A cook, Mark from Sabah felt his job as cook cannot make big
money, so he moved to Ipoh with his wife. After some thoughts, Mark decided to
become Sifu (Master) Mark as this would enable him to make easy and quick
money. In order to become a real master, or at least to pretend to be one; Mark
bought many Feng Shui and Taoist ritual books to learn up the trick of the
trade. Further, this Brother Mark also collaborate with his wife where Mrs.
Mark would become a spirit medium or a ‘tangki’. So this husband and wife gang
converted their house into a small shrine in the name to save all lost souls.
One day, a victim known as Mr. Fisher (Mr.水鱼先生)
who was in very poor health came to Sifu Mark for help. This Mr. Fisher always
thought that he was being cursed and possessed by evil spirits so Sifu Mark
tried to wriggle his way through playing along with Fisher’s psychology. Sifu
Mark first suggested Fisher’s house Feng Shui was bad and it was full of
wandering ghosts. Further, Mr. Fisher’s ancestor spirits has no place to sit
and that they were all standing at Fisher’s door step because his house has no
altar for the ancestral spirits.
Further to strengthen Sifu Mark’s claim, he asked Mr. Fisher
to come to his altar so that he can receive further guidance from his spirit
medium wife. In a state of trance, Mrs. Mark said Fisher was possessed by many
evil spirits and feeding on his life energy. In order to get rid of those
spirits, Mr. Fisher must pay Sifu Mark MYR2,000 plus a ‘ang pow’ (red packet)
for exorcism service. Even though Fisher has paid for Sifu Mark’s service, he
was never healed until later he consulted a medical doctor; and was told that his
sickness was in fact curable by modern medicine.
A few days later, another person; Ah Beng came to Sifu Mark
claiming that he was disturbed by an evil entity. As usual, Sifu Mark asked his
wife to pretend to be possessed by spirit so that he could squeeze some money
from Ah Beng’s wallet. However, things didn’t happen so smoothly this time…
Ah Beng suddenly being possessed by a spirit and his voice
changed to a lady’s voice. The spirit claimed it was a banana spirit (香蕉鬼) and
Ah Beng has invoked it for sex and 4D numbers by smearing his own blood onto a
banana tree in a plantation nearby. At this point, Sifu Mark and wife knew that
this is a case if they do, they will die; if they don’t, they also die. So
die-die the husband and wife tried all available methods to cast out this
banana spirit. They chanted mantras but that didn’t work and the banana spirit shrieked
furiously. Then the couple remembered the old method of using a pair of bamboo
chopsticks to clamp down Ah Beng’s middle fingers and thank God the trick
worked!
Unwillingly, the banana spirit wailed that it would return
to haunt Sifu Mark and family until the last person down (家破人亡).
Three months later, Sifu Mark suddenly suffered from stroke
and he couldn’t move his body totally. Hi wife looked after him for nine months
before he kicked the bucket. Then six months later, their only son suddenly
became insane and at time he would claim that he was the reincarnation of
Guanyin, and at times; he became the banana spirit that vowed to seek revenge.
However, most of the time this son only talk nonsense until finally Sifu Mark’s
only son ended up in the mental asylum in Tanjung Rambutan.
Later, Mrs. Mark told people that the curse of the banana
spirit did come true and now she was the only survivor. Maybe the series of
mishaps were just coincidences, or it was indeed the revenge of the banana
spirit? Whatever case that might be, I supposed if Sifu Mark was really a
learner; then he would not suffer of such consequence. I have dealt with many
banana spirits and am living to tell the stories. So, rest assure that if you
are from a proper lineage; then you would be pretty safe.
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