Police are keeping watch at the home of a Gasparillo family, after they reported being physically attacked by a spirit creature called a buck which seems to have invaded their home.
After two days of rituals and prayers, Krishna Mathura claimed the buck had assaulted his son Govinda, leaving him with reddish lacerations on his upper thigh. The buck, Mathura said, continues to live in the home and is still following them everywhere they go. He said they heard the voice of the creature yesterday morning saying he was going to kill all of them. Mathura, whose eyes were sunken, said they have not been able to sleep because of the evil now lurking inside the house.
Standing outside the family’s Hilltop Drive, Gasparillo home, Mathura said some people believe they were suffering from mental illness but this was not so. He denied they were dabbling in witchcraft, noting that all they wanted to do was to live peacefully. But he admitted the family was embroiled in a land dispute.
“I am sad that (name called) will say such bad things about us. It is not true. We just want this thing to leave our place,” Mathura said.
During the T&T Guardian’s visit, five people were waiting to speak to the family and to perform their own rituals.
Dhanraj Gopiechand from the Orisha Baptist Church was also there asking for a piece of chalk to do a ritual. He then took a bottle of a reddish liquid which he called “Run Devil Run” and sprinkled it on top of Govinda. Gopiechand went into what appeared to be a trance. With his head rolling from side to side, Gopiechand began sputtering and making strange noises. He began asking CNC3 cameraman Ivan Toolsie who sent him there.
Gopiechand said it will take a week to get rid of the buck.
A man from Palo Seco who didn’t want to be named claimed he lived with a buck as a child. He said he had brought an offering to give to the buck on behalf of the family, adding a buck normally only attacks its owners if it is not fed.
“I am not here to do a ritual, all I want to do is make an offering to it,” he said, adding it was not common for a spirit creature to steal material possessions or eat from the fridge.
Govinda said he was sleeping between his parents Krishna and Balmatee around 2 am when he felt a burning on his thigh. When he woke up he saw the lacerations.
Balmatee said she was fearful to stay in the home and was now hoping to relocate. She said a Tacarigua pundit did some rituals on Wednesday night and advised them to sleep together on one bed until he completes his ritual of “tying” the property. She said despite all the prayers the buck only became aggravated.
“We heard his voice this morning saying he will kill us. He said it was he who suck Govinda,” Balmatee added.
Krishna said he was convinced that evil spirits were in his house. Since the T&T Guardian broke the story, more than 30 spiritual leaders and visitors from all the major faiths have visited the family. All sorts of rituals were also done.
Police officers, including SRP Johnson, PC Dass and PC Jogie, visited the family yesterday. Asked whether they were investigating theft and death threats at the house, the officers said no.
However, they said they were keeping watch at the house and were offering moral support to the family.