![]() People believed the plastic pocong appeared because the murdered woman's soul wished to be freed from her plastic cover. So much blood was pouring out that the hospital staffs were compelled to wrap the corpse in plastic in addition to the traditional shroud, before burying her remains in an undisclosed location. When an autopsy was performed on the murdered woman's body, blood kept flowing endlessly from her body even after it was sewn shut. The plastic pocong's origin is traced to the purportedly true story of a pregnant woman who was murdered in cold blood by her boyfriend. One of such creatures is known as the plastic pocong that haunts the city of Jakarta. In some parts of Indonesia there are pocong variants that are unique to the places from which they emerged. However, banana trees seem to be their preferred spot, it is not uncommon for someone to find a small colony of pocongs happily gathering near or around banana trees. They are found practically anywhere, from their final resting places to their former homes. They have also been observed to teleport almost instantly from one place to another. It is rare for pocongs to work in pairs or in groups to harass humans.Īs pocongs are not bound to the physical world like humans are, they can move freely through solid objects. ![]() Despite this, judging from anecdotal records, most sightings of pocong indicate a "lone wolf" style attack, meaning they tend to act independently. Pocongs may form colonies, which could number from a few dozens to a few thousands ghosts for each colony. Still, in the main, their behaviors are mostly unpredictable, and people are encouraged not think of them as allies, but rather as supernatural dangers to be treated with caution. At the same time, others may not be so docile, actively taking pleasure in frightening people with their grotesque looks. Some pocongs may show themselves in front of people to relay messages or ask for prayers with no intention to cause harm whatsoever. ![]() Since not all pocongs are the same, it is difficult to pinpoint a specific trait of all pocongs. This is the distinction that people tend to look out for when they encounter a 'pocong' in the wild. They are said to move around by floating above the ground. This is often how fake Pocong are distinguished from real ones in Indonesian fiction: if the creature is hopping around, it is not a real ghost, but a living person disguised as one. Pocong also hop like rabbits due to the tie under their feet rendering the ghosts unable to walk. Multiple sources mentioned a pocong with dark face and glowing red eyes, a decayed pocong with white featureless eye, and a flat-faced pocong with empty eye sockets. Typically, a 'fresh' pocong is described as having a pale face and wide open eyes. The pocong of a person who has been dead for years would be more skeletal in appearance, whereas the pocong of a recently deceased person would retain a fair resemblance to his or her former self, save for some minor decomposition. Pocongs come in all shapes and sizes, depending on not only the physical appearance of the deceased at the time of death, but also on the state of the corpse's decomposition as well. Because of how traditional Indonesian burial shrouds look, Pocong have earned the nickname ‘candy ghosts’ in the west. Once the ties are released, the soul will leave the Earth permanently. If the ties over the shroud are not released after 40 days, the body is said to jump out from the grave to warn people that the soul needs to be released. Īccording to traditional beliefs, the soul of a dead person will stay on the Earth for 40 days after the death. The dead body is covered in white fabric tied over the head, under the feet, and on the neck. Known in Indonesian as kain kafan, the shroud is the prescribed length of cloth used in Muslim burials to wrap the body of the dead person. Pocong (from Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦕꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: pocong, lit.'wrapped-in-shroud') is a Javanese ghost that is said to be the soul of a dead person trapped in their shroud. Nationwide Indonesia and countries with significant Javanese diaspora
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