A female student in Indonesia was seen in a viral video dressed in white and sitting in a daze atop a tree in Tabalong, South Kalimantan.
The girl, wearing a word down white dress, was seen in the video hugging a tree branch as she screamed hysterically, according to Kosmo.
The residents of the town could also be heard yelling at her as they shined their torches at her in the dark of the night, while trying to help her.
In another video, two men were seen trying to climb up the tree to reach the girl in an attempt to save her, before the video cuts off.
Indonesian news website Apa Habar reported that the girl’s mother said her daughter had been possessed by spirits thrice in the past.
She said that on the day of the tree-hugging incident, her husband had been looking for her at about 10om but couldn’t find her.
And that was when they found her on top of a tree and screaming. The girl is reported to have returned to her normal condition and is back safely with her parents.
Some netizens commented that the girl’s screams resembled a kuntilanak, a vengeful spirit known in southeast Asia as a pontianak.
Others commented that the girl might’ve been overwhelmed by psychological stress.