Escape to Pagan by Brian Devereux

Author:Brian Devereux
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2016-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

To add foundation to this superstition, this creature came to Tada u and screeched the very night my uncle Victor died of cholera. As I grew older I certainly became very afraid of the Outoasan’s arrival (Mum always reminded me). I firmly believed these screams were the doings of an evil spirit. It was not until many years later that I found out the truth from a devout Jain who had lived in isolation in the wilds of both India and Burma. These frightening, spine-chilling calls are made by a big creature of flesh and blood, a solitary migrating “brain-fever” bird and not by a Banshee, Sherrill, Outoasan or Djinn. This big speckled bird is the largest member of the cuckoo family and migrates from beyond the Himalayas south, across south East Asia. It seems this bird only calls in April and May just like its close European relative.

I am surprised that the source of this yearly terror was unknown to the endemic people at that time, for they knew the jungle and the wildlife intimately. Perhaps they were all too afraid to go out and investigate at night. Maybe Grandmother knew the truth. Our family always loved a good ghost story.

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