That day it rained very heavily, I sat in front of the window looking at the coconut trees swaying because of the wind and the rain. From a distance i can see two fallen coconuts.
"Thump... Thump..."
"Mom see, there are two coconuts that fell" I said cheerfully.
Yes, all this time we really like to look for fallen coconuts in the garden. Mr. Min, the owner of the rented house as well as the owner of the garden, allows anyone to pick up fallen coconuts, as long as you don't climb and pick them. Not bad right? haha.
"Wow... All right, later when it's a bit calmer we'll take it," replied mother, also feeling happy.
I nodded and still didn't move from my seat. Staring at the window, also praying for the rain to stop soon. I feel very bored, because of this rain I can't play outside with my friends.
Finally about 20 minutes passed, the rain began to subside although it was still drizzling lightly. I was very excited to immediately pick up the coconut that fell earlier.
"Mom, the rain has stopped, let's get the coconuts now, if not... people will go ahead"
"Yes. But we still need to use an umbrella! I'll get the umbrella first."
After that mother and I walked to the garden, looking for fallen coconuts that I saw during the rain earlier. It wasn't long before we got one coconut, but that one has disappeared somewhere, we've been looking for it until it's spinning in all directions, the coconut still can't be found either.
At that time we could only get one coconut, but we were already very happy. At that time my mother was washing her hands and feet in the rain puddles, while I was interested in a view of the bushes to the left of where we were standing.
"Nimas, let's go home" mother asked, but I still didn't budge. "What else did you see? Let's go home!" mother said while pulling my hand, mother did not want me to act strange again.
"Mother, have a look at that." I said then while pointing towards the bush.
"Ignore it already, we better go home now" mom pulled me even more, but the stronger I held her back.
"Wait mom, I want to show you something. Take a look at that" I said while pointing.
I was silent observing the bushes, I was a bit surprised too, as long as I was playing in this area, it felt like it was the first time I saw thickets that tall, what was even more strange, the bushes formed like a tunnel made of tree roots and tall shrubs, probably about a meter high from the ground.
It turned out that mother could also see the strange passage, she was also stunned to see it, we were silent, observing occasionally throwing glances at each other. Mother also looks surprised. My eyes were still focused on staring at the mouth of the passage made of bushes and roots, until I finally saw something.
"Mom... that" I said a little squeaky
"What is it?" Mother asked then bent down to match her gaze with my gaze in the direction I was pointing.
"Look at that mom, it's huge isn't it?"
"What's so big? The hole?" mom doesn't understand.
"No, Mom, but that.... Don't you see there's a huge snake there?"
"Huh? Snake???" mom panicked. She tried to look around for the big snake I saw, but still all he saw were the bushes and the mysterious passages.
"Okay, let's go home!" Mother immediately grabbed my hand to quickly get away from the garden, she knew that things were starting to go wrong. When I got home, my mother immediately bathed me and changed into warmer clothes.
"Tell me, what did you see in the garden earlier?" asked mother while combing my hair.
"There is a very big snake, mom, the color is black and there are gold markings on each scale. The snake is crawling into the tunnel earlier."
"H... How big is it?" Mother was already afraid, but also curious.
"It's as big as a coconut tree Mom, how come you haven't seen a snake that big?"
"Nimas... Maybe what you saw earlier was indeed a coconut tree trunk. You must have seen it wrong," said the mother to make sure again.
"No, mom. I saw it right. It wasn't a coconut tree. It was a big snake. Mom How is it possible for a coconut tree to have scales and move into the hallway?" I said turning to look at my mother with confidence. I explained what I saw earlier in great detail while mother immediately stared at me too.
"Nimas. You heard mom... From now on you can't go to the garden anymore and don't ever cross the river or go near the thicket. Do you understand?"
"Understood" I answered briefly.
I'm a child who can't stay still and is always curious, but seeing a snake that big, to be honest, I'm also a bit scared. Moreover, mother will definitely be stricter on me, even if it becomes unpleasant, but you do it for my safety.
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We have lived several months, we try to survive there. Actually, I'm in a hurry, even though sometimes mysterious snoring is still often heard, even the sound of a woman crying in the middle of the night which changes to shrill laughter is also often heard, but it seems that the mother is getting used to it and is able to control her fear.
In fact, it's not only mothers who hear, neighbors and people also often hear the same sound. The people mention different ghost names, some call it kuntilanak, some call it Sundel Bolong.
But between these two creatures it is clear that they are of a different type even though they are both women, Sundel Bolong they usually have their own characteristics. When sundel bolong is present around us, it will smell a pungent fragrance and then a rotten smell which is also very pungent, so that it can make anyone nauseous if you smell it. Sundel bolong also has a rotting hole on its back. That's what makes her have a really bad smell. If it's a kuntilanak ghost, I've explained before.