5 Mysterious Figures Ruler Of The Peak Of Mount Salak Bogor

Misty mountain illustration (Unsplas / Alam Kusuma)

JAKARTA - Actually, it is not too high, Mount Salak has the highest peak at 2,211 meters above sea level (masl). For climbers, Mount Salak is known to have three of the highest peaks, namely Pucak Sumbul (1,926 masl), Salak II Peak (2,180 masl) and Salak I Peak.

However, the situation at Salak I Peak often discourages climbers. Because it is known mystical so that it makes the hair stand up first before reaching the navigation point.

Based on the documents of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG), Mount Salak erupted in 1699. This eruption was the largest compared to other magmatic eruptions that occurred in 1790, 1902-1903, and 1935.

Last erupted in 1938, the eruption was in the form of a phreatic eruption and there was the Cikuluwung Putri Crater. Mount Salak sits in the Bogor and Sukabumi areas, West Java.

Steep, steep, and dense vegetation conditions require training before climbing. And what makes adrenaline rush is the presence of mysterious figures who often come uninvited, but when they leave, they always remember.

According to witness testimony reported from various sources, the five figures below extend the mystical story which is shared verbally and through personal writing on digital pages.

Reporting from Tempo, Thursday, February 18, the crash site of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane on May 9, 2012 on Mount Salak is believed by local residents to be right at the graves of ancestors with 'high' knowledge. In the month of Maulud, the local people make pilgrimages at the ancestral graves of the Mount Salak area.

They believe, the ancestors or known as karuhun have the highest peak of knowledge and this mountain becomes their resting place.

At the peak of Salak I or called Puncak Manik there is a tomb of mbah Salak or Eyang Manik with the alias name Mama Raden Hasan Basri and the title name Raden Hasan Brajakusumah. This peak is indeed considered a sacred peak, so climbers rarely get right to the highest point.

The first figure that is often encountered at the foot of Mount Salak is a 80-year-old grandmother. He often shows himself on the edge of a cliff, often greeting and being friendly, but strangeness is often experienced. The dialect is pronounced thick with Javanese, even though the majority of the natives speak Sundanese.

Second, wild boar-like animals as big as trucks, so that snakes and golden horses are believed to be 'guardians' of the forest. Many climbers also met the tiger, reportedly he was the incarnation of Prabu Siliwangi.

Green mountain illustration (Pexels / Tom Fisk)

Third, when on a hill below the peak of Mount Salak there are many people, such as the market situation also often occurs. However, when they realized they were the supernatural beings who transformed into ordinary people and relaxed.

Fourth, the figure of a beautiful woman was also present in dreams. Launching Tentik, a member of the SAR team team witnessed the dream he experienced while sleeping on Mount Salak. The woman is serving drinks at a house on the top of a mountain.

Fifth, it is not a figure that is caught by the sense of sight but the vibrating ear drum indicates a gamelan sound. Of course this is very mysterious, because the path that is followed does not allow a group of people to carry a complete gamelan instrument.

Because every place has a 'story', it's best to be wise when you want to climb a mountain. Both Mount Salak which is famous for the five figures above and other mountains, follow local belief rules and continue to climb according to applicable safety operational procedures.