Beware of the Tokoloshe

curtains open there selfs

I visited my father in walvis bay one night I slept and somehow I heard my curtained was pushed to left side open. I jumped up to put on light stood up and closed it again. I layed down again closed my eyes two minutes after that the curtain was pushed open agian I was scared could not move or watch.after a while i put on my light closed the curtain agian and slept on with light. can somebody Explain what that could be.

my story

one day i thought something wasnt right i found my glasses,mug and my box broken it was so creepy until when someone told me tokoloshis do that so i got scared thanx 4 the info

Noise

As a child bout 15 years ago me and my brother allways heard sounds at night in our room. It sounded like a train but softer. We always use to call our parents yet they never heard anything.
Me and my brother never saw anything , we just heard this train sound. My parents after that built a maid's room on to our house. We got our first sleep in maid. After few nights the maid complained that something is holding her down in the bed. She could not move or breath. She left the job. We had bour 7 maids after that , and all of them expierenced the same thing. All told the same story. Maybe after reading the artical, the thokolos wanted to sleep with them. All the maids whe had in that house had the same story. None of them knew each other....very strange.
We also had 2 labrador dogs. The dogs would some night just bark non stop. When my dad went outside to shut them up, they would be standing infront of the maid's room door and bark for no reason. We did eventaly move and had no futher isues at any other house.

I FOUGHT with invisible TOKOLOSHE

This is my version of a true story:
In one very cold Sunday night at about 2degrees Celsius in 1992 I went to sleep at my girlfriends place in PTA from JHB. She had an outside room divided by 2 wardrobes for bed & sitting room. Upon arrival at her place I could see that there was a party going on in the house with empty bottles and dirty plates scattered everywhere, her birthday. At about 12:30 while we were asleep I had one of the quickest diarrhea in my life, it happened in a split of a second. It would take me a second to mess-up the whole place.The toilet was outside about 8 to 10meters from her room, wearing a trouser would cause me more harm though under that circumstance I managed to wear it.
I put the bedroom light on it was red so it was bit dark, then I rushed to the other room with no time to put the light on, I grabbed the door handle and tried to turn the key, that was when I was hit by something on my face. I drifted backward away from the door still hard pressed longing for the loo, then there were missiles of bottles, plates, pots ashtray and other things heading my way. In that dark situation nothing hit me I don't know how, the only thing that was unpleasant to me was the noise from all those missiles. A mere plate would hit the wall and sound like a powerful jet engine passing through, so was the sound of everything that was heading my way.
I never stopped fighting forward against the missiles and the powerful force that was pushing me against the door. I fought till I manage to hold the door handle and twist the key, just when I manage to open the door I fell face down with half body in the house and half outside. The coldness woke me up. I left the door wide open and rushed to the toilet. I sat for about 15minutes nothing happened, I wear my trouser and got back to the room put the light.on, I am telling you you have never seen anything like that, everything was upside down including TV, coffee table and sofas, bottles and ceramic plates that were hitting the wall were all over the floor not a single one broken. In shot the room looked like it was hit by a Tsunami and tornado at the same time.
The noise caused by missiles hitting the wall could wake someone slept 5 kilometers away, but could not wake my girlfriend, who was wondering when she woke up in the morning.
I think the reason why I won the fight was because I was not frightened. Never let fear to rule your life.

WATER SNAKE

I read and submitted my comments on this article. Since it is African folklore, I have something else I am fascinated about, the water snake. It is believed to possess powers to create huge storms when angered. Whenever a storm appears, some people believe that it is responsible and it will ride on top of the clouds. When doing so, and having its tails straight, there won't be much damage, but when it curls its tail downwards, it will sweep up any obstacle in its path. It is believed to feed on human blood, whole cows, ash. It is said to have this bright light prodruding from its forehead which it leaves at times at a distance when it is busy feeding on ash in some village areas. It is purported to have a head like a horse complete with mane, a huge snakey body of about 1,5 meters with a tail like a fish covered with scales. Sangomas are said to be transported by it to the underwater world where they are taught traditional medicine and treatments. After completion, the family will receive notification by mail? that they must take a cow, at most times a balck cow to the stream and push it in the water after which the 'graduate traditional doctor' will rise from the waters straddling the water snake, any takes on this? I am very fascinated.

I know a lot about this

My aunt who is a Nyanga in Zimbabwe banishes these creatures. She has killed a few not only from black homes but from white people's home. She has even had visitors come from as far as Australia for help. Its true they love to play, tinkle kids and sleep with women. They killed one last year and I was too scared to look at it before they burnt it. The best way to avoid being fondled by these especially women is to use a few ointments like Ivimbela but that is just temporary as they will keep coming to you.

next election

New Proposed ANC 2011 Election campaign: You had better vote ANC in the next election or the Tokoloshe will come after you and your children and you will get sick and die... ;-)

Tokiolosh

There is the Tokolosh rumours also in Tokio.. They call the small hairy big ball man, Tokiolosh..
His eyes are very small and narrow, almost like the eyes of Bruce Lee.. Legend has it.. that Tokiolosh will enter room while sleeping.. he wil fart very bad and bad smell will poison you and you wont wake up.. Then Tokiolosh will do all strange things to you. He wil tickle your feet, give you love bites and as before he will rape you.. from any side or hole he can find.. We need to beware, and should have alarm systems in every room, maybe electrified fencing around bed can help.. The people in Tokio even sleep on roofs if they scared, but this resulted in rolling of the roof and breaking of arms and legs.. what can we do, I need help!

KA NITI

The Tokoloshe is very real! I saw it with my own eye. It has a small knife. It mates with dog and makes more small demons. It is real! The white people call it a ghost or the devil, but it's all the same. It can change into a fly and watch you from the wall. The dog gave birth to a puppy with one eye in Witbank, this is proof that there is the Tokoloshe!

I no see Tokoloshi

Tokoloshi come.
Tokoloshi pull out big schlong.
He see Hung Dong schlong.
He want Hung Dong schlong.
Hung Dong run.
In come Long Wang.
Long Wang schlong bigger than Tokoloshi schlong.
Tokoloshi run.
Long Wang run after.
Tokoloshi gone.
I no see Tokoloshi.

chinese tokoLOLOLO

chinese toko you bastard that's my fishy
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ppl at work think I'm nuts
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Tokolosh

Monkeys!

Tokolosh

Maybe we should put a huge reward out for the one who catches one?? Think my money is very safe!

Tokoloshe

I have met a tall very very tall human like character wearing a white gown in Venda few years ago. I believe the Tiko could also be there, after for the first time I saw that huge black thing, at around 2am in the morning just standing in the middle of the road......................

tokolosh

GET A LIFE PEOPLE !!!!!!!

Chinese Tokolosh

I'm from China, and I saw tokolosh in China.. no jokes, it's true.. so tokolosh all over the world I tell you.. One ear ago.. in small town called Hirotisha, I bought fish, stinky fish. i took back to my house, and put fish in oven. I went for shower, cause I smelled like fish, rotten fish. Then when I climb out of shower, I walked to kitchen.. naked.. My towels were all dirty and smelled like fish.. So as I come in Kitchen, I see tokolosh eating my fish!!! I screamed, you bastard, that my fishy.. Tokolosh was size of dwarf, with dreadlock and half dog face, small chinese eyes, yellow skin.. with very large balls hanging almost on the ground. he look at my private parts and dropped my fish and tried to attack me.. I was scared and threw red apple at him, it hit him straight in his balls.. I ran out the house naked and screamed like a girl running away from a pedofile.. I'm still scared and want to share experience with all. Please be careful when u see one.. the chinese tokolosh also tries to take man from behind..

African folklore

I have not seen it and I do not believe in its existence. There is this belief that it is made of mealie-meal. However, occurences in in my place of residence have me thinking, these are:

1. One night, some odd 15 years ago, while I was sleeping in a shack in my parents' yard, I heard a group of dogs barking hysterically at a distance, the din came closer along our street, while this was happening, I could distinctly hear heavy feet pounding along the street, it was a clear sound of two feet, not four, after some seconds, the 'platton' of barking dogs followed
behind. This happened so fats that I could not even get out of bed to rush to the window and look.
2. In the same year, at night while sleeping, I guess it was around midnight, I was awakened by my chained dog barking wildly, a moment later, some heavy landed on top of the roof of my shack, at the corner. It ran on the roof till at the centre where the zincs joined each other. It was noticeably heavy as the corrugated irons sank under each heavy step. It tried to yank open the adjourning corrugated iron but with no luck. All the time, I have frozen in fright. After some minutes, I could clearly hear it thumping on the ground and it was gone, one thing I could recall was the smelling of cigarrete smoke. The following day, I used holy water from Church and sea-water which my mother had in supply ad mixed with salt. I sprinkled this concontion on top of top of the roof, in the yard and inside my shack. Later at night, the dog began barking and I could hear a big thump sound like a heavy object falling, there the was silence. Again the ciggarette smoke was there.
3.. In our area, there has been this sound of a crying child , this sound will come from the upper aeas at night and will slowly move along the adjourning street. Thiswas described by other people as the tokoloshe.

I AM FASCINATED BY THE 'APPARENT' PRESENCE OF THE WATER SNAKE, THE ONE SANGOMAS PROPHETS WORSHIP, I READ ANY ARTICLE I COULD FIND BUT IT IS KEPT A SECRET. THE IS THIS BELIEF THAT IT CAN CREATE THIS MASSIVE STRMS WHEN ANGERED BY THE WHIE PEOPLE AS IT IS BELIVED THAT THEY WILL AT TIMES VENTURE IN ITS WATERS TO TAKE ITS YOUNG. TAUNG, VENTERSDORP, MAGALIESBURG, BODIBE IN LICHTENBURG ARE AMONG THE AREAS BELEIVED TO HAVE POPULATION OF THIS MONSTER.

there is such thing as

there is such thing as tokoloshe bt i haven't seen it. it is an evil spirit though and there is only one way u can get rid of it. U HAVE TO BLIV IN JESUS

Interesting

Nice article and good read. The comments however are way more entertaining. I guess we still live in the dark ages.

tokoloshe

people miss the point,this thing exist no matter u agree or not,the thing is most guys grow up in gauteng where the priest tell me is only their imagination,tokoloshe is mostly used by wichdoctor to make other people to suffer coz their kids dont get works coz they dont know nothing if u try do to good thing they say wa ikgantsha re tla montsa gore rena re bomang things like that.if it there u will see coz sometime u come home and u see ur pots upside down coz it got hungry when u are away.sometime u will hear ur wife screaming like u guys are making love he does that to ur wife ,the thing is ur gona figth with ur wife all time and it make not to look ur wife or girlfriend like u use to,so people tokoloshe e teng ya phela baloi ba e berekisa gore maphelo a rona e be mess fela.

Tokoloshe

It were a PRAWN.....fooking PRAWNS.!

Toki is Racist

Why does the tokolosh avoid the white surburbs.This is not right.He is a racist!And why do the white suburbs only get spooks in white clothes or some pale skin Casper!!..And I know that the Tokoloshe does not like the Indians because that mutton curry will burn him straight to hell...And Finally..This is the real truth guys....The Tololoshe is my MOTHER-IN-LAW!!!

Drugs make you see funny

Drugs make you see funny things!
I have never heard of so much crap in my life, get with the 21st century!! Seriously!!

Zuma

Why does the tokolosh in the picture look like Zuma?

Spirits

It is common knowledge that African Whitchdoctors, just like their Eoropean counterparts can conjure up demons to do their evil bidding. So no questionstions about that.

Everyone that had the unfortunate privaledge to be present at the South African parlaiment opening as well as rituals in rural areas have been present and witnessed how sangomas call on the demons of their choice for advice and wisdom. So yes, that creature is real OK, but mischievious its not. Its one of Satans brother fallen angels that operates with the powers that it was granted by humans.

Tokolosi

I never heard the stories of genitals etc. that you mention in the article. But people could have added tails to the story recently.

My friend studied the subject and explained it to me a couple of years ago.

In the past and maybe even today some people sleep in confined spaces with fires inside to keep them warm. Poor ventilation, caused a build up of carbon monoxide(gas from the fire). This gas is heavier than air and would cause death to the people that slept low.

Over time the people would realise that those who sleep low would die so the started raising their beds.

I suppose those who were affected (but not dead) by the carbon monoxide would have holusions, and so the story developed.

Klippies

There is a strong correlation between sightings of tokaloshes and the consumption of Klippies . . . .

i saw it ...

I saw the tokalosh... he looked like a small hobbit mix with a cat .. his feet were human , had cat paws as hands , head was half cat half man he was yellowish color and can walk on two or four legs...

Toko

If this tokolosh is real, then why are those witchdoctors still living in old dirty huts & eating maize & porridge. I mean, come on, if i have som creature that would obey my every command, the first thing i would do is tell it to go to the Banks that steal our money & take all there money out & bring it home. Next, i would send him to Tops to get a bottle of brandy am maybe to Nando's for a extra hot peri peri.

tokeloshe

My take.... You want so and so dead kill him blame it on the Tokeloshe.

scary

When I was about 16 I had a horrifically scary experience... not related to seeing a tokolosh but I'm sure related to something demonic or evil or mischievous. I was having a nightmare... one of those about walking up a never-ending spiral staircase over some precipice... with darkness below and endless blue above. The walk got more and more precarious and eventually, as you would have it in these dreams, you lose your balance and fall. You're supposed to wake up before you hit the ground otherwise there could be trouble... so I fell and fell and remember myself floating towards a void. It was the most scary and awesome feeling of weightlessness... I could feel light headed in my dream. Then all of a sudden SNAP and I woke up. My legs were high above me over my bed, pointing towards the ceiling. OK I thought... I must have contorted during the nightmare which was still vivid in my mind. Then I noticed something odd... I was too close to the ceiling. I looked down... and I WAS FLOATING ABOVE MY BED!!!!! And at that point I felt something evil and vicious in the room... I felt its cold cluth on me. I felt suffocation and fear and anxiety and thought I was still dreaming. In the intense fear of the moment, I passed out again and when I awoke... everything was as clear as it is to this day.

The haunting

I don't necessarily believe, but my strange encounters with this so mischievous character left me shaken, nowadays i sleep with my Bible as a pillow, and occasionally burn incense to keep these evil spirits at bay..started experiencing a strange chill on my body every time at night while asleep, that was 5yrs up to now, my last nightmare-rish encounter some 3 Sundays ago, am fighting with a short all-muscled rough-skinned dark hairy man in my bed, after i toppled him he changed into a giant Python which when i grabbed and tried to skin with a knife..it just evaporated into air..i woke up, it was O6hOO on my clock..phew, a nightmare!

imaginary friends

the christians/muslims/jews etc... have an imaginary friend.why cant i?
his name's Barry, the tokoloshe, he's good at drinking!

MAKE MONEY with the tokoloshe

I revisit an old thread.
But there is some SERIOUS MONEY here to be made.
With all these people seeing all these tokoloshes and all these inexpensive, very light-sensitive video cameras these days –lets make some MONEY!!
If you are plagued / a fortunate subject of said creatures, may I suggest the following:
Buy / borrow a camera.
Let it roll during the night.
Get the tokoloshe on camera.
Contact the Amazing Randi (this is NOT a joke, but a serious offer!)
On http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html and send him the video.
If he’s not happy with the quality, he may ask you to do it again, but if it’s good, he will come to your house and you WILL GET 7,5 million rand!
You will then have all the money to pay the best shangomas in Afrika to make it go away and you will still have money to burn!
(Be so kind to remember me and give me 1%, R75 000 % for this GREAT IDEA. Thanks in advance.)

IT'S OUT THERE

I'm really not interested in people that have never experieced being tormented by this demon"tokolosh" I would like to know if there's anyone going through the same torment as I have...I really need to know cause it's hard and yes there's nobody that can ataually banish this demon away ,yes and please before I'm told we need pray and believe ...I have been believing and praying for years.

IT REALLY DOES EXIST

I can't say it's due to ignorance that people say it doesnot exist .I can say with all clarity that it is indeed true .Witchcraft has been part of this world stemming from Bible times .I have been haunted by a tokolosh almost for 27 years of my life.Started at the age of six year old.It took a couple of years for my parents to actually believe me .Yes ( we are true believers in Christ Jesus ,born again Christians).What I can tell you is that jealousy plays a big role when people actually go to a witch doctor to have one tormented .Sleep was never a peaceful thing for me.I am still batteling but by the Grace of God I will see the recompense of the wicked .

Tokoloshi

When I was young, I was given a book called a bible. In this book a Man made the entire earth and galaxies in 6 days. He created two humans and a talking snake and since then the entire world believes in being punished for their sins. In addition the book contains talking donkies and burning bushes that can talk. It even tells of a time where the entire earth was flooded and only the animals on the arck and a few people were saved. I just wonder how the managed to fit the all the animals we have today. Just imagine two ant, two spiders of the millions of spiecies. Even butterflies two of the millions of spiecies? I wonder how these animals where fed and how big the boat was, because the one describled in the book was much too small. This book also tells us of virgin births and promises heaven and hell for some. Yet nobody has seen or had any proof. However this book is believed by so many, that millions have died in wars fighting for the right to enforce the beliefs of this book. HAha so if we believe in these fairytales, how can we laugh at the Tokoloshi? It's all called "bind faith" and it's time we start creating intelligence in our societies.

ama tokoloshe

that is the reason there are words like palookas, it was created for people like you believing in nonsense like tokoloshes.
Tokoloshe's do not exist. What you see and imagine is all in your thoughts and minds and can be believed if continuously brainwashed.
There is a place called a mental hospital because these patients cannot stop seeing tokoloshe's. If you want to see a tokoloshe, go to a graveyard at midnight, swallow half a bottle of prescription drugs, take 2 glasses of vodka, and sit and wait while smoking on a joint. Dont forget to inject yourself with a little heroin.
you will definitely see a tokoloshe.

tokoloshe

lol hahah does it realy exist and did some one see it

Tokoloshes' haa

Well this is true. It is an evil created demon sent by those who practice witchcraft to destroy other people. This could be sent to your house without you knowing or feeling it. The time when you will actually feel it's presence is when you are sleeping like you say dream of a nice man coming to see you and have sex. It could even take form of your boyfriend. So next time you dream you are sleeping or having sex with your boyfriend you are not. The sad thing is that in most cases it your family members. I have been having these nightmares lately, and I just wake up and curse. Sometimes you will dream you are eating. Don't eat, wake up. You are taking muti or poison or they want to take you and be the next tokoloshe. Unfortunately the only way you can prove this in existence is through traditional medicine. The same way it visits you is the same way it will leave. It's also a pity that other people live to torture other people through evil deeds as these. In Black African cultures, there will never be harmony when you still find people today perform witchcraft to inflict pain on the lives of others.

Alot of people on here thik

Alot of people on here thik that this is a joek because its a myth etc etc, but for those who have seen, heard and been part of its destructive forces will know that such a thing exists in whatever race be it white, black, indian, coloured. This thing sees no race is sees a new person to to torture and that it enjoys the most!! Its true that if a person does not liek you they will go to a witch doctor and he/she will send out a tokoloshe to torture this person and even kill them. You see the whole point of a tokoloshe is torture and it loves to do that to its victims. He's a short hairy man, dirty looking, really ugly in ways you cannot describe an yes he loves the sexual aspect of the torture as well. Witch Doctors 'Catch them' and keep them in a bottle so that they cannot escape. But hey if you dont believe it then thats probably because you never had an encounter with it

Tololoshe - unveiled

The truth is the Tokoloshi is a female - well it was in my case - having reviewed the below stories, it is beyond doubt that the Tokoloshe takes on different forms.

I can personally confirm that it extracts from its prey their strength and self confidence. In my case it appeared in a nubile form that I found appealing. the such being so powerfull that in very little time I succumbed to it and found my whole being powerless to but follow its every whim and desire.
After seeking advice on how to rid myself of the spell.
iIfiled for divorce and now live happily ever after.

This is real

Jolandi,
White people don't know about this thing and will think its just fairytales. Go to the black communities and they will tell you about this creature. Just because you don't know and don't believe doesn't mean its not real.

Tokolosie

Jolandi
My pa, nou 92, was baie lank 'n predikant onder die Tswanas (ook sy pa) en hy het gehelp om die Bybel en gesankboek (Hosana) in Tswana te vertaal. Daar was in die laat '50's 'n artikel in die B randwag oor hom, die sogenaamde enigste wit "toordokter" in Afrika, hoofsaaklik omdat hy sy Meestersgraad in Volkekunde geskryf het oor die gooi, betekenis en die "lees" van dolosse en daarna sy Doktorsgraad oor Toordery onder die Tswanas, met spesifieke verwysing na hulle medisynes, veral plantmedisynes - waarvoor hy meer as 600 plante moes laat identifiseer deur die Nasionale Herbarium
Die tokolosie is maar net een van die vele mistieke figure in hulle kultuur en hoegenaamnd nie oorheersend of van buitengewone mag nie, selfs nie naastenby so kragtig as sekere magte van die "voorvader geeste" nie
Daar is 'n baie groot verskil en gaping tussen die "toordokter" of "baloi" - die persoon met die krale en snaakse kleredrag, soos die figuur in jou berig, en die "Ngaka" of "wysheer", ook gesien as 'n kruiedokter, wat al die eeue voor westerse medisyne, die volk bedien het met kruie medisyne. Hierdie Ngaka, het dolosse gehad om met die voorvadergeeste te kommunikeer MAAR sy grootste eienskap was dat hy slim en oplettend was en 'n uitstekende mensekennis en plantkennis besit het
Met sy kombinasie van oplettendheid, plantkennis en veral menseverhoudinge en optrede het hy dan die besonderre vermoë gehad om uit die val van die bene baie "oplossings te lees" of raak te sien asook probleme en agteraf struwelinge ens., selfs met sy oplettendheid en kennis van die voetspore van die meeste mense en diere van st betrokke stat, te weet min-of-meer wat die bewegings van almel was en wie kuier skelm by wie, ens

When I was a child

I saw creatures like monkeys wearing aprons getting out of the house using the window; it was in the middle of the night and my sisters where sleeping on the floor where these creatures exit the house. In the morning the windows where closed as tight as if nothing used the windows to get inside the house. I told my folks about the ordeal and the said that I was dreaming, since they did not believe (it was in the early 80’ties), I used to go to bed with the light on because I was scared of what I have seen that night. Normally the say children can see this things, believe they can but not all of them. I don’t know if I can say those creatures were Tokoloshes or what, but I have seen them and I was not dreaming because when I woke up to witness the ordeal I covered my head with the blankets and open a small hole to check what was happening, when you are scared you will try to hold your breath, that what I was going throughout the ordeal and I was feeling as I’m suffocating because I did not want to cause noise with my breath. The whole thing happened in Welkom and I can’t recall at which year, I started to know how to count the years when I was starting to go to school in 1982. This is the story of my life that I will not forget.

Tokoloshe

Myth, fable and fantasy are all cool and are taken for what they are,
but stories of tokolshe, goblins, gremlins, the devil and all the other so called "evil spirits" are just there to keep the low IQ of our species on their toes, probably introduced by the "churches" of the world. Come on! Get real!

Fantasy

What a breath of fresh air. There is nothing like good old fantasy to take your mind of the reality of life. Loved this ativle and some of the somments are really good.

kabouter

In the army, in another continent, I shared a room with a chap who'd seen a kabouter. He described the tiny creature in detail; his costume, his tall, pointy hat -even the expression on his face. He lacked a sense of humour and was not having me on. It could be that he actually saw one -but I tend to doubt it. So what happened there, in those woods? (He did NOT use recreational drugs.) Go figure.
Of course he’d made a huge error in judgement in telling me –he never lived it quite down :-)). But I can well imagine if we’d have met a few hundred years earlier, he’d be taken a lot more seriously……….
Nowadays we don’t have to satisfy our need to let our imagination go and fantasize further on what somebody claims to have seen in a hypoglycaemic trance.
We have the movies and e.g. Avatar does it so much better.
That millions of –sometimes educated people- in SA can believe in the existence of tokoloshe is beyond ken. Unless you learn from your domestic that some bigwig was going to be assassinated in a parade. So his sangoma devised a cunning plan; just before his party was to be ambushed, they changed into mice: voila, the murder was foiled. Then she had these stories of trains changing into snakes –or vice versa. As if the world is not complicated enough!

Just take your 107yrs old

Just take your 107yrs old grandparent, pull all the teeth out, and smear him/her with a little soot and you'll see a Thokoloshe. lol

You all have a troubled

You all have a troubled imagination, to think such things exists, you were drunk or probably smoked something. there's nothing like that or else you someone ugly and thought it was the tokoloshe.