they gave us 5 chalets at the end of the road, facing the eerie lake. As I was walking to my chalet with my girlfriend around 5-ish in the evening, I noticed the bushes on my right were moving, as if something was moving right next to me. I stopped. It stopped. I walked, and the bushes parted again. Yes, it PARTED, as though someone was walking through it. I had GOOSEBUMPS the size of China. Yet I didn’t tell anyone, because….I’m a man of science. :-P I was taking some photographs overlooking the eerily quiet lake. And I caught some interesting photos, to which, at that time, in fear, we thought the worse. Thinking about it again, I guess we were spooked into believing the photos. However…

Kenyir Vision

Vision

The second day, half of my relatives decided to split the scene (a good number of us experienced IT one way or another but I didn’t, not on the first night). However, I didn’t believe them, until it happen to me again. This time, I stayed in the chalet overlooking the lake, and shared the bed with my girlfriend and my cousin sister at that time.

chaletsideview.jpg

I was soundly asleep, until I felt something grabbing and pinching my arms. So I opened my eyes, and I realized it was my girlfriend, but that was not the shocking bit, to my horror, the bed was shaking! “Something” was moving on the bed, while the 3 of us were ON the bed SLEEPING. Immediately, in a state of panic, I woke up, made some noises, walked over to the toilet and turned the bathroom lights on. It stopped.We waited for 15 minutes or so, and I got so sleepy, so I turned the lights out much to my cousin’s and girlfriend’s protest to leave it on. I only sleep when it’s fully dark you see. ZERO light. Got into bed, my girlfriend hugged me as I felt her cold trembling hands. And barely 10 minutes, behind me, the bed was “pushed in”, like someone was sitting next to me. So, to follow the curiosity process depicted in horror films, I turned around.

Nothing. Then just as I was about to close my eyes, it released a heavy breath on my pillow, sort of an angry sigh. Goosebumps. Woke up again, made noises, turn on the bathroom lights and tried to sleep.

The next morning, we congregated at my mom’s suite, the best of the chalets, for breakfast. It was quieter than usual. Then I noticed my mom looking shaken up. So like any loving son, I asked. Apparently, last night, my mom, in a bid to be the perfect guest, went around the other chalets to check on everyone, and also wanted an extra pillow. Like some hero, she wandered around, this was just after midnight, some half-an-hour after we said our goodnights. On the way back to her chalet, something forcefully turned her around and pinned her to the door with the pillow. And she said she was too stunned to scream. But somehow managed to knock the door with her elbow, and my stepdad answered and she fell straight into his arms.

There were other stories from my uncles, aunties and their kids, each relating their encounter, but I brushed them aside, because I figured they all wanted their share of the limelight. We were so relieved to be leaving home that day. Then we checked with the locals and the lobby about the chalets, and told them of our encounters. And they said they were aware about it, and that chalet has been vacant for 9 months! But because my mom insisted, they gave it to us.

This holiday has changed my man of science status to man of spook. Take a look at this photo (click to enlarge) and tell me what you think.

Day Sightings

Still, I am planning to go there again someday, but this time, with a bunch of blokes, pansies or otherwise, to investigate. Now, who’s with me?

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