Siloso beach haunted ?
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A BUDDHIST monk stood on Siloso beach yesterday afternoon, chanting prayers.
Barely 24 hours earlier, a few yards from where the monk was praying, 17-year-old Steven Sim Jian Feng had disappeared under the water while swimming with a group of friends.
Beachgoers looked curiously as the monk, flanked by Steven's distraught family members, prayed for the boy. Many did not even know of the drowning. Most had no idea that this was the fourth drowning at Siloso beach this year.
And here's one startling fact that very few will know: So far this year, beach patrol officers have saved almost 70 persons from drowning at Sentosa.
And last year, when two people drowned off Siloso, nearly 100 were saved from drowning at Sentosa.
The truth is that the fine, white sand and clear blue waters spell danger for the unwary — more so for those who don't know their limits and even more for brash teens.
Mr Adam Nathershah, who swims and tans at the beach twice a month, said inexperienced swimmers could run into trouble with strong underwater currents.
"Sometimes, I can feel it sweeping me in opposite directions," said Mr Nathershah, 22, who said the slope of the lagoon shore was "steep". The water in the lagoon can be 4.5m deep during high tide.
He suggested putting floating platforms, or pontoons, in the lagoon.
"At least that way, people can cling on to them if they are tired from swimming," he said.
Pontoons are put up at Palawan beach, another of Sentosa's three beaches.
Sentosa's senior beach patrol officer Julian Ong doesn't buy the "currents" theory as three man-made islets — acting as breakwaters — protect the lagoon.
"Most strong currents from the open sea are sheltered by the islets across the shore," added Sentosa spokeswoman Eileen Lee.
"But some current is inevitable as our beach is open," she added.
Mr Ong's explanation is more straightforward. He has spoken to those who were rescued and said most of those who get into trouble are in their teens or in their early 20s.
Succumbing to "peer pressure", these swimmers ignore their safety and jump into the sea to join their friends, even if they are unable to swim or are bad swimmers, said Mr Ong.
"How can a weak swimmer help a poor swimmer?" he asked.
"If you are not a swimmer, don't swim." -
lol.. damn this is scary..
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yea, scarry...
anyone noes the story behind the house with the burnt roof?
was there for a camp couple of years back and i heard fr the camp leaders that the owner was killed in the fire. heard the body was tied to some pillar.
dunnoe if its true or jus some irritating camp leaders scarring the butt out of some campers that needs to spend the night near the site -
It's TRUE... I've even seen SHADOWS at SENTOSA beach before... And they were making those 'funny noises'.... =X
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Everywhere also haunted lah.
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Really or not?Originally posted by Devil1976:It's TRUE... I've even seen SHADOWS at SENTOSA beach before... And they were making those 'funny noises'.... =X
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Originally posted by Devil1976:It's TRUE... I've even seen SHADOWS at SENTOSA beach before... And they were making those 'funny noises'.... =X very noti....
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Best to avoid a place where many pple died before. Ghost may not physically harm you but I got an eerie feeling that they can make one see and think it's safe when it's full of dangers.
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Sentosa haunted? not surprising if you believe in ghosts. the first combat engineer camp was there, all the way back in 1967 if i'm not mistaken. engineers have quite a high accident rate, and death rate due to what they do...so i won't be surprised about ghosts there. also, the old name of Sentosa was Pulau Blakang Mati...Pulau means island, blakang means back or behind, and mati means die. die at the back of the island? what does that suggest then?
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P. Blakang Mati was the British stronghold before WWII.
A military area. Barracks, command centres, bomb shelters, secret passages, cannons.
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Yes yes... I think those ghosts feeling horny back then...?Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:Really or not? -
mi was working there tat day when the accident happened tat day...but mi off shift liao ...
so sad
mi condolence
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you work as life guard ?Originally posted by sgboy2004:mi was working there tat day when the accident happened tat day...but mi off shift liao ...
so sad
mi condolence -
seriously when da time has come for u to die u will die...why blame the ghosts
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working as the assistant to help girls tie their bikini stringsOriginally posted by crazy monkey:you work as life guard ? -
gui la jiao
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I was swimming at Sunset bay once, somewhere around evening. When this particular zouk out party was going on.
I was 2 other friends, and they were swimming ahead of me. My leg cramped on me all of a sudden... and I couldn't swim. I yelled out for my buddies... but they couldn't hear.
I figured I was on my own, so I decided to relax, lie back and float a bit, and start stretching my calf and feet to clear the cramp rather than panic. Managed to clear it and carry on swimming back to shore. It was then that my friend started turning around, and they said they heard me shouting for them. But I shouted for them a good 10-20 secs ago.
There was nothing unusual about the incident, other than the timing of them responding and me yelling for help. Until I read the papers the next day. Some guy drowned there that night itself, after the zouk out. -
I wont be surprised if siloso beach is now haunted....too many ppl died there already...and there are probably a number of spirits there waiting to pull another person down under water...
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ghost in colourful swimwear?Originally posted by shade343:I wont be surprised if siloso beach is now haunted....too many ppl died there already...and there are probably a number of spirits there waiting to pull another person down under water...
no more ghosts in white? -
...and apply sun tan lotion as well ?Originally posted by FireIce:working as the assistant to help girls tie their bikini strings