Sunday, February 15, 2009

Old Man

You know, I am a horror story buff. I love listening to or watching a good scare-fare. I am also a skeptic, I don't just buy any sundry ghost story if the source is not credible enough in my books. I have experienced a few myself, but I never actually came face to face with one. Until last night that is.

We were out at this small mamak nearby Ampang Point, doing the usual Saturday night routine of bantering and joking about. It was around 4am when we finally left.

I came alone, so I drove back alone too naturally. I live very nearby, about 5 minutes drive to get home or 15 minutes walk away (yes, I can walk there!). At 4am, you can expect very little traffic and that is the case. My neighbourhood was even more deserted with not a moving car in sight.

So I came to this T junction just behind my condo, and slowed down to turn right. I noticed someone is at the junction and is slowly crossing the road. Gile ape pagi-pagi buta berjalan-jalan, I thought. So I slowed further to let him cross first since he's in my way.

As he came nearer I thought why is he wearing a mask? So I looked harder at him and then I noticed more details that made me regret looking. He's either eyeless or closed his eyes completely, and his skin was a pasty grey shade (you know, like cadavers), and his face was of a very hideous old man.

My heart skipped a beat and I stepped on the pedal. I checked in my rearview mirror to see if he, you know, followed me back. Thank God he didn't. The hairs behind my neck stood up on end, and I kept thinking of the face. So last night I slept with a small light on.

I'm not asking you to believe me, I'm just telling you what happened last night. Like I said, I'm a skeptic and I always think of a good explanation for these things. Last night I had none. I wouldn't have been so freaked out if not for the skin tone. It's freakin' grey, not just some pale sickly human skin tone.

Oh if you're up for clichés, he was wearing all white too.

14 comments:

Perky said...

Eeeh! Giler seram! Luckily he didn't hitch a ride with you...

Anonymous said...

oh man...tknk dah ar pegi tdo umah kt ampang tuh..huhuhu...

Anonymous said...

If you love the scare fare, datang la rumah aku. kol 3 ade bunyi ngilai. Hahaha.

Could it be mase kau kene tu, kau tak pakai spec?

Feather's Mother said...

Sanggup pandang belakang to check tu, tak tahan!

It would have been scarier if it happened on last Friday night, kan? Friday the 13th. Laaaaagi cliche, he hee..

Let us know if you are experiencing demam right now.

The Banker said...

perky: yeah man, that's y i checked!

pija: hehe, nasib la kalau ade lg

nh: bro, aku astig je lebih rabun x sgt..plus i was wearing the specs, drive mlm kalau x pakai mmg aku buta..he passed by driver's side, mmg aku nampak clear beb

ninie: surprisingly i'm doing ok, just a little spooked out je lah

Anonymous said...

bakpo tok nepik, haatttuuuuuuuu.....
baru jadi mace crito melayu sket ;p

oh by the way, i maybe balik next month, if nok baju hard rock tuh lemme know. and size as well. L ko XL? hehehhe...

Anonymous said...

F********** MAN! I'm not gonna drive out your house kalau lambat. Tido situ je jawab nye.

cacah said...

macam dekat2 rumah my uncle kat ampang tu jer. huhu. time lak memang time balik dari lepak tu.

hoho. menakutkan.

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thehappybunny said...

you have to tell me where this is cos we're always at the amp. pt area!!

The Banker said...

kue: hrc cardiff? of course!

nh: mat salleh invented 12 midnite as the witching hour. hantu setan banyak around 3am actually, when it is darkest. read that somewhere, too bad ct quote from where since x ingat dah

cacah: itu lah die, mmg lupe keseronokan melepak bersama kawan2, hehe

thehappybunny: dt think u'll be coming around my area nearby though it may be, besides korean stores, there's only houses here. familiar with ampang utama? there you go ;)

Anonymous said...

i'm really curious now..die pakai baju putih tu bju ape?bju melayuke?baju mcm tok imamke?kain putih je balut2je?die pakai selipar tak?err..ade kaki tak??...

Anonymous said...

huhu..kalo aku,confirm dah pengsan kat situ..

The Banker said...

pja: didn't register the details of the clothing sbb dok tgk muka dia, which unfortunately still teringat2 sampai now =D

callister: hrmm, maybe sbb die x kacau kot aku ok je. die just lalu, so die xde la buat pape kat aku. nasib baik gak la kan, haha