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3D model Narrated

“grease devil”

Stories3

The Orang Minyak scare at Kampung Laksamana, Gombak

December 2011 · Kampung Laksamana, Gombak district, Selangor (near Batu Caves)

Malaysia

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 48 sources · 1 photos

45Partially documented

The Sri Lanka grease devil panic (grease yaka)

August 2011 · Rural Sri Lanka (Badulla, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Puttalam and Jaffna districts)

Sri Lanka

Paranormal · Creature · 47 sources

30Partially documented

The Thanamalwila and Weeriyapura Alien Scare

July 2006 · Thanamalwila, Moneragala District, and Weeriyapura, Badulla District, Uva Province

Sri Lanka

UAP · Being / humanoid · 11 sources

30Partially documented

Names2

mass hysteria Term · 4 stories
An explanation that returns again and again in this archive, usually once the prowler has vanished.
Popobawa Term · 2 stories
A Swahili spirit, a shetani, whose name joins popo, bat, and bawa, wing.

Videos3

Video2011

Grease Devil phenomenon Sri Lanka

From The Sri Lanka grease devil panic (grease yaka)

Video2011

Collective Trauma Response in Sri Lanka – Understanding the Grease Yaka at a Conceptual Level

From The Sri Lanka grease devil panic (grease yaka)

Video2011

Video from The Sri Lanka grease devil panic (grease yaka)

From The Sri Lanka grease devil panic (grease yaka)