Spirit Returns After 7 Days to Wish Everyone Farewell. There is an old Chinese belief that seven days after a loved one passes away, they shall return to say their last farewell. I was 8 years old when my great grandmother passed away. My grandfather and grandmother were living in a double story semi-detached house at the time. It was a small two bedroom house, long and narrow, build just before WW2. Seven days after my great grandmother passed, my grandfather called the family together and said there was an old family tradition that he wanted us to follow, he would tell us what it was after dinner. I should probably describe my old home and a write a little bit about my great grandmother to you folks. First let me tell you a little bit about great granny, she was originally from China, at the time I thought she had exceptionally small feet, it was only later that I found out she had lotus feet, a barbaric practice that I am happy to say has died out. The reason I me...

Pretni in Malaysia Malaysia is a multicultural country, while predominantly Malay, there are large communities of Chinese and Indians living there, this makes for an interesting mix of religions, cuisine and of course, tales of the supernatural. Pretni Legs Pretni are a particularly vicious type of Indian ghosts, said to be the spirit of women unfulfilled in life, feeling unsatisfied before their passing they return as Pretni an evil and aggressive spirit that can take on the shape of either a man or a woman. While a Pretni can fool almost anyone while in their human guise, one only has to look at their feet to see their true nature; the Pretnis feet are on backwards. Tale of a Pretni Attack in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia This tale was told to me in a coffee shop in Butterworth, Penang, the gentleman who told me the tale wishes to remain anonymous, so we shall refer to him as uncle (a term of respect for elderly gentlemen in Malaysia), which i...