JERANTUT: The series of mysterious loud knocks on house doors in various parts of the country over the past few weeks is now sending shivers down the spines of villagers in Kampung Perias, near here.
Two residents of the village were the first in Pahang to lodge police reports over the unexplained incidents, which were followed by unpleasant odours, on Friday night.
One of them, Habibah Sulong, 57, said she heard knocks on her house's door at about 9pm and assumed some mischievous children in the village were trying to scare her family.
"When the knocks lasted several minutes, my husband tried to find the source of the noise by peeping through a small hole in the wooden wall, but there was no one at the door. When the knocks ended, he opened the door to check, but the house compound was empty.
"Instead, there was a stench of a dead animal in the vicinity, but until today, we have not found any animal carcass. When a neighbour claimed she faced a similar experience, we alerted the police about the knocking sound which lasted between three and five minutes," she said.
Habibah described it as a traumatic experience for her family, especially her children, as they previously only read about the incidents in other states on social media, but never expected to go through such an unpleasant situation.
It is learnt that a similar incident occurred at Kampung Paya Embun near here, last night, but the villagers have yet to lodge a police report on the matter.
Meanwhile, Jerantut police chief Superintendent Mazlan Hassan confirmed that the police received two reports on the incident.
The spooky incidents, which were previously reported in Selangor, Johor, Negri Sembilan and Melaka since last month, have been shared and gone viral on social media.
Some claim the knocks, which occur at night and early morning, are linked to supernatural forces; while others dismiss it as a prank played by certain mischievous quarters.