Pulau Ubin: Haunted German Doll

Pulau Ubin: Haunted German Doll Shrine

Expedition Date: 8th December 2011

Location:
Pulau Ubin, Offshore island off Singapore. Take a bum boat from Changi Ferry Terminal at Changi Village.

Entrance:
From the disembarkation point at Ubin ferry terminal, it is a long walk to the site approximately 1 hour. You could rent a bicycle or a van to take you to the location.Go by Jalan Jelutung and Jalan Edaud Senin and will take you past a chalet resort go past that towards Ketam quarry bicycle trail and you could see a small red hut. The door is open always but Do Not Touch anything inside! You won't get lost because there are road markers and at a junction there is a small yellow sign post showing the direction to the site.

Overview:
The shrine is only one of the places in Pulau Ubin we explored. The journey itself is an adventure into another era filled with mysteries and wonder.The haunted doll is a feature on a website as one of the most haunted doll in the world. http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/ghostdolls.php and we also visit the shrine of the stone which is nearby.

The Mystery:
Why is it called the German Girl shrine?
Does the doll really exist?
Why do they worship a barbie doll instead of usual deities?
Do they worship a strange stone?
Does the mysterious granite stone exist in the first place?
Is there a place on the island called bukit coffee cemetery and is it related to Kopi Hill Cemetery(Bukit Brown)?

The Myth:
Is the doll really haunted?
Do people get possessed and speak in German when they touch the stone?
The island is said to be filled with a demon called the "Pocong" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocong

The Experiment:
In order to prove the theory that anyone stay alone in the German Girl hut gets possessed. One of our brave team member tried it out.

The goal:
To find out if the doll, the stone and the Kopi hill and Bukit Coffee  connection is true.

The Video:

The Results:
       Although tired from the expedition we were fired up from the data we collected and a successful test of our infra red cam.
      We have great success in this expedition although some were really unexpected, we have ample footage of a possession, the doll itself,the mystery stone worshippers Bukit Coffee Cemetery, photos of a shrouded figure, photo of orbs which gather to form a figure.

The Findings:

The Mystery:
The Doll does exist, it sits in the middle of the altar, surrounded by offerings of baby power, make up kits, perfume , beer and other things. Other deities filled the hut but as I say the doll is the centre piece. The hut is well maintained and fresh offerings can be seen.

From newspaper clippings found on the wall and a search in the archives its called the German Girl Shrine  because during World War 1 a German family lived in in Pulau Ubin tried to flee from the British. In her haste she fell to her death in the quarry below. Her body was found and covered with sand and the offer her offerings when they past by.
A group of Chinese worker moved her remains to the top of the quarry and gave her a proper burial.
On 1974 her remains, which left only hair and bones were moved to the hut, places in an urn and there she remained till today, so we believed! But the urn was either stolen or simply disappear no one knows.

Not much is known about the doll being the centrepiece of the altar, but from my you tube viewers comment, it is said the doll is the vessel of the German girl spirit. The other reason is that a man, a caretaker of the temple, dream of the dead girl wanting the doll and when her went to mainland Singapore her found the exact doll and bought it believing the girls spirit is in the doll.

Behind the shrine, we also found the mysterious stone worshipped by devotees. The stone does exist , it is believed that the German girl died on that rock. Under Ultraviolet light no bloodstains were found on the rock itself. There are offerings around the stone showing that it is also worshipped.

And finally Bukit Coffee Cemetery does exist but it is not related to Kopi Hill (Bukit Brown) Cemetery but both was a coffee plantation and both was and still is a Chinese cemetery.

The Myth:
There is a strange vibes towards the dolls as or team member investigates, it is as if the doll was looking into their soul instead of us looking at it. One of our team member was possessed but I don't think it was from the doll.

I personally touch the stone but no, I didn't get possessed in any way

On our return journey we were directed to another route following a mysterious singing in the dense forest, it leads us to Coffee hill cemetery and one of our team members got possessed or something. He still follow the sound to an off beaten track deep in the forest and ended up by the sea and the mysterious sound wasn't so mysterious anymore because it was coming from a Kelong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelong somewhere in Malaysia. During our journey our photographer did managed to snapped some picture of a mysterious shrouded figure, it could be anything or it could be the notorious pocong. You decide.

Another photo taken was near an open field behind the shrine. When analysing the photo of what appear to be orbs sing an  image analyser program the few photos containing the orbs seems to gather forming a human figure. Creepy. But it is open for interpretations.

The Experiment:
No video feeds of the experiment and team member doesn't feel any presence in the hut. Batteries are full and memory card is still available but no feed. Unexplained but could be magnetic interference in the hut.

Conclusion:
Jammed pack island full of mysteries, We would be visiting the island soon and next time we will bring the full gear, motion sensors, laser tripwires, EMF meters, laser thermometer and thermal camera.
We will be trying a seance in the middle of the so called black magic Muslim graves.
Stay Tuned.

Nocturnia Production Team (NPT)

Ariel, Ahyul, Tony, Fala, Fauzi, Ayie, Manjun

Photos:

A long journey ahead

Ubin expedition members

Mysterious stone of Ubin

The mentioned doll

Looked like a barbie doll

The doll has a strange vibe to it

Offerings altar

A newspaper clipping on the wall

Random orbs

Random orbs seems to gather

Forming a shape on a man

A strange shrouded figure, very much like a pocong