Posted on 12 Aug, 2008 12:03
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STOMPer Kenny, founder of Singapore Paranormal Investigators, has shared information about ghosts of the victims of the Japanese Occupation during World War II roaming Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
According to believers, there are three caves in the nature reserve which were used as torture chambers by Japanese soldiers and howls from the ghosts of the victims and their apparitions can be heard and seen today near the caves.
The rumour also says that there is a mass burial grave near the caves, belonging to the torture victims and their cries can be heard today, especially fierce during the Lunar Seventh Month.
Another related rumour is that the Bukit Timah Quarry is also haunted, as the water from the quarry is still collected from the hill.
It was a popular swimming spot, until several drowning cases, which caused the quarry to be closed to the public lately.
It is said that the deaths were caused by water ghosts pulling the victims, as they were looking for substitutes to help them reincarnate.
However, the SPI has laid out several explanations to the rumours.
Is said that the drowning in the quarry might be due to the bottom of the quarry being uneven and filled with many pits.
It's muddy sea bed also acts like a big suction on the swimmer's feet.
As for the caves, there is no record to show that they were used torture chambers and that their small sizes do not make them ideal places for torture.
The SPI was also informed that the caves were actually used for storing supplies and ammunitions by the Japanese Army.
Another interesting possibility for the use of the caves was for hiding treasures, as claimed by John Kwok, a postgraduate student from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
The SPI, however, found a Chinese tomb near the caves, even though there is no record that the nature reserve was ever used as a cemetery.
A Japanese WWII veteran, however, told the SPI that the near the caves where Japanese treasures were supposedly hidden, would be a 'stone marker with red words', used to find the caves.
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=530 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Howling ghosts of WWII victims at Bukit Timah caves: True?
STOMPer Kenny, founder of Singapore Paranormal Investigators, has shared information about ghosts of the victims of the Japanese Occupation during World War II roaming Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
According to believers, there are three caves in the nature reserve which were used as torture chambers by Japanese soldiers and howls from the ghosts of the victims and their apparitions can be heard and seen today near the caves.
The rumour also says that there is a mass burial grave near the caves, belonging to the torture victims and their cries can be heard today, especially fierce during the Lunar Seventh Month.
Another related rumour is that the Bukit Timah Quarry is also haunted, as the water from the quarry is still collected from the hill.
It was a popular swimming spot, until several drowning cases, which caused the quarry to be closed to the public lately.
It is said that the deaths were caused by water ghosts pulling the victims, as they were looking for substitutes to help them reincarnate.
However, the SPI has laid out several explanations to the rumours.
Is said that the drowning in the quarry might be due to the bottom of the quarry being uneven and filled with many pits.
It's muddy sea bed also acts like a big suction on the swimmer's feet.
As for the caves, there is no record to show that they were used torture chambers and that their small sizes do not make them ideal places for torture.
The SPI was also informed that the caves were actually used for storing supplies and ammunitions by the Japanese Army.
Another interesting possibility for the use of the caves was for hiding treasures, as claimed by John Kwok, a postgraduate student from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
The SPI, however, found a Chinese tomb near the caves, even though there is no record that the nature reserve was ever used as a cemetery.
A Japanese WWII veteran, however, told the SPI that the near the caves where Japanese treasures were supposedly hidden, would be a 'stone marker with red words', used to find the caves.
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