MY FATHER’S MONEY RITUAL SNAKES INVADED HIS FUNERAL

MY FATHER’S MONEY RITUAL SNAKES INVADED HIS FUNERAL

My father passed away 6 years ago but we still see him every night sitting on his favourite couch.

My dad passed away and to our surprise immediately after his death we saw snakes everyday at the house until his funeral day.

He collapsed and died and forensics found nothing unusual about his death. No poison nothing just cardiac arrest. We rushed him to the hospital where he was declared deceased.

We went home to start his funeral preparations and when we got home we found a snake at our door step and we killed it.

My uncle hit it with a brick on its head. The next day again we found another snake in the bathroom. My aunt used a stick and hit it on its head and it died. We black people follow a bible verse that says when you see a snake you crash its head or it will bite your heel.

On the third day , my brother found a snake in the garage next to my dad’s car and he hit it on its back and head. Mind you all this snakes after killing them they we burn them.

That again is another culture of ours. This went on for days. Snakes different parts of the house. My dad was a taxi owner and even with just one taxi he had money to give us a very comfortable life.

On Friday morning my aunt(dad’s sister) and my mom went to the hospital to wash and dress his body for the last time. When they came back they were shocked and traumatised.

They said my dad had changed a lot, they said they suspect the mortuary of beating and burning his body. They explained with broken hearts how my dad had bruises on his head and how his body looks like he died from burn wounds.

When they asked the staff at the mortuary, no one had answers. They all claim that his body just changed and they were also in shock. My dad just fell and collapsed, when we took him to the hospital he had no wound or even the tiniest scratch.

It was a shock that suddenly his head had wounds and he looked like a burn victim. We however didn’t think much of it until that Friday evening when his body was brought home.

We did a body viewing and it was a real shock…Everyone was shocked. He had multiple head wounds and he was darker because of the burn wounds.

Because of the state he was in, we ended up not allowing others to view his body. Only his immediate family was allowed.

Saturday came and we found a snake next to his coffin. The men who were around took care of it. When we got to the cemetery another snake was found in his freshly dug grave.

No one thought much of it except for that it was just weird and unusual. Everyone was too fixated in giving my dad a dignified send off.

A week after we buried him, we started noticing weird things. At first we would randomly find a stack of R200 notes amounting to R5000 on his favourite couch.

Not only that but we would hear footsteps, doors opening and closing. Sometimes we would even hear sounds in the kitchen like someone is cooking or making food. 

We became unsettled and uncomfortable in our home now because the next day we found his favourite plate and cup on the kitchen counter.

We decided to go see a traditional healer to find out what was going on. When we got there we were told that he has a spirit of a snake which gave him money. We were also told that uthwele with that spirit and that is why there were many snakes during his funeral preparations.

The snakes were trying to find a new owner and each time we killed and burnt them , it was him we were attacking and that is how the wounds showed on his body.

We were all shocked and scared of going home. We asked the sangoma to do a home cleansing for us and also to make my dad’s spirit to rest and stop wondering around.

The sangoma came home with us and cleansed the house and yard. But he also told us that we will no longer find the money dad would bring for us after his death. We were very okay with that because we don’t know what consequences came with the money.

He also warned us that from the day of the cleansing we might see him for about 10 years before he completely rests. He assured us that he was harmless and weak after the ritual that the sangoma performed..

He said when we see him we shouldn’t talk to him or even entertain him. We must ignore him like we can’t even see him and he will eventually stop coming, maybe even sooner than 10 years.

We were warned that should we talk to him or give him our attention then he will Gain his strength back and start tormenting the house while we sleep.

Indeed after a couple of weeks, we started seeing dad sitting at his favourite couch and he is just there with his face down. Next to him there’s a big snake and weird traditional things and my dad is even wearing beads on his hands and feet.

The sangoma says he is the to pass on the snake to someone but he is now weak and won’t be able to do that unless we give him his strength back by simply talking to him.

The sangoma has helped us a lot I don’t want to lie but seeing my dad every night now is pure torture for us. We are seeking help in this group of witches and wizards confessions to help us connect with someone who can help remove my dad from the house immedlately.