The Hantu Langsuir is said to be hideous with piercing red eyes.
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The Hantu Langsuir, from Malaysian lore, is one of the most feared and deadliest of all banshees of Malaysia. It was believed that woman who died giving birth to their child, who also dies, will become a Hantu Langsuir after 40 days. She is described as being hideous with red piercing eyes, sharp claws, very long hair, a decayed face, and huge fangs. She is able to fly and is most often seen wearing a green or white robe. The hantu langsuir could also shape-shift into an owl. She is also vengeful and furious and will go after newborns and pregnant women, drinking their blood, milk, and organs from the inside out causing a very slow death. It was believed that the hantu langsuir has a hole on the back of her neck used to suck blood. Filling the hole with her hair or cutting her claws will make her human again. To prevent women from turning into a hantu langsuir many glass beads must be placed in the woman’s mouth. The still-born children of the hantu langsuir are called Pontianak.

The Hantu Laut was a Malaysian spirit of the sea.
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The Hantu Laut is from Malaysian lore and when directly translated it means “sea spirits.” These spirits of the sea were considered cannibalistic and was known to attack men at sea, particularly as fisherman and sailors. They considered vampires, feasting on the blood and life of the living.

When Malaysian fisherman would enter parts of the water where the hantu laut was believed to inhabit, they would proceed with caution and avoid making noise. They had great respect for the spirits and would not fish fearing their wrath. If they did, it would cause the spirits to be upset and cause accidents and disasters.

The bogeyman often waits in the closet to kidnap misbehaving children.

The boogyman is an interesting phenomena that seems to embody a child’s fear of the unknown. He has no set appearance or characteristics, and there are several tales of boogymen in practically every major culture around the world. Most of the tales revolve around misbehaving kids, and tales of boogymen are told by parents as a way to keep kids from misbehaving. The origin of the English word boogyman is thought to have been derived from the Scottish word for similar creatures called boggarts. Other languages it may have came from include the Middle English word for bug, bogge/bugge and the German word bögge. Several other European languages also have similar words.

In American tales of the boogyman, he may scratch at the window and comes upon his victims as a fog. Several tales of the boogyman involve him appearing from either a child’s closet or from under their bed. This follows through in many other countries as well, with the boogyman preferring to hide in dark places. In some countries such as Brazil, the boogyman is referred to as “Bag-man” and often carries a bag with him to kidnap children.

From the movie the Exorcist, the ekimmu spirit is often the source of possessed victims.

The ekimmu shows up in Babylonian and Assyrian demonology. The name means “that which is snatched away.” This invisible spirit is not allowed into the underworld, so it wanders around on earth. Usually people that are buried improperly, or not buried at all, or dying a violent death can become ekimmu. This includes people that died in battle, murder victims, drowning, etc. They will go to their family’s house at night and cause major damage and destruction. They sometimes cause death to everyone in the house. They can also take possession on a person, which is difficult to exorcise it out. They can be destroyed with wooden swords, or any other wooden weapons.

The Breslau Vampire, a spirit that would attack people at night.
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This vampire terrorized Breslau, Germany for 8 months before it was put to rest. The series of events started on September 20, 1591 after the suicide of a shoemaker. The man slit his throat with a knife for no known reason and shocked his well to do family, especially his wife, whom had just given birth. Suicides back then were a disgrace upon the whole family and was to be best kept a secret. They told the town that he died from a stroke while avoiding visitations. They hired an old woman to wash the corpse and cover up the wound on his neck. The slash was very well hidden and finally allowed the priest to visit, he didn’t suspect a thing. Three days later, he was given a proper funeral and burial.

The Secret Gets Out

Somehow the secret about the suicide leaked out of the house. Suspected to have came from her sisters or the old woman. The family, in denial, made up lies about the cut that everyone talked about. “He fell on a rock before his stroke”, they would say. Eventually the rumors were so intense that they made it all the way to the city council. The widow was scared that they would take action and move the man’s body to unhallowed ground, or worse, accuse him being a sorcerer.

The Attacks Begin

While this is going on, apparitions of the shoemaker were seen day and night terrifying people. He would even sexually assault people, cause nightmares, and make awful noises while lurking about. The harassment became worse and eventually it became so bad that his family went to the court and told the judge that the man was not resting in peace, but being abused. The spirit would appear every twilight and was often seen in different people’s bedrooms.

It was stated that he would bother people that were tired from work and were ready for bed. He would lay down in bed next to people and start to smother and squeeze them. The squeezing was so hard that it would leave visible marks on the victims. The townspeople would crowd together at night often meeting in large rooms filled with candle light. This didn’t stop the ghost from entering, often being seen by all, and harassing a few of the townspeople.

Finally after eight months of the ghost terrorizing everyone in the city, the council finally ordered to dig up the body and end this. When they opened the coffin on April 18, 1592 there was no sign of decay or damage to the corpse. He was quite plump and didn’t smell like death, except his clothes smelled a little grotesque. He was not stiff and skin was peeled away on his feet, with other skin growing which was much stronger.

The wound on his neck was still there, it was wide open and red. The corpse was under constant watch, and it was aired out during the day and stored in a house with guards by night. The townspeople would come by in the morning to take a glimpse of the man just out of curiosity. This however did not stop the vampire attacks. Because of this, they decided it was time to bury the corpse under gallows, but this only made the attacks worsen. The corpse was getting thicker everyday. Finally the widow told the truth about how her husband committed suicide and let the council take over his dead body.

The Vampires Demise

The council dug him up again on May 7th, and observed body. Still no sign of decomposition since the last time in April, so they cut off his head, arms, and legs. They opened his back, and took out his heart. They took all these parts plus the body and burnt them on a pile of wood into ashes, which were collected in a bag and poured into the river. The vampire stopped harassing the town.

The Widow Rises
The widow died shortly after he was burned, and she too began to assault victims at night. She appeared as a cat, a hen, and a goat. She once laid on a woman so heavily that the woman’s eyes began to swell up. After she was dug up and burnt her attacks ended abruptly as well.

The Conventry Street Vampire, thought to be a spirit of a previously deceased vampire.
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The Coventry Street Vampire was a vampire case that took place in London in April 1922. The vampire was thought to have been a spirit from another vampire who drank the blood from a woman and killed her back in 1890. Several people witnessed a tall black creature with wings (similar to Mothman) flying around a church.They say that it went into the church cemeteries and ran around the graves. Two policemen chased it and it let out an awful scream and flew away.

The Encounters

The first attack happened at 6 A.M. on April 16th, when a man went walking down Coventry Street claimed that an invisible force attacked him. He felt as though someone had bitten his neck and sucked his blood out, and felt a bit dizzy. He woke up in a hospital where the doctors told him he had been stabbed with some type of thin tube. Later that evening two other victims were brought to the same hospital and suffered the same wounds and had the same experience. There was a rumor that the police hired a vampire hunter, where he chased the being and stabbed him in the heart with a stake. Soon after the attacks stopped.

The dodo often takes the shape of a snake.
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The dodo, from West African lore, is known as a spirit of a dead man that attacks and preys upon the living. The dodo lives in the forests where they wait to attack humans. They can shape-shift into any animal, but mostly takes the shape of a snake for a sharper sense of smell. They also appear as a giant covered in hair. One can escape the dodo by crossing some sort of running water, even a small creek. The dodo will be repelled, unable to follow.

The Afrit, from Arabian lore, is a vampiric spirit.

An Afrit is from Arabian lore and is a vampire-like spirit from a man that has been murdered. He seeks revenge from the person who murdered him and will mysteriously rise up like smoke from the victim’s blood. This vampire, along with others, especially those from Europe, can be stopped by driving a nail into the ground containing the blood stains.

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Similar to: Phantasm, Ball of Light

Have you ever seen a ball of light fly by? Maybe you just out of the corner of the eye and you shrug it off, but many legends from around the world explain the flying globes in a multitude of different ways.

A green wisp, often appearing in the night as bright lights.

Will’o'wisps are often described as appearing over bogs or other bodies of water. Seen at night, they may appear as either bright or fading light in the distance. If you attempt to approach them they seem to flee, either subtly or at high speed. Old folklore describes the will’o'wisp as a mischievous spirit that attempts to lure travelers astray. Because many ancient people used the stars to navigate, this could be seen as a significant threat.

Aliases: Ghost matter

Slimer from Ghostbusters, said to be made from ectoplasm.

Most ghosts have been described as metaphysical, having no connection with the real world. They can make a breeze or other metaphysical activities, yet they have no real affect on the world. But other spirits can incarnate themselves into to the physical world, or leave waste from their presence. It is often very gooey, not unlike rubber cement. Its color can vary, but it is most often green or yellow. It has been found in several places mysteriously, from barns to houses and to wooded areas.