Sketches of Life|Life Lived in Simplicity

Here’s another eerie story for the Malaccan’s.

If you drive on the new Merlimau highway during the night, you might/might not come across a sate stall beside the highway. The stall is well lighted and the tables are covered with yellow tablecloth.

Recently my uncle’s friends were driving on the highway around midnight; they spotted the sate stall and decided to have their supper there. They are not the only one there, there are other customers too. While they were eating, a friend who was not with them called and knowing that they are enjoying their sate supper, he requested them to pack some for him. The sate was wrapped with betel nut palm leaf. This kind packing is very common in the olden day but not now.

Once they are done eating, paid for it, they drove home and gave the sate to their friend. Everyone was shocked to see what’s inside the betel nut palm leaf. Instead of sate, it was filled with WORMS! They suspected something spooky about this. Only the Bunian (Spirits/Elves) will do such thing.

So the next day, they drove back to the same spot and found no sign of stall at all. Not even the sate stick that they dropped on the ground. Then all of them started to puke with the thought of eating sate worm the night before. I wonder what is their Teh Tarik made of.

I told me colleague who stayed in Merlimau and uses that highway to come to work everyday about it. He confirms it saying that a few people kena already! That whole stretch of road, memang no food stall. My hair is standing up now!!!