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The Ghoulish Trail
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Fort canning Park
Kampong Java Park
Bukit Brown
Cemetery (Kopi Hill)
Mt Pleasant
Cemetery
Devil's Bend
Old Changi Hospital
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Introduction
Mt Pleasant Cemetery and Bukit Brown Cemetery used to be one whole
big cemetery years ago. They both have the same history.
Their split is due to the construction of PIE expressway near
Lorine Road. Both cemeteries do share a lot of similarities
but Mt Pleasant Cemetery has become more eerie than all the
others. It is distinguished by its unique wilderness and
untouched nature of jungle plantation. Giant trees of 6
storey high can be seen when you walk a little deep in.
While Kopi Hill still have visitors cleaning and paying respect at
the tombs, the graves at Mt Pleasant Cemetery were almost left
untouched (or abandoned, more blunt speaking).
The first photo below shows the entrance to the cemetery.
Note that there is no monument, sign board, landmark etc
indicating that it is a cemetery. Many drivers may just pass
by without noticing that is a cemetery! It only has a metal
chain that stops vehicle from entering. Soon after the
chain, you can see a massive graveyard on the left.
Surprisingly, the graves are not facing the track (see the second
photo). You will see that some of them are even cracked due
to old ages. The third and fourth photos show the views of
the tombs in daytime about 30 meters down the track. But at
night, you can hardly see them. Why? The environment
is even darker that of Kopi Hill because of the intense jungle of
tall trees. They cover you in total darkness from moon light
and star lights. Should you stop walking along the track and
stand for only a little while, soon the giant ants will stealthily
climb up to your legs under your pants. And, Yes, they bite!
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The first grave yard is
showing its back to us, while the other tombs are scattering around
under tall trees |
Tombs made of bricks
Pay a little more attention to the structures of the tombstones,
soon you will discover that they are although of similar style to
those in Kopi Hill, they are mostly made of bricks. In
general, they are smaller in size and have less decorations.
The one on the right is considered one of the grandest in Mt
Pleasant Cemetery.
Most of the tombs are
made of bricks
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Pontianak that kills!
What makes Mt Pleasant Cemetery so famous perhaps is not the dead
resting under the graves, but sightings of Pontianak or her
spine-chilling laugh as she flew over the trees at night.
According to Malay legend, Pontianaik is a very evil and
revengeful female spirit usually resulted from women who died when
she was giving birth. They live on tall angsana
trees, and they move extremely fast. Sometimes Pontianak
would reveal herself as a sexy young woman in front of men.
She tries to seduce and attract men to walk near her. After
walking close enough, she will transform herself into a big black
flying creature with an old, ugly witch face (long, hooked nose,
long teeth, red eyes and long, matted hair). Then she will
slice open the man's belly, let drop out of his intestines, and
pull out his penis using her sharp nails.
Huge trees in Mt Pleasant
and the eerie ambience cultivate the ideal habitat for Pontianak
Trees that are as tall as
a building (1st photo)
The huge Banyan tree at the back is out of reach (2nd photo)
Are Pontianak evil spirits or perhaps monkeys? (3rd photo)
Indeed, cases of Pontianak attacks
have been reported to the police in the past. But they got
classified only as brutal murders. Nobody has caught a
Pontianak dead or alive to prove its existence. Some even
want to believe that were merely gangster fights or criminal
slaughters done by human. From skeptic's view, some suspect
the so-called sightings of Pontianak are just sightings of monkeys
because there are many monkeys in Mt Pleasant area. Anyway,
it is too frightening to believe that Pontianaks do exist.
At the very deep end of Mt Pleasant Cemetery is a police academy.
Certain areas deep in the jungle along Onraet Road have been
sealed off for police shooting practice! God knows if this
is a government conspiracy to protect citizens from Pontianak, or
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 Answering
Mysteries |
1. Did Pontianak ever exist in
Singapore?
2. Why were the first row of tombs facing opposite the track?
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