Tuesday 25 June 2013

And an urban legend is born....




Even though the father of Lim Chin Aik, has vehemently refuted the rumours as preposterous hocus pocus , it

will be some time before I even wanna feast on a crab again , especially after seeing this piece below. 



Picture above taken from my earlier post
http://gostansikit.blogspot.com/2013/01/riverine-mud-crabs.html
 
Basically, what's spreading around town now, spoken in hushed tones in some quarters, attracting the punters attention, is that the deceased was granted a windfall, on the eve of his death. 
All of which would not have happened if he had not initially  caught a crab, which somehow managed to escape, only to be recaptured a second time within the vicinity of a Dato Kong shrine at the Lim Jetty.
Based on the unusual circumstances of the incident, he put two and two together, bought a set of winning numbers and struck the jackpot !



Photo credit : bmren facebook page

 

 
Known as a guardian spirit, of the land, honestly, your guess is as good as mine as to whether the crab, had sought refuge and protection to spare its life, yet tragically ( so said ) ended up on the dining table.
The scariest part of the whole story is that in Chinese, crab denotes windfall or luck, but then this time, it literally meant, that the Wind came and the antenna Fell ! pummeling the unfortunate soul to such a depth, his body could never be retrieved again. 

Yikes !! Scaryyyyyyyyy!!!!!

 
Partly one of the reasons why, most Malaysian Chinese are careful not to incur the wrath or offend, of the any of the many Datuks of the land, ever mindful of their manners, respectful in their conduct, aware of the repercussions of not sticking to halal diet even , when in their territory.
Some people may deem this as daft, but , there are things beyond our realm, comprehension and faith, that we may never fully understand
 

Credit : post below is  from
www.facebook.com/bmren
 

(檳城)
檳州巫統大廈避雷器結構墜下慘劇發生後,牽扯出一則與林振益有關的“拿督公螃蟹真字聊齋故事”,成為街知巷聞人人在聊的話題。
這則在這一兩天內幾乎傳遍檳島各角落,甚至是北馬的故事,其說法是這樣的:林振益在遇難前一天,吃了一隻逃跑到拿督公神位前螃蟹,並以千字圖螃蟹的000千字,前面加上1隻螃蟹的1,成為1000開中了萬能的萬字頭獎。
市面上言之鑿鑿,指林振益發了一筆橫財之後的次日傍晚(13日),便在風災中遭遇天降橫禍,被檳巫統大廈的柱型結構連人帶車撞擊進入地下,最後遺體找不到,只找到碎得不能成形的汽車殘骸。
風災慘劇不久後,市面上便盛傳這個慘劇背後的拿督公螃蟹真字聊齋故事,而且在眾人口口相傳下,此故事設迅速傳開。
有人說林振益獲得現金獎3萬令吉,有人說他中了10萬令吉獎金,更有人說多達30萬令吉。




(林家避見不願談論
橋民暗示獎金有數千)

人們在或公開或私下熱烈談論此事的當兒,記者為求證此說法,特別前往林振益的海墘姓林橋住家,林振益家人都不肯談論此事,避而不見。
記者遂向這個水上人家橋民打聽,多數橋民避而不談,因此還無法證實這起故事的說法。
其中一些人證實,拿督公螃蟹真字的確令林振益在喪生前夕發了一筆橫財。
不過,他們十分厚道,不肯透露林振益獲得多少錢獎金。有人暗示,數千令吉倒是有的,不過沒有市面上傳聞的那麼多。

(傳聞完整故事:兒釣起逃到拿督公神位
林振益捕獲吃了螃蟹)

對於螃蟹出拿督公真字的傳聞,一些鄰居還能夠說出其中的細節。
只是,是否屬實,由於林振益家屬保持緘默,就不得而知了,但它卻已如火燎原,傳得熾盛。
比較完整故事說法是這樣的:林振益的兒子在住家橋下釣到一隻螃蟹,在釣上來時螃蟹逃脫,逃到屋後的拿督公神位,被林振益捕獲,後來煮了來吃。

转自: (星洲日報/大北馬)




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