Popo Bawa - You guys will like this

[DavoMan]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3283407a4560,00.html

Popo Bawa - a demon that noone has seen, and its calling card is the sound of a car revving & the sound of something landing on the roof.

It even has people sleeping outside, and is somehow tied in with election stuff. Check it out. :D

[VeronicaX]

I've always loved listening to folklores and urban legends since I was a child. (We had so many stories like this in my village).

I found that a story passed on to generations usually becomes so real in the minds of the villagers that a creepy sound or anything strange would get exaggerated into something supernatural. This would become a story to boast about to the other villagers. Funny how most of our folklore involves something moving/walking/making a sound on the roof. I've actually seen my old neighbor one night on someone else's house (I'msure he didn't have good intentions at that time) and the next day, there was a story of a monster trying to eat someone's unborn baby but failed due to her praying the rosary.

If i would've told her the 'real'monster, she wouldn't have believed me.

[DavoMan]

Heh. I was actually amazed to read in the article that the events describing this 'unseen' demon were the sounds of a car revving.

Its gotten to the point where its just silly. Well it was silly before but this is umm... its silly silly. :D

[largeprimenumber]

New Jersey Devil, chupacrabra, bigfoot/yeti, Loch Ness Monster, little green men...

I'm discussing Popo Bawa in another thread on another forum, and the discussion seems to center around how silly those Africans are. I just wanted to defuse Western bias before it started.

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Crud. I just noticed I bumped a 2 year old thread. I assumed it was current because it came up again the news. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6383833.stm)

http://joshuastern.blogspot.com/2007/04/this-town-is-full-of-monsters.html

Apologies.

[JoeTheJuggler]

Popo Bawa - a demon that noone has seen, and its calling card is the sound of a car revving

I've heard that! And in more recent years, you can even hear its heartbeat (a loud very deep bass pounding)! One must live in my neighborhood, because I hear it going down the street all the time.

I admit, I've never seen it. Unfortunately, any time I've looked there was a car in the street probably blocking the demon from my view.

[thisninjascrazy]

I get the same thing, usually on a Friday or Saturday night, which I'm guessing is when it comes out to feed. Unfortunately, there's no shortage of cars full of boy racers and hood-rats for it to use as cover. Those demons can be slippery creatures.

Do you suppose there's more than one or is it able to be everywhere at once, like the invisible dude in the clouds?