Brilio.net/en - Another famous ghost in Indonesia is called Suster Ngesot. Suster means nurse and ngesot means crawling.
She known as Suster Nira in Semarang and Suster Gepeng in Surabaya.
Noone knows her real name, but here is her story:
Once upon a time a beautiful female nurse was working the night shift in an old hospital.
The night was quiet and as she walked tothe laboratory the doctor on duty sprung onher and raped her.
He then mutilated her legs so she couldnt walk and had to crawl with her hands while dragging what was left of her legs behind her.
She died that night and has haunted hospital corridors ever since.
Most people agree that the hospital was Cipto Mangunkusumo Public Hospital (RSCM) in Jakarta, becausethat was the last place Suster was allegedly seenalive. But another story claimsshe was a Dutch nurse who was gang-raped and as she fought back the injuries she got caused her feet to be amputated.
Another myth claims Suster Ngesot first appeared ata nursing home in West Java. There was a half Dutch, half Indonesian nurse named Norah who had a sixth sense that she used to kill the patientsto avenge apast wrong done to her. People crushed her legs and thus she became Suster Ngesot.
Budi's story
Most old hospitals from the Dutch colonialera have theirown storiesabout Suster Ngesot. They say she wanders around hospital corridors or nearby alleyways, covered in blood and dragging her legs. People believe that if Suster Ngesot comes by, yourbody goes stiff and you lose the abilityto speak.Once she passes, control over your body returns.
While some insist that its just a myth, recently a janitor claimedhe saw Suster Ngesot atahospital he worked at in Bandung. As a new employee, he covered the night shift...
One night he had to clean the morgue whenhe suddenly got the feeling that someone was watching him.
He continuedcleaning in the hallway outside when the electricity suddenly shutoff. With no lights the man - Budi - started getting scared.
Then Budiheard a woman moaning in pain! He tried to distract himself from the noiseby playing music on hisphone.
The last room on his roundswas the operating theater.Budi entered to start cleaning ... but whenopened adividing curtain right there under the bed he saw a pale nurse looking straight up at him.
He tried to remain calm, buthe dropped hismop. Then his body froze.
The nurse moved on, dragging herself along the floor away from Budi.Sheeventuallydisappeared into the toilet.
For minutes, Budi couldnt do anything but stare as she made her slow way along the floor. After she was out of sight he could move again and he immediately packed his things.
Budi quit his job the next day.
Many Indonesian people believe in ghosts.
Do you?
(brl/red)
