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Pontianak Tree Search
(Source: incident reported by Abductboy’s colleague, K)
K’s brother was fishing at the old commando jetty at Changi Beach
with a friend one night. That night, while their fishing rods had
been set and they were sitting quietly waiting, they felt some
stones being thrown at them. The two of them turned around and
seeing no one else around, they asked each other: “Was it you?”
No, they were not playing jokes on each other. Then K’s brother
walked near a tree to investigate. He thought he saw a figure
sitting on a branch. His friend sat where he was. Suddenly he
heard a scream, possibly from K’s brother’s direction. He turned
around. It was not known exactly what he saw but he fainted
nonetheless.
The two avid anglers fainted that night. They were warded into
hospital the next morning when a passer-by saw them lying
unconscious on the ground.
When it was reported to SPI we were speculating some tree spirit
or may be Pontianak were residing in some of those trees at Changi
Beach near the old commando jetty. Be it rumor or true, SPI
decided to do a carpet search around that area which is quite
untouched. Nevertheless the story of K was told recently and
the incident happened some years back. It would be quite a
challenge to find something as the other stretch of Changi Beach
has been under development in the past years. Under our
investigation, it is surprised that there exist quite an untouched
part of the water skirt. And now URA is trying to convert
that ulu terrain into a new recreation spot in Changi. Many
existing chalets are packed around that area. More new
chalets will be built to meet the increasing demand too.
Haunted Changi chalet (1)
(Source: Kah Khin, Monday, September 30, 2002 12:42 AM)
Let me tell you my account which happened several yrs back in
1992. Together with my relatives, we stayed at one of the chalets
at Nethavaron Rd (near OCH) during a school vacation. I was
serving NS then.
The first nite was as usual, BBQ and then chit chat till late at
nite. When everyone went to sleep, I didn't as I was playing Sega
game then. That was a mistake....
At about 3am, I heard a sound from the kitchen which was not in my
sight. It was the sound of someone opening one of the drawers. I
could distinctly hear the forks and spoons clanging against each
other when the drawer closed again. At first, I didn't think much.
It was after the sound of the opening and closing of the drawer
got louder and more frequent that I realised that something is not
right. I dashed into the bedroom and slept. I didn't dare to check
it out.
The next morning, when we sat down for breakfast, I was shocked to
hear my relatives saying that they could sense people in the room.
For e.g., my uncle in one of the rooms, heard the cupboard door
being open and close many times. My aunty and cousins (in another
room) also heard their cupboard doors opening and closing. They
all said that they could feel air movements as if, there were
people walking in the room!
We discussed and nobody stayed on after that. We left the chalet.
The elders believed that the spirits from OCH could have occupied
the chalet when it was not taken. And when people came, 'they'
probably wanted us to leave. Well, 'they' succeeded.....
Haunted Changi chalet (2)
(Source: Hotel PR manager, female, 31, True Singapore Ghost
Stories)
Three of my girlfriends and I booked into a chalet in Changi—this
was many years ago and those chalets, the old bungalow types, are
not there anymore— and that was when we had the fright of our
lives. We aren't superstitious people and since that incident we
have tried to explain away what happened, but that night you
couldn't blame four teenage girls for being scared to be alone in
a chalet in lonely Changi with hardly anyone else around. I
remember that we asked the keeper if the place was haunted,
because it looked so creepy from the outside. He never made any
reply, making it all the more creepier. It made us a bit more
sorry that we hadn't invited any boys along to stay with us—this
was supposed to be a sort of pyjama party. Anyway, we managed to
settle in after a while—no barbecue, we had decided that by
consensus—and we were starting to get chatty and beginning to make
some noise when one of the girls said she heard the front doorbell
ring. From where we were in the living room we could see the porch
outside. There was no one there so we thought she must have been
mistaken. She too said, yes, we were right, she must have imagined
it. We were chatting away again, chewing the cud, rather loudly I
might add, when she said, "There it goes again." This time we were
all quiet and looking hard at the porch from where we were. There
certainly was no one there. We could see the porch clearly Mom
where we were. If there were anybody out there ringing the
doorbell, we should have been able to see the person for sure. So
what could she have heard? Then all of us heard it. Loud and
clear. It was the doorbell. One of the girls screamed but we
quickly hushed her. Then we heard it again, and again and again,
each time getting louder and more insistent as if someone was
angry and demanding to be let in. We didn't know what to do.
Everybody froze. All our eyes were fixed on the empty porch where
the buzzer was. After a little more of the insistent ringing, the
bell stopped. Then we heard it. The back door was creaking open.
All of us screamed and ran out through the front door. We didn't
stop running until we reached the next chalet. We banged on the
door, thumping away without caring about anybody, afraid like
hell. The man who opened the door was in his pyjamas and he looked
a bit nervous. All of us pushed past him and stumbled into the
living room. There were four other men there, all of them also
like the one who had opened the door. They were seated around the
table and they clearly had been gambling. "Uncle, uncle," we
cried, explaining what had happened and begging to be allowed to
stay in this chalet with them for the night. They looked at each
other as if they thought we were mad, but finally one of them
said, okay, we could stay. I can tell you, that night we hardly
got any sleep. When one of the girls wanted to go to the loo, she
forced me to go along and stand guard outside. From where I was, I
could hear her singing Amazing Grace to give herself courage while
doing her business.
Haunted Changi chalet (3)
(Source: Spook's Heaven)
These houses are for rental. Mostly families wanting a break by
the sea will rent them. However, a few unlucky ones would return
home with a scare! Most people reported a feeling of being stared
at. Few unlucky ones were slapped by unknown forces while bathing.
Few had heard scary noises at night like the crying of a lady.
Witnesses say that the door of the old houses creaked while
opening and closing without stopping. Some cases even involved
possession of body by a ghost and the sighting of a ghost. The
mystery cannot be solved.
Pictorial Tour |
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1. On one hot and sweaty night SPI set off to
explore the humoredly haunted commando jetty near Changi beach
2. The water skirt that we explore is on the other side of the beach
that are not so frequently visited by the public.
We had to trek pass a yacht club and several chalets before we can get
there
3 & 4. After 15 minutes of slipping thru the chalets and clubs we
finally reach the water front
Along the yacht club there was some built up area on
which there are some weird looking trees.
1. Walked a little further we passed the yacht club;
what lay ahead is a stretch of untamed beach covered in darkness.
2. With a deep breath, we slowly walked ahead. Another weird
tree is found in the water. Would it be the rumored Pontianak
tree?
Not likely, according to the witness the tree was in the forest behind
the waterfront. And it should be near the commando jetty.
3. We have not reached the jetty yet, have we? Felt that we had to
pass this turn with is blocked by a big rock.
4. Not only there is a big rock on shore, a few feet out in the water
there is another big rock. What are the markings of the rock?
1. It was never an easy walk on this jagged shore.
Suddenly, a cold breeze swept us, a whining noise from our EMF
detector sounded..
A SPI member tripped and fell. Shortly after that his team mate
shot this photo ahead.
We felt that something had tried to prevent us from moving forward.
Fear arose on the back of everyone's neck.
(Compare this photo and the 3rd photo from the above row - the orb
roamed around the turning of the beach)
2. We realized the danger ahead. We looked left to the mainland
hoping to find a safer detour; we saw a wild forest.
3. However our bravest SPI scout KC determined to take the 1st step,
crossing over the turning point. We stood behind observing..
See if KC is still alright for a while.. just in case he got possessed
or behave strangely out of his character.
4. Later on, he yelled 'It's clear, lets move..' We then
continued trekking through this rocky turning point.
After we passed the 'rock'
we knew that the commando jetty should not be far ahead.
1. After we passed the rocky turn, the beach became
straight and smooth. Suddenly, SPI Gate paused his pace and mumbled to
himself
'Oh shit..', everybody walking behind him stopped too. We knew he
wasn't joking. Gate just stood still and kept staring straight ahead.
He tried raised his hand slowly while watching ahead, ready to signal
us to escape. Some minutes later, he relaxed down and sighed..
'Gee we are lucky..' Puzzled we were, questioned what he meant.
He tiredly replied, 'nothing, just stay close and stay away from the
left'
Sweat like water beads on his face were flowing down.
2. On our left, there were wild forests, spooky and dark..
3. After walking several yards ahead, we finally saw the jetty -
Hurray! 4. Near the shore we saw some rusted ship wreck in the
water.
1. At about where the ship wreck was, looked to
the left we saw a pile of junk - that is where Gate warned us to stay
away too;
2. We sensed very fishy here, with our camera we took pictures around
- my God, we got an unusual orb that look like a spinning bulb.
3. Not forgetting our mission we were here to check the rumored
Pontinanak tree at the commando jetty. So far we didn't see big
trees.
4. Furthermore this is almost as far as we can safely reach within the
jetty. We saw a police patrol boat cruising in the sea.
We didn't want to catch too much attention from the patrol boat by
exposing ourselves too close to the jetty.
We estimated if the witness was fishing along this area up behind the
slope the Pontinanak trees may be there. Led by KC, we climbed
up.
This is the stone case we used to climb up. Once
we were up we found ourselves in some thick forest blocking off all
the moon light
Soon we found ourselves entered into some terrain that
is under some kind of construction.
We followed the path walking deep into the forest
The forest was pitch dark. SPI members were doing
several things simultaneously:
looking for our way, taking photos, and staying away from dangers
Finally we found a pair of unique tall trees that we supposed they are
the Pontianak trees in our witness's account.
We observed the trees for about an hour - nothing strange has found
from them yet. Some suggested to climb up.
However, a member suddenly fainted on the ground. We didn't know
what happened except he said having headache and dizzy.
He seemed to have a fever and we immediately sent him home. Next
day a polyclinic doctor said that he has got a flu attack.
But looking at the last
photo that
he took before he fell sick, we got to think again.
At the end we found this sign board by URA. They
are building a proposed boardwalk for the western coastline.
We wonder if the old commando jetty will be demolished, the coast will
or will not be haunted anymore...
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