Just drove down from Janda Baik on my usual trip up there which I make once sometimes twice a week. Apparently a sister's friend who is 'gifted' saw a pontianak there once. I've spent days alone up there, at the same general area until 2-3am and never seen anything. Not that I sit out there waiting for ghosts to pass by but I do a lot of work out on the verandah facing the river and its nice and cold to sit outside.
But to be honest, I don't believe in ghosts and never have. My Dad doesn't and even my nephews and nieces were raised not knowing about ghosts. There was never any "Jangan pergi situ, takut nanti hantu xxx culik!" and that makes a lot of difference. If you told my sister's youngest son now 11, that there's a ghost upstairs, he'll be all blank like "WTF is a ghost". The concept was never introduced.
Since we're all of various faiths, I guess how we look at things are different. I believe there are angels, I believe that satan exists and I believe that there are makhluk halus in the form of jinn. This is what I as a Muslim believe and every Muslim must share the same beliefs. But ghosts etc I don't believe in - all this hantu tetek, etc. I don't believe in places being haunted simply because someone died there or committed suicide because the deceased has moved onto the afterlife and his or her business in this world has ceased to exist. This is covered in the Hadith or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.
The only explanation for places being haunted is that there is a larger concentration of makhluk halus or jinn. They prefer specific places to live in and because they live in a parallel universe, they are unseen but yet are around us all the time. The fact that they can see us naked while we can't see them is already unfair LOL. But in all seriousness, there are definitely more jinn than humans and we share the same space - sometimes we do things to piss them off hence the disturbances. But like humans there are good jinn and there are bad ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are those which fear Allah and those who do not. Some live for hundreds even thousands of years while some not that long. Either way, they too also live and die and will have to answer on Judgement Day for their actions.
That's what I believe as a Muslim and I'm sure many members here are Muslims too. For those belonging to other faiths, what does your religion say specifically about ghosts?
BTW, this post is meant to steer discussion to why on average most people are fascinated by ghosts. I like reading this thread because its entertaining. I also don't know why I find it interesting but that's the impact of society. Just look at the number of ghost movies released each year.
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