Site statistics

34503 facts from 176 countries related to 1176 phenomena have been registered in Archive. 2800 of them were solved, another 10664 are under verification for compliance with one of the 319 versions.

6 facts have been added for last 24 hours.

Share your story

You are in "Archive" section

This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

Zombies. China

ID #1675511673
Added Sat, 04/02/2023
Author July N.
Sources
Phenomena
Status
Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
1995
Location: 
Хэйлунцзян
China

In ancient Chinese folk customs, there is a taboo: not to let cats, especially black ones, near the corpses.

As soon as a black cat crosses a human corpse or coffin, the dead are resurrected as zombies.

Rumor has it that in 1995, in a small mountain village in the north of Heilongjiang, China, a family quarreled. The son and his wife quarreled with their mother over a trifle and even escalated into a fight.

The old woman felt that she was not respected, and was very angry and desperate. That night she hanged herself.

The old woman's body was so ferocious that her tongue was sticking out of her mouth, and her eyes were always open with an angry expression. According to local customs, for such people who die of hatred, the next of kin should pacify them next to them all night before they are buried.

But the old woman's son and wife fell asleep while escorting the old woman's body, and the black cat stepped over the old woman's body. The cat died, and the old woman came back to life as a zombie with a cat's face. He killed his son and daughter-in-law in anger, and then fled the village.

There are rumors that an old lady with a cat's face will hunt children who go out alone at night, and then eats them. The belly of the dead will be filled with dead rats.

Additional information:The old lady with the cat face is one of the four main urban legends of modern China, and her origin is the earliest.

 It can be traced back to 1924, when the old woman's body was destroyed by a black cat after her death, she turned into a zombie and viciously took revenge on her naughty children. After being passed down from generation to generation, the story turned into a version of Heilongjiang.

At that time, some schools in Harbin even warned their students to pay attention to safety. But some Chinese netizens say that this story is popular in northeast China because at that time there were many criminals in the area who abducted and sold children. They kill children and steal their organs.

The Urban Legend was filmed in 2016 and released in mainland China.

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Deliberate falsification

This version includes any falsifications that imitate unexplained phenomena both from the outside: practical jokes, flash mobs, fake news, witness fraud, staging, etc.

There are many ways to make something similar to a ghost or a flying saucer from improvised materials, without using video and photomontage.

Many homemade things made for the sake of a joke, a practical joke or a direct imitation of a mystical being or event can be taken as unexplained not only in photos and videos, but also in reality.

Investigation

Versions testing, their confirmation or refutation. Additional information, notes during the study of materials
Not enough information

Resume

The most likely explanation. The version, confirmed by the investigation
Not enough information

Similar facts


Log in or register to post comments

Site friends

  • Мир тайн — сайт о таинственном
  • Activite-Paranormale
  • UFOlats
  • Новый Бестиарий
  • The Field Reports
  • UFO Meldpunt Nederland
  • GRUPO DE ESTUDOS DE UFOLOGIA CIENTÍFICA
  • Паранормальная наука, наука об аномалиях
  • Новости уфологии
  • UFO Insights
  • Mundo Ovnis

Attention!

18+

Site contains materials that are not recommended for impressionable people.

You are reporting a typo in the following text:
Simply click the "Send typo report" button to complete the report. You can also include a comment.