May 03, 2021
A man in West Java s Bedahan village said the wild boar was a black magic user who had transformed his or her appearance to steal from others.
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Tales of a supernatural shape-shifting boar demon that supposedly stole money and other valuables from villagers in West Java have set Indonesian social media abuzz recently, after a video showing the
babi ngepet being beheaded went viral.
Superstitious beliefs are still common in the world s most populous Muslim nation, where nearly 90 per cent of the 270 million population practises Islam and consider pigs unclean - with consumption of their meat haram (forbidden).