Sinister Cloud

Horror Stories - Sinister Cloud

Three years ago, marketing consultant Kareno Zainal Abidin, had an unusual encounter of the ghostly kind. It took place in his apartment in Gombak, Selangor. He had lived there with his family for 14 years and nothing strange had happened until that day. That fateful night, Kareno, 44, had returned home after midnight.

The air in his room was hot and humid. “I walked to the window and opened it. Then I sat on my bed, and I saw a strange cloud of smoke entering through the window. It had a pair of eyes like those of red saga seeds. I was paralysed by fear at this unusual sight,” he said.

His bedroom light was not switched on. As he had left the door ajar, the bedroom was partially lit by the light from the kitchen. Instinctively, Kareno started reciting verses from the Quran, and felt his strength returning.

“Instinctively, I used my hands to push the smoke cloud away. Strangely, the cloud felt like a mass and not thin air. I then took a deep breath and exhaled, using my breath to try and blow the cloud away at the same time."

As soon as the cloud was out of the window, Kareno quickly closed it. After the harrowing experience, he went to wash his face. He sat down in the hall to relax and read the Quran for peace of mind before returning to bed.

Kareno said: “I did not wake my wife as she was fast asleep in the room.”

That night, he was sure that he had encountered an entity for the first time in his life! Fortunately, the scary episode did not occur again.