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Curse of the green underpants
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| February 9, 2004
| AAP
Posted on 02/10/2004 5:08:53 AM PST by aculeus
A half-man, half-beast, dubbed the "kolor ijo" or "green underpants", has been blamed for stalking Jakarta's outskirts, attacking people with its claws and raping lone women.
Terrified residents set up special kolor ijo patrol squads, while others draped their homes in magic talismans to ward off the creature.
The whole city has been transfixed by the rampage, with television crews and newspapers joining the hunt, uncovering a well-travelled beast that roamed from the city's main airport in the north-west to Bogor in the south, a distance of around 80 kilometres.
And to make matters worse, the beast also seemed unencumbered by some of the planet's worst traffic snarls in between his wide-ranging attacks.
Police were confident they had ended the hunt last week after arresting a kolor ijo innocuously named Andi in the southern suburb of Benkasi.
Andi, 20, who was today undergoing psychiatric evaluation, apparently admitted membership of gang of burglars who wore green underwear during their crimes, with police taking into their possession a pair of his blue-green boxer shorts.
But others weren't so sure.
Many believed the beast was either still on the run, or a figment of the imagination of notoriously-superstitious Indonesians, who still commonly consult witch-doctors for common problems or ailments, despite the country being a Muslim stronghold.
Only recently many Jakartans swore never to use the city rail system again after a "ghost" commandeered an empty commuter train and drove it from Bogor to Jakarta.
Amid the kolor ijo panic, one young woman confessed she slashed her arms with razor blades to mimic cuts from the beast's claws to try and sell her story.
One leading psychologist lamented the city's sense of the supernatural.
"It's shocking that a natural disaster like bird flu doesn't cause panic, but something so stupid spreads like this," he told The Jakarta Post newspaper.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: eatmygreenshorts; hohohogreengiant; indonesia; kolorijo; kumarianraiders; southeastasia; yatta
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To: archy
"Burt Ward...you're needed at Wayne Manor immediately..."
To: aculeus
Andi, 20, who was today undergoing psychiatric evaluation, apparently admitted membership of gang of burglars who wore green underwear during their crimes, with police taking into their possession a pair of his blue-green boxer shorts. Ho! ho! ho!
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:56:30 AM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
To: aculeus
I know what you're thinking. I have an alibi.
To: Guvmint_Cheese
It's the Indonesian Chupacabra right before laundry day...
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
"Burt Ward...you're needed at Wayne Manor immediately..." It's clobberin' time!!!
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:58:30 AM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
To: Billthedrill; Guvmint_Cheese
I know what you're thinking. I have an alibi. That old *I was doing my laundry* alibi just won't wash!
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:01:39 AM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
To: archy
"Leslie Gore, where have you gone, Pussycat?"
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
I reckon that Jakarta is outside the FBI's jurisdiction, otherwise they could just call Scully and Mulder. Hmmmm. Red-headed Scully in....
...interesting thought!
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:07:01 AM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
To: ISonnet
"A half-man, half-beast, dubbed the "kolor ijo" or "green underpants", has been blamed for stalking Jakarta's outskirts, attacking people with its claws and raping lone women." The 'Toon getting ready for St. Patrick's Day?
Woah-woah, he just ate Tokyo, go go Godzilla!
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:14:36 AM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
To: archy
Run for your lives! Save yourselves! It's Green Underpants!
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:15:53 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)
To: archy
What now? Does he get Yokohama for dessert?
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:17:37 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Run for your lives! Save yourselves! It's Green Underpants! Well, I wouldn't hold THAT against her....
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:23:46 AM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
To: AmericanInTokyo
What now? Does he get Yokohama for dessert? Yokahama has always struck me as a bit too large to easily fit into the *After-dinner mint* category*
-archy-/-
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posted on
02/10/2004 12:45:54 PM PST
by
archy
(I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold. We'd fire no guns-shed no tears....)
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