TEROWONGAN CASABLANCA - The Legendary Scarriest Tunnel in Indonesia

One of the most scariest urban legend in Indonesia is the legend of Terowongan Casablanca (Casablanca Tunnel) that located in the center of Jakarta. This legend has been told and very popular around 1970's, and become urband legend when it's been made into a movie called Terowongan Casablanca (2007). Today, the

The Center of Casablanca Tunnel

haunted story still frightening everybody, especially people who pass the tunnell in the middle of the night.

So what is the legend say about this tunnell?

THE LOCATION OF CASABLANCA TUNNEL

Casablanca Tunnel is an underpass tunnel that located in Basuki Rahmat Street, near Kunian Area, East Jakarta Region. There is no complete details about the date of the tunnel has been built (judging from the structure of the tunnel, I assumed it's been built somewhere around 1980's). In earlier day, the location of Casablanca Tunnel was a graveyard. The graveyard had been moved to another place, near the tunnel. However, because it was not done in proper way,  the spirits were very upset and disturbing people who come across the tunnel.

The sudden shut-off's vehicles right after enteringCasablanca Tunnel

 

 

 

It's been told that since the tunnel been made and open for public, a lot of strange accidents happen within the tunnel. Some witnesses said that they saw a lady suddenly appeared and accross the street. To avoid it, they stop the car in a sudden that make the series of vehicles' crash.

Other witnesses told that their vehicles's machine suddenly stop in the middle of the tunnel, meanwhile the machine's condition is in good condition.

The legend become much more scarier when someone hang himself at the entrance of the tunnel. The incident happened around end of 90's.

THE RED ROBE LADY

Most of the witnesses who encountered the supernatural accident in Casablanca Tunnel, confirmed that they usually saw a lady in red robe. The lady either only stand still at the edge of the tunnel or suddenly appear and cross-over the street. Nobody ever saw her face.

According to Ki Joko Bodo, one of the most famous Indonesia's paranormal, the lady that people saw was called Kuntilanak Merah (The Red Kuntilanak. You can read about "Kuntilanak" in this link : http://theghost-zone.blogspot.com/2010/04/kuntilanak-revenge-of-beauty.html), the most scariest and fiercest ghost. The legend said that she was a girl who burried alive by her boyfriend after he found out she was pregnant after, they were sleep together. Soon the girl died and turn into The Red Kuntilanak, seeking for revenge.

Kuntilanak... not the real one...

People said that while you are entering the tunnel, if you want to avoid The Red Kuntilanak, honk the tunnel three times. By doing this way, you asked a permission to the spirit to entering "its territory". If you did not honk, either they will suddenly show up or your vehicle's machine will suddenly shut-off. Believe it or not, you should try it for yourself.