Thief

Toyol? As far as I remembered Toyol was the most unscarred ghost in my dictionary as a kid as it was also resembled one except green and bald.

Furthermore, it didn't scare us like normal ghosts except steal money and fortunes.

It reminded me of Casper.

Anyway, the tale of toyol played a trick to a grandmother into parting with RM700,000 worth of inherited jewelery at her house in Bangsar.

Through the news reported in the newspaper, it was quite disbelieving that a granny would fall prey easily from a caller who relayed the story of toyol.

May be she was under somesort of spell or black magic that made her took the instructions to gather all her jeweleries in white cloth and leave it at one corner with certain leaf as to expel toyol.

Almost similar incident happened a couple of months ago to my aging neighbour in kampung while she was alone at her home.

Two men on a motorcycle dropped by her house under the pretext to ask for directions.

Within a split second, one man cut her necklace and both men fled away. The old lady was left in despair.

Sometimes, we have to be like Dana Scully, 'trust no one' and stay cautious all the time especially when we alone.