Gem Mystery

Gem Mystery

Weird toe-gem mystery...
KUALA LUMPUR Jan 25 (Reuters Life!) - Malaysia has launched its greatest tourism drive since independence underneath its famous slogan "Malaysia: Truly Asia," but it could as nicely learn "truly bizarre."
Current guests to the Southeast Asian nation have learn serious newspaper articles about miracle healers and a mysterious big ape in the country's southern jungles. Now, there's a woman who apparently secretes gem-stones out of her large toes.
The wondrous toes of 23-year-outdated Siti Suhana Saadon, a rubber-tapper's daughter, have change into a media sensation, drawing critical commentary from well being officers and medical experts.
Welfare authorities have even provided to pay for tests to be carried out on the poor villager and her assortment of clear round stones, the New Straits Times mentioned on Thursday.
"I want to see her. Her situation could be very uncommon," the mainstream day by day quoted a senior academic as saying.
Malaysians are willing to droop disbelief when dealing with the supernatural, if latest newspaper coverage is any information.
Last year, conservationist Vincent Chow captured headlines at residence and abroad by saying he had found evidence of a "Bigfoot" wandering the jungles of Johor state, leaving footprints the scale of dinner plates and impressive piles of scatological proof.
"Malaysians may be in for the largest scientific discovery in human history if the idea of the biodiversity skilled Vincent Chow on the origin of the creature known as 'massive-foot' is proven true," state information agency Bernama declared last June.
VAMPIRES AND CUSSED REPTILES
For vacationers who like the bizarre and unexplained, Malaysia also affords a crocodile-whisperer and until lately a particular exhibit of ghoulish human-trying remains, often known as 'jenglot', that are vampires in accordance with Malay folklore.
Standing as much as a meter (3 ft) tall, 'jenglot' appear to have charred pores and skin, lengthy black hair and sharp fangs. They're utilized in villages as a spiritual guard canine to scare off trespassers.
Final 12 months's exhibit drew large crowds to a small museum exterior Kuala Lumpur, together with a neighborhood paranormal investigation group, Seekers, which reportedly put a few of the figures in a room below 24-hour camera surveillance to catch any of them transferring about.
Seekers has but to announce a breakthrough.
It is usually too late to see Malaysia's "Snake King," Ali Khan Samsuddin, who spent 25 years mesmerizing scorpions and snakes during live performances. He died last month after being bitten by a king cobra that failed to fall beneath his spell.
However famed crocodile whisperer Cheek Inu, aged in his 70s, remains to be communicating with the fearsome reptiles, in the frontier state of Sarawak, on Borneo island, although some refuse to pay attention.
"His prowess is not a fantasy as he has proven his ability in various past incidents," the New Straits Times said in September after Cheek Inu was referred to as in to assist seize a crocodile that had eaten a 12-12 months-previous boy swimming in the Sarawak River.
Seven years in the past, Cheek Inu was credited with coaxing a 5.5 meter (18 ft) crocodile to come out of hiding, crawl up a river financial institution, flip over and die. Unfortunately, the 12-yr-previous boy's killer proved to be way more stubborn and remained at large.
(Further reporting by Niluksi Koswanage)
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