The Nam Koo Terrace is believed to be one of the most
haunted place in Hong Kong. It is a three stories European style 200 square
metre mansion and Nam Koo Terrace was once a famous mansion in Wan Chai
District (灣仔區) owned by a rich businessman, Mr. To (杜仲文). Since
part of the external wall of the mansion was painted red, it is also known as
the ‘red house’.
The Nam Koo Terrace is located at Ship Street where there
are many now emptied old buildings. Many of those old buildings were once the ‘comfort
house’ of the Imperial Army during 1941-1945. Many women were being tortured
and killed in this area hence ghost stories started to spread throughout the
years. There are stories being told that eerie cries of women could be heard
came out from Nam Koo Terrace after dark. Some folks even claimed to have seen
green orbs and ghostly flames float in the air in the Nam Koo Terrace.
Sometimes these ghostly flames even travel outside of the mansion compound to
chase after those unwary night pedestrians.
A spirit possession case happened on November 30th,
2003 where 8 male and female students formed a ‘ghost busters troop’ and
ventured into the Nam Koo Terrace at night. However, the ghost hunting mission
was a failure due to the extreme fright of the prospective ghost busters. All
of the 8 persons turned their back and ran from the scene. They went to a
recreational park nearby to chat instead. While they were chatting, three of
the female students: Zheng (13), Wong (14) and Zhang (14) said that they saw a ‘shadow’
stood by a staircase leading to the ‘red house’ and waved at them.
Zheng, Wong and Zhang immediately said: “We want to go up to
see ghost!” And, the three ladies rushed head on regardless of the danger
towards the stairway.
As soon as the trio went up the stairway, they were stunned
to see a ghostly figure stood on stairway flight and continued to wave at them.
They were extremely frightened and immediately turned their back to run down
the flights while hysterically yelling: “The ghost is following us!” The trio
continued to run until the junction of Queen Road East. The other 5 students
followed pursued close behind. The trio suddenly yelled out hysterically that
they want to return to the ‘red house’. Ms Wong even yelled in a man’s voice: “You
come with me!”
The rest of the 5 students immediately caught hold of Ms
Wong and the other two ladies. They continued to slap onto the trio’s faces in
the hope to bring them back to their senses. Because Ms Wong was emotionally
out of control, four person rode on her body and tried to press her onto the
ground. Unexpectedly speaking, Ms Wong suddenly gained superhuman strength, she
easily gotten herself loose and then she picked up various rubbish on the
ground and threw at her friends. All of a sudden, the scene became very
chaotic. Ms Zheng was injured on her nose during the struggles.
People in the street thought they were fighting and someone
lodged a police report. When police came, all of the 8 were struggling and
entangled in a mass. So, reinforcements were summoned. In a jiffy, a big group
of policemen arrived. With four officers in a group, the police subsequently
secured the trio onto the floor. Even then, the trio continued to struggle.
They continued with ‘flying kicks’ and start biting the police officers. The
commotion only put under control after 10 minutes or so. In order to prevent
the trio from struggling violently, their hands and legs were tied with
bandages before they were sent to the hospital for treatment.
Interestingly speaking, after the medical examinations, the
hospital found that the trio had not consume any stimulants and it was
concluded that the trio were momentarily insane. They were allowed to go home. While waiting for their parents to come to
fetch the ladies, the trio sat in their sick bed and took out their Tarot cards
to divine when they could be discharged. And, if “the thing is still around” …
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