By Prinella Pillay
A family of five from Shallcross have approached the Post with an impassioned plea to be freed from a disturbing spirit.
The family claim to have been plagued by a tokoloshe for the past 20 years, are desperately looking for someone genuine to help them.
"I know that the immediate reaction of people will be scepticism, that this cannot be so, that there can be no such thing as a tokoloshe, but let me tell your readers that this is true and we've been going through hell," said the desperate Mr X, who called this newspaper for help.
This 'thing' follows us wherever we go "The whole thing is quite embarrassing. We have suffered a lot and spent plenty of money trying get rid of what has been tormenting us for so long, but then we decided to approach Post for help. The fact that we are asking for our identities to be protected is precisely because of the anguish we're experiencing."
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Photographer Niney Ruthnam and I met Mr X (whose details are known to the Post) at his workplace in the city this week, where he described the family's ordeal.
Having spent thousands of rands on spiritualists and being hoodwinked several times, and reaching out to all faiths, Mr X, a 45-year-old father of three, said he was at the end of his tether, but as a last resort, had approached Post editor Brijlall Ramguthee for the newspaper's help.
He said the torment began when he was a newlywed and had moved into a flat in Phoenix, after living with his parents in the township.
"My daughter was about a year old when the trouble began. She started seeing things and described "it" as an African boy sitting next to her. There were times when she would shout that he was there, but we couldn't see anything.
'We don't deny the existence of good and evil spirits' "And at times when I was home, I would sense a cold current and see the curtain blowing lightly even though the windows were closed.
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