Night of the Tokoloshe
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In the past, we have explored tales of strange and bizarre creatures. But whilst often enigmatic in nature, few have been quite as malevolent and haunting as the entity we will encounter this week. An African legend in possession of supernatural capabilities, which it utilises to carry out a truly evil agenda. Join us, as we examine the Tokoloshe.
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As a South African, the tokoloshe doesn’t scare me as much as politicians
Fellow South African here and I 100% agree with you
Fellow South African here. Be sure to put your beds on bricks or paint tins tonight. 😂😂
I'm only scared of one thing. Taxes....😱
Certain "Africans" in the USA are more scary.
Texas? Me too. Totally scared of Texas. I think it might come for me in the night!
Imagine selling the soul of a loved one to summon an evil that can't even get off the floor
Yeah but if it gets to your head, it can make you eat people by whispering in your ear
Very true 😮
Nice opinion unfortunately I am inside your house
"I bought my revenge demon on Wish"
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I’m really glad how you guys didn’t gloss over how often this “demon” is blamed for domestic violence, rape, and murder. And how you pointed out CO poisoning as a possibility for why beds need to be raised. CO is heavier than oxygen so people on the floor are extra vulnerable.
As for the CO poisoning, it makes the most sense to me because I experienced it one winter night when I was young
CO is known to have caused hallucinations in some cases, would explain "sightings".
Yeah I like how people just Boogeyman to explain away why the hell they raped someone or why they murdered their wife
CO is slightly less than air. It rises, however, it does explain hallucinations, and it also diffuses evenly through the room.
@@TheUglyFish And all those people hallucinated exactly the same thing, huh?
The elevated beds and the demonic activity don't need to be connected at all.
Thanks for covering the Tokoloshe. I'm South African so I've been accustomed to seeing beds on bricks or paint tins, although that was mostly in my youth. I think it is less likely to happen in urban areas now.
The first time I heard about the Tokoloshe was when I was about 10 years old. We lived on a farm and one of our workers claimed he had been walking through the veld the previous night when a Tokoloshe chased him. He ran as fast as he could and the Tokoloshe got hold of his jacket. Somehow he wriggled out of it and so got away from the Tokoloshe.
For superstitious Africans the Tokoloshe is very real.
I just sent this video to my South African friend and as soon as I said the name she’s like oh yeah I know about that see I’m not from South Africa. I’m from Syria, so I understand Jinn things of that nature which is honestly kind of similar, but it’s obviously a very big thing there and I believe in all of this shit
@@mikemickel 🤣🤣🤣
@@jordanalandry1866 I'm a South African Muslim and I can confirm it is real from personal experience(just saw it). The tokoloshi is actually summoned by witch doctors with the intent to cause harm to an individual. It's definitely a form of Jinn.
It makes sense to sleep on raised beds to make it harder for vermin to get at you. In such an environment it's only logical that folklore warning against sleeping at floor level would be generated.
Whars a Veld?.
Always interesting to hear supernatural tales from around the world
The hat man emoji 😱
Wait... how come my keyboard has no Hat Man emoji? Are there Black Eyed Kids emojis?!!
So an undead body risen from the grave, shrunken and possessed by a demon can not go higher than 3ft by any means? Talk about not being able to GET IT UP!!!
I CALL massive B.S.💩💩💩 which sets itself apart from alot of the other B.S. put out by this channel. I know they need to keep making videos. But it would be better to concentrate on stories of very possible and credible validity rather than folklore and small town camp fire stories.
Love that emoji
@@stevenfunderburg1623 it’s for members of the channel I believe, it’s like a subscription but it helps the creator and you get little perks
this channel never disappoints.
And Wartime stories either.
@@cyankirkpatrick5194mr ballen too
I think the Tokoloshe's inability to climb up a bed lifted off the ground is meant to stem from them being dead things, bound to the ground. Sure they can get inside a house but leaving the floor, the bottom, is difficult for them. Though this is also discredited that it can then climb a person and sit on their shoulders quiet high off the ground.
So is the top floor of the apartment considered the ground still?
Perhaps they do need the vantage point of getting higher up, but they can only do so on the shoulders of a person that they’ve enthralled? When they don’t have that attachment to a living person, I guess staying off the ground might cause them sickness or a depletion of energy? Assuming one were an investigator, or an Isangoma, Amagqirha, Ngaka or Selaoli, or another local wise person, one might experiment with trying to both trap the Tokoloshe, and lift it off the ground, to see if that renders it too weak to do anything. I dare say this has probably been tried many times, though, if we’re to assume there’s any truth to this folklore.
The video itself aside, massive props for doing the click in "Xhosa"; in the few instances where I've seen someone say the word previously they seldom attempted the click.
Thank you for propping him on the click! I wanted to as well, but figured to check the comments first and it took a lot of scrolling surprisingly. Really impressed with Richard!
The narration on these is always Hella satisfying but that was just *chefs kiss*
I actually finally figured out how to say Xhosa correctly with the click from him doing it in this video. I'm not bragging, it's the bare minimum I can do as a white American, but there was a level of confidence that I could make my mouth make that sound that was added by hearing someone from an English-first country say it.
i read ahead in the subtitles and i didn't think he'd hit it. imagine my surprise when he did. super impressed.
I would love an episode about the Japanese ghost, the Teki Teki. It's a horrifying story, really scary.
What about Godzilla ⁉️🇯🇵
Japanese urban legends were merely exaggeration nowadays
You mean teke teke?
@@Nightwalk444 Yeah, I spelled it wrong.
That's the ghost that walks on its hands right?
What an interesting creature, a monster that's basically a supernatural "Hitman" with a funny weakness to heights, it's always cool hearing about foreign "Boogeyman" style monsters.
Also, that ending scene was pure gold. Lol
It’s kind of like Puppet Master (1989)
@@treystephens6166 That's a good comparison.
@@DemonsFlame I love Full Moon 🌕 Features‼️
@@treystephens6166 They definitely hit the mark with that series. 👍
@@DemonsFlame Subspecies is great too‼️
In the Caribbean, particularly Trinidad and Guyana, this is referred to as a “buck”. There has been recent sightings of this entity.
And in Malaysia, it is referred to as a “toyol”. In Indonesia, it is referred to as a “tuyul”.
So an undead body risen from the grave, shrunken and possessed by a demon can not go higher than 3ft by any means? Talk about not being able to GET IT UP!!!
I CALL massive B.S.💩💩💩 which sets itself apart from alot of the other B.S. put out by this channel. I know they need to keep making videos. But it would be better to concentrate on stories of very possible and credible validity rather than folklore and small town camp fire stories.
CHUPACAMBRA!!!!!!👹
Can you say anymore about it? What does it look like? There are many strange things out there… I saw a craft flying near my moms house not even 3 weeks ago. Have no clue what it was but nothing the public knows about.
It sounds cognate with "puck", a type of mischievous sprite from European folklore. Perhaps it's some kind of Jungian archetype that recurs in many cultures.
I love Bedtime and Wartime stories. I just wish they'd drop episodes more often!
Wartime stories I can understand because it's a 1 man job (and he does it better than BTS tbh, and uploads more regularly!), but BTS is an entire team 😕
Greetings from Namibia and a long time subscriber. Here in Namibia we also talk about the Tokoloshe. Nice seeing something on this channel that is close to home.
I remember when I was little (in the 80's), our nanny had her bed's legs stacked on bricks. Having seen this in many black ladies' maid's quarters, I asked her why and she told me it is to keep the Tokoloshe from climbing up her bed's legs.
Imagine her horror when I, as an 8 year old, reminded her that he could just climb up the bricks to climb up the bed! 😂😂😂
Very true. If they do exist they probably would figure out ways to climb up.
@@mirandagoldstine8548I'm thinking it does not prevent the demon from anything, it is just an attempt by people to fight/evade what they can not comprehend.
as a south african and a huge fan of your channel, thank you for this! I love seeing stories and mysteries from my country/region
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I have an old book in Afrikaans about various ghosts and famous urban legends here (not just the Uniondale ghost, and also a short but terrifying story about a tokoloshe).
So an undead body risen from the grave, shrunken and possessed by a demon can not go higher than 3ft by any means? Talk about not being able to GET IT UP!!!
I CALL massive B.S.💩💩💩 which sets itself apart from alot of the other B.S. put out by this channel. I know they need to keep making videos. But it would be better to concentrate on stories of very possible and credible validity rather than folklore and small town camp fire stories.
The real mystery in South Africa is what the hell is going on there in the past couple of years. Y'all falling apart. Maybe it's a balance for selling out to China.
Hope to see more! I've heard some really great scary tales about hauntings in South African prisons.
The scariest thing about South Africa is real life... get the F outta there.
Good story. Next time one of those scammers from Nigeria sends me a message on fb I'm going to tell them I'm sending a tokoloshe to get them😂😂😂😂
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I watched every episode in this channel and have come to appreciate the level-headedness and unbiased approach of the producers. They always view these stories through a lens of health skepticism, providing logic and reasoning, but also respect the stories with a degree of tolerance and face value curiosity. I find this mixture to be very enjoy. Thank you Bedtime Stories!
Bedtime Stories beyond creepy and Sir Spooks upload at the same time ! This is an absolutely banger time to be happy!
Sir Spooks??? I'm looking into it!
Sure would be nice if Sir Spooks wasn't just a lazy content farmer
In Sepedi(from northern South Africa) we spell it “tokološi” and instead of reanimating a corpse, a living person is taken, their tongue cut out and made to do the bidding of their captors. Every corner of Southern Africa has a variation of it. Some are even forced to work and bring money to the family that took them
South African here. Understandably, a lot of major points were left out of this video due to their graphic nature. I think the tokkelossie is seen of as more than just a demon. Often “he” is portrayed as a short, hairy goblin-type creature and even the mention of his name can mean disaster to those who believe (many are very superstitious). We were told as kids growing up that we needed to keep our feet covered, not hanging off the bed at night because if not the tokkelossie would come and bite our toes off. He also has a reputation of being particularly… adventurous with women. Lots of connections to witchcraft as the video mentioned.
On a side note, very sad to say but whenever there’s mention of witches abducting people you can assume they met an untimely end. Paganism isn’t uncommon in SA and those practicing have been known to capitalize on their victims in unspeakable ways. It’s especially a problem for albinos, unfortunately.
I'm not South African but I always was afraid as a kid to let my feet out of the covers at night for fear that a spirit would touch them. One day I forgot to and something or someone did touch my toes. I keep my toes hidden at night to this very day.
I missed you! I've actually never heard of the Tokoloshe before! I'm so glad you've brought this to my attention!
In 1971 there was a world wide hit Tokoloshe Man by John Kongos... the more you know
I love that you feature cryptids and legends from all over the world! Let my point you to a very creepy creature from Swedish folklore: Myling. The Myling is the spirit of an unwanted child who was murdered by their mother, and buried in unhallowed ground. They have been known to attack and murder people, but they also have a very sad reason for existing. All they want is a name, and to be buried in a proper grave. Anyone who's unable to grand them these gifts will be killed.
Considering the huge amount of abortions in Sweden there must be many of them
We need more bedtime stories! Best show ever
The bed thing is so interesting because I, a South African born and bred, didn't actually know WHY some elders did that to their beds. Ya learn something new every day!
I remember having to look for bricks when my aunt moved unto her house so we could raise her beds
Hi, did the elders not mention the Tokoloshe to you at any point, I’m sure it would have definitely creeped me out as a kid, probably wise that they didn’t I guess
Maybe they kept the custom but forgot why they did it.
@@divinespark236I mean they do explain everything that seems superstitious to me with “it’s bad luck” so probably
Man this is awesome! As a South African follower of this channel this is so dope to see
🇿🇦🇿🇼 A tale that I heard as a kid that definitely stayed with me.
Fascinating.
An interesting twist on the idea of a boogeyman. It’s always intriguing hearing about similar entities through the lens of another culture.
as far as i know it´s a entity that get´s bound to a statue with rusty nails and a mirror made out of quartz. Similar to Hebrew golems or Tibetans tulpa´s from my understanding just the energy is a little different
@@PhilippBrandAkatosh it looks like a hippo
@@mehchocolate1257 guess you have never seen one right ?
@@PhilippBrandAkatosh not really the tokoloshe doesn't exist in Canada
@@mehchocolate1257 are you sure ? i guess the Inuit or Native Americans have similar methods, just with different names
Another triumph Bedtime Stories and the after credits scene was quality 👽
I was very surprised to hear the narrator actually click his tongue for the pronunciations. Great work.
The special bonus clip at the end was gold. :)
i knew the ethiopian tokoloshes personally. they are one of the kindest most misunderstood little imps. do not be alarmed if you ever encounter them at night.
It's so interesting that a creature in folklore would have such a different disposition in two different countries.
When you were a kid?
I’m South African and I’ve spoken to countless people throughout my life who have encountered a Tokoloshe
Pretty scary is that knowing most is likely a cover for Domestic violence's or likely a poverty story a family will tell for lose a family member due to sleeping near a fire to keep warm. The in flux of colonies trying to abuse the locals as well is scary. But there is a small bit where you have the unknown. A cryptic attacking a guys wife. Its scary. As always great addition.
So an undead body risen from the grave, shrunken and possessed by a demon can not go higher than 3ft by any means? Talk about not being able to GET IT UP!!!
I CALL massive B.S.💩💩💩 which sets itself apart from alot of the other B.S. put out by this channel. I know they need to keep making videos. But it would be better to concentrate on stories of very possible and credible validity rather than folklore and small town camp fire stories.
Your thought was mine exactly. Things are created to keep people confused and chasing jothing while pure evil intended people amongst us carry out thwir sick fantasies...
I look forward to Bedtime/Wartime Stories more than any other channel... by miles. This style and the amount of work that goes in to these vids are well worth the wait. The wait makes it that much more of an event to me.
Agreed. No other show gets me excited like theirs. It gives me the same feeling as watching unsolved mysteries as a kid. Great show
Me and my Gf feel the same . I think I get more excitedbefore wartime stories and them smoke pit tales are my favorite.
So an undead body risen from the grave, shrunken and possessed by a demon can not go higher than 3ft by any means? Talk about not being able to GET IT UP!!!
I CALL massive B.S.💩💩💩 which sets itself apart from alot of the other B.S. put out by this channel. I know they need to keep making videos. But it would be better to concentrate on stories of very possible and credible validity rather than folklore and small town camp fire stories.
Fuck YEAH! I'm not working for the summer I could live for one every week but I know they put ao much into each episode that's unrealistic
get a life
It's so weird seeing something I remember being told about in primary school reach out of South Africa and onto youtube. I remember being terrified of the Tokoloshe growing up since most my classmates were from rural areas where the superstitious were frequent
Saw this earlier in the week, am having another watch tonight, love a scary story on Sunday evening and bts do it the best. Never heard this story before which makes it even better. A creepy little tale it is too.
Had a really bad weekend, this is going to be perfect to unwind to
Great to see you guys back.
Finally. Was wondering when this episode would be uploaded. But perhaps there’s another universe where it was already uploaded last week. And another where it still hasn’t been uploaded. And another where the next episode or two after this are already uploaded. Who knows how the bedtime stories channel operates in other universes?
People often call me crazy for asking questions just like this.
Woo! Been checking every Sunday night. Keep them coming, guys!
This story would make for a good horror movie set in Africa with an all-African cast.👍
Orrr....hear me out....we could cast at least a few actors that someone somewhere may actually pay to watch in a movie? May not be fair, but is unfortunately fact.
There already is one
@@brandeegreen9404 What's it called?
Like Elon Musk... I'd watch that.
@@Shin_Lona Elon Musk is the worst actor in the world! Did you see him on SNL?! He sucks! 😂😂😂
I get excited every night I get read a "Bedtime Story"
Thank You for another fantastic one!😊❤
I just watched the bone snatcher where this myth is used!! It was actually a swarm of evolved ants that used bone to move around the desert!!! Titus the African man talked about the tokoloush as causing deaths and accidents!!
It reminds me of the Karen Black segment in the film "Trilogy of Terror" where a small demon attacks her in her apartment.
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Thats exactly what i was thinking when I clicked on this
It's bedtime, but I think I need to check under the bed before I tuck myself in.. Wish me luck.. 🤞🏻😅
Thank You guys! 🖤💜💙
I have no African heritage and i've never been there but those creatures exist, although the ones i've seen aren't furry, just red skinned, some tiny (impish), some adult human sized. There is a reason why it's best to raise your mattress off the floor, the spiritual vibrations of the lower energies can manifest from the lower part of the house/building etc. We can't usually see it but for eg if you could, you might see spirits looking as though they are halfway into the floor that is because darker beings hide in dark places which is commonly underneath such as cellars, tunnels etc. Bizarre i know but quite literally lower energy. Because of their concentration on interfering in the physical world (maybe earthbound or negatively attached) their dimension is closer to ours than higher dimensions, but denser and heavier in energy. That's why you will usually see them manifest on floors. They will try to get to people through base drives, lust, anger etc. Rise above it, as the saying goes, it's true.☀️
Have you heard of the UFO crash outside Las Vegas last month in the backyard of a family. Police body cam shows object falling from sky. The family made a 911 call claiming tall creatures were in their backyard. This would make a good story for you guys.
Where can I see body cam footage?
@falcoretheminiluckdragon3060 it was been on national news. Looks like a small meteor falling straight down.
So an undead body risen from the grave, shrunken and possessed by a demon can not go higher than 3ft by any means? Talk about not being able to GET IT UP!!!
I CALL massive B.S.💩💩💩 which sets itself apart from alot of the other B.S. put out by this channel. I know they need to keep making videos. But it would be better to concentrate on stories of very possible and credible validity rather than folklore and small town camp fire stories.
The boy just witnessed the latest in tech of the cartels dropping off some overgrown illegal aliens in the U.S.
Hush hush!!!
There's videos on RUclips. They're on my "to watch" list.
Whoever does your drawings is great. It fits your format perfectly!!!
I'm thrilled you guys featured one of the scary creatures from my childhood! Well done, as always! 👏👏❤️
Ya know i was just wondering when you guys were gonna post next. And then boom you'd come in with this!
Really impressed with "Xhosa"
Amazing work, as always. I'd never heard of this before. I love these stories from around the world.
This channel is very underrated.I appreciate you guys
I honestly love you guys and the attention to detail on every video. I literally use your Aliens/UFO playlist as background noise every night to fall asleep. Keep it up, my fav channel!
Saved this for midnight. What a good feeling to hear your musical introduction
.... its story time...scary!😱
I wish I could do that but grey aliens have always been my greatest and only irrational phobia 😭😭😭
Scary bedtime stories need to be about ghosts/creepy creatures for me hehe
I've already thought of making a tokoloshe be the antagonist of a fairy tale (or the African equivalent) set in medieval South Africa that I want to create sometime, and because of you, I now know more about and hold SO MUCH more fear for these horrifying creatures!
I have to admit, though being a fully grown, rational adult, this channels amazing storytelling makes me slowly more and more unsettled after sun down. Keep up the amazingly creepy work.
Yay Bedtime Stories is back! 😃
Best storytelling channel on RUclips 👑
I listened to all of these episodes on Spotify then came back to RUclips to finish the rest of them and I have not been disappointed these are amazing
Exactly what I need on a Sunday night
I'm raising my bed up on stilts straightaway!
Thank you! I needed this episode to take my mind off of daily life.
I’m not worried about this thing. Like an Imperial Guardsman, I know enough faith and firepower will protect me from any threat.
'The Emperor protects'
“But having a bolter never hurts either.”
Ave Imperator. Nothing shall stall our wrath.
@Chris James @Fulgrim2 Stand firm, Squad! Defend and advance only at my command!
Yeah but tokoloshe have big pp
The end bit…..hilarious!! 😂. Cheers!
That bit at the very end was hilarious. I really appreciate the inclusion of the humor 😄
Most underrated channel in youtube...
More stories please?
Your channels the bomb!
In Zimbabwe they call it Chidhoma
Mysteries... I mean... MYSTERIES... Who doesn't love those ?! Imagining a world, that's not so "cut and dry" as we've been raised to believe... And this channel tells those tales absolutely perfectly...
It would be awesome Richard to hear you narrate a few audiobooks. Like The Hobbit or a wrinkle in Time
I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF BEDTIME STORIES!!!! CLASSIC AS USUAL!!!!
Another good reason for not being able to get to sleep at night -- thanks, guys!
Glad your back.
A safari guide revealed to viewers on Safari Live she had seen a tokalosh as a teenager. She was at school and was walking along a corridoor that was all windows on one side and saw a small hairy thing on two legs walking near the trees keeping pace with her. She shrugged it off as imagination until next day the school cook screamed for everyone to get inside because there was a tokalosh outside.
Cool thanks for the video
✌🍄👍
Please never stop
Another interesting story. One that makes one wonder if they would carry out an evil act out of malicious vengeance.
The Tokoloshe is probably one of many demonic manifestations that exist somewhere in our psyches. And yet, we have the power to let cooler heads prevail.
Great narration and artwork as always.
Hilarious bonus at the very end.
Many thanks from South Africa, nice to see some of our stories here on the channel. Kepp up the great work
Never disappointed!
Very Interesting.
One the best channels on RUclips. The artwork, the narration and the research that goes into the scary mysteries and legends, always makes for a well done video!
You rock, these are the best videos i listen to when falling asleep. Keep up the great work 👍
A new episode of Bedtime Stories? Tonight is gonna be a good one!🥳
Outstanding! Another excellent upload from one of my favorite channels. 💯
Yes another great episode. huge thanks.
Great work as usual! A chunk of the company I work for is based over in SA, I wonder if mentioning this to them is a good idea...lol
Lol I don’t think it would be an issue🤣 South African here😊
@@amandakhumalo5655 Haha, well I mentioned it to one of the senior staff and he was like "here it's not really a thing but be careful with people who may come from small towns further out", and considering that I don't know who is from where I thought it prudent to not mention it, lol
I've been waiting for this upload.
A nice way to kick off the start of a new week.
YAAAAYYY!!!!! I haven't even watched it yet. I just love seeing it on my notifications list. Missed you guys so much!!! OK. Imma shut up now and listen to your video.
I Be Waiting For These Moments When They Drop A Video On This Channel. It's Like Christmas Err Time
Rich's Voice: Welcome to the Bedtime Stories
"I don't like heights". Hilarious!
I love the way you tell the stories in an unbiased truthful way, something other online storytellers fail to produce. Thats why I had to unsubscribe from the other channels for this reason alone and why im still here.
Love this channel im so thankful for more episodes
I think that the Tokoloshe can't climb because it can't lose contact with the ground. Since it was pulled out of the ground as a corpse and turned into the Tokoloshe, it is essentially part of the Earth and must remain in contact in order to have life energy.
Don't ask me how it can step onto floors inside houses and not lose contact with the ground. I'm tired, and haven't had coffee, and so I can't get into that.
"No...I don't like heights." Reasons why you should always read the fine print.
Creepy, yet interesting.
The Happy Mondays have a song called Tokoloshe Man. Its not bad, the lyrics seems to be about a party boy type. I had no idea tokoloshe was a folklore demon. The song was written in the Caribbean, so the tale must be common there too among the Afro-Caribbeans.
In the early 2000s people used to tie fishing line to a black wig and put it in bush or behind a wall and wait for people walk by to scream tokoloshe while pulling the wig towards the frightened individual.
I always thought it was a harmless prank, I never knew how dark the story was