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Villagers hunt for 'oily man'

By T.K. Randall
January 4, 2012 · Comment icon 45 comments

Image Credit: Ab Rahman
Malaysian villagers prowl the streets at night in search of the 'oily man' who is terrorizing them.
According to legend, the orang minyak (oily man) is a male who studies black magic and must rape a certain number of anak dara (virgins) to complete the rite of passage. Most of the households in the Malayan village of Kampung Laksamana have at least one teenage daughter prompting concerns for their safety. When sighted, the orang minyak is said to wear only underwear and be covered completely in oil. He can also jump from rooftop to rooftop with ease and vanish into thin air.
While most people would be in deep slumber at 2am, residents of Kampung Laksamana in Gombak were wide awake, roaming up and down Jalan Laksamana 1 in Gombak, Selangor.


Source: Asia One | Comments (45)




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Comment icon #36 Posted by Rlyeh 12 years ago
If they paid me a fee...I'd go there and hunt it down and get rid of the thing.Supernatural or not...like to see it outrun my 12 Gauge shotgun.Don't care if it's human or not..BOOM..BOOM..BOOM!! Problem solved! Village happy! No more oily man or men!! Would the fee be enough to get you out of prison?
Comment icon #37 Posted by psyche101 12 years ago
Would the fee be enough to get you out of prison? Nah, there wont be prison unless an accident occurs, I am pretty sure anyone is quite fine to shoot a figment of imagination and remain within the realms of the law.
Comment icon #38 Posted by Rlyeh 12 years ago
Nah, there wont be prison unless an accident occurs, I am pretty sure anyone is quite fine to shoot a figment of imagination and remain within the realms of the law. The worrying part is he doesn't care if he ends up shooting a person.
Comment icon #39 Posted by Biff Wellington 12 years ago
The worrying part is he doesn't care if he ends up shooting a person. People shouldn't be standing in front of a gun like that.
Comment icon #40 Posted by Spectre1979 12 years ago
People shouldn't be standing in front of a gun like that. Nor should some be using a gun like that... or any gun!
Comment icon #41 Posted by Biff Wellington 12 years ago
Nor should some be using a gun like that... or any gun! What if it's a water pistol filled with liquor?
Comment icon #42 Posted by Erowin 12 years ago
Oh, the dirty jokes I could make. But I wont. Wouldn't it be annoying to be covered in oil all the time? Unless its like magic Malaysian oil or something.
Comment icon #43 Posted by orangepeaceful79 12 years ago
Oh, the dirty jokes I could make. But I wont. Wouldn't it be annoying to be covered in oil all the time? Unless its like magic Malaysian oil or something. Magic Malaysian oil? So many things I have no idea about.
Comment icon #44 Posted by Biff Wellington 12 years ago
Magic Malaysian oil? So many things I have no idea about. You don't know about Magic Malaysian oil?! Where have you been for the last stint of existence, not existing?
Comment icon #45 Posted by quasar_kid 12 years ago
Josh Gates, where are you?!


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