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Tikoloshe files part 1

I was approached by a guy who owns this creature

By Yanda MbaliPublished 3 months ago 4 min read
An example of a tikoloshe

My name is Yolanda, I'm 26 and stay at Alexander, Today I'm sharing with you a very scary moment , women listen especially slay queens



Okay Im a police officer in Sandton District and this other dearly night after I've knocked off i decided to go buy something that i was going to cook when i get home, I chose everything and went to the first till and there was this handsome young man. I got there and I payed everything but I could see that the gentleman is interested in me.



He then asked for my numbers and I gave him. It didn't take three days before we could start flirting and by day 3 he gave me a call and said we should meet later on I'll find him at his workplace he'll be knocking off. Okay later around 5 I went to pick n pay , I first went to the isles and took a pack of apples, a pack of 20 cigarettes, two cans of coke for me and him. I went straight to his till and told him I'm here but he gave me his house keys and address as it was the first time going there, he told me that okay it seems like I'll knock off a little bit later heres the address, please take the keys I'll find you in my house and i said okay no problem.



That night i took my work gun with 3 bullets inside , I was really excited though. So I drove to his house at Sandton and when I got there it was a Lil bit dark but I could see a big empty pool . I passed and went straight to open the house door yoh when I opened the door a huge rotten smell came out of the house , okay in my mind I just thought maybe it's something that is rotten inside the house and decided to throwing my self in the sofa that's in the sitting room



I decided to call on my new guy because he was taking long to knock off and he wasn't updating me, he just kept telling me that he is finishing something he is coming. My phone battery kept on going down and when I fried to call him for the 4th time it switched off.



When I was laying in the sofa, that smell came back but this time it was coming from the passage and i could feel that it is approaching me , before you know it when I look at the passage I saw a little ugly creature that looks like a kid, okay I just told my self that okay maybe it's his kid but he hasn't took a bath.



That little short thing came and sat next to me next to the sofa and I got a Lil scared, He then pointed at the apples that I've bought at pnp and he asked what is that? I told him it's apples don't you know apples? He then said no give me one so that I can taste, I threw one at him and that's when u saw his dirty long nails. He then swallowed the whole apple in his mouth and I was left scared, he then pointed at the pack of cigarettes and asked what us that? I told Him it's cigarettes, he asked what do we do with it and i told him that we smoke it and he said I should give one to him and I did and lit one for him, he then smoked it all with one pull and said hmm e monate yoh ka sesotho (meaning mmh this thing is nice)



Okay one hour passed since mo guy said he was coming and here I am sitting with his tokoloshe. The little thing shocked me last when he asked for the can of coke , drank it all with the can and said hmm it's really nice. That's when I realized that it's not human and in fear I took out my gun and started cleaning it with a cloth



The tokoloshe then asked what is it that you are carrying, I told him it's a gun and he said "Can I also taste it? Is it nice?



With courage I stood up and the in his mouth. I had 3 bullets and I fired all three in his mouth, but the creature didn't feel pain instead he just said mmmh this one is not nice.



The next day the police found me laying in the empty swimming pool and when I explained everything to them they didn't believe me, Has anyone ever met something like this?




A tikoloshe is known to be a very gruesome creature and has been well known in the southern Africa from the olden days however this creature is known to be summoned by a human being and doesn't do what it wishes it only does what it's owner has instructed tikoloshe owners use the power of this creature to gain fame power and wealth and it does exactly that ofcourse though in exchange for blood or sexual sacrifice if you want to hear more about this creature follow me for more stories to come

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Yanda Mbali

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