When people see or bumped into ghosts, there are two ways to explain the situation. One, ghosts really exist and what they saw are actually real ghosts, and two, they are hallucinating. There are people who don’t believe in ghosts, people like Agent Scully of the X-Files. Ok ok bad example. In real life though, I’ve not encountered anyone who don’t believe in the existence of ghosts, but I’m sure there are many non-believers out there. I myself, have seen ghosts on two occasions, or they could be just my hallucinations. Theres no way of telling which one it is.

I’ve also experienced a number of times when in the middle of sleeping at night, I was “awaken” by the feeling that something was pressing on my body, was unable to move, feeling helpless, desperately trying to wake up and get out of the situation that seemed to have lasted forever. Science people said that the experience is known as sleep paralysis. But how do you explain the black figure often seen when these sleep paralysis episodes happen. Hallucination?

Im sure everyone, at least in Brunei, has that one or two relatives or acquaintances who claimed that they could see ghosts, like the boy who sees ghosts in the Sixth Sense, or the main characters in the TV series the Ghost Whisperer and the Medium. But there’s one big difference here. Those fictional characters interacted and communicated with the ghosts. It doesn’t work like that, at least not according to the people who could see ghosts that I know. Yes, I know a couple of them, my brother and my nephew. From their accounts, they are just able to see the ghosts with the ghosts seemingly unaware that their “invisible cloaks” don’t work on these people with the special eyesight. No His no Byes, no communication, no interaction whatsoever. So, this means that their supposedly “special power” is not special after all, since there is no good use for it. In fact, they considered it as a curse, took their privacy away and very distracting given that they see them everywhere, in the living room, on top of the cabinet, in the toilet, outside the window, at the roadside. Some are also hideous-looking and cringeworthy to look at.

Banana Tree Lady: Along the Tutong-Muara Highway, right before the exit to Jerudong Park, there is a group of banana trees. My nephew sees this lady standing there between the bananas everytime he passes by the area.

Curious Onlookers: At a birthday party, curious onlookers could be seen but they stayed outside the gate, except for one “girl” who seemed to be enjoying the party bouncer.