"Akudaaya" (Died and Reappeared)
“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.”
Don't doubt me if I tell you not every human being you see walking is real. Are you surprised? In our world today, with what we are seeing and hearing happening, you will believe someone who told you they have seen a lot on earth especially having the dead living among the living. You are still shocked? The truth is that there are dead among us and many people do not believe things like this happened but the Yoruba culture strongly believes in what we call "Akudaaya" (died and reappeared)
Yes, we have a lot of Akudaaya in our midst but one may not know them unless you are sensitive enough to know them without being spiritual about it. You can know and identify them with your naked eyes. How is that possible? Continue reading while I narrate some stories, including real-life stories to back this up and make us know how to spot people like them.
I was inspired to write on this after reading @Bilqees article. You can read it here
According to her, she narrated a real-life story of her Aunt's stepdaughter who died but reappeared again somewhere else. Just read her story to know more about what happened.
I think last year in one of my articles, I narrated a true life story which my mom told me about a young guy who was a mechanic working beside my mom's shop. He was working on a Friday and a trailer hit him and he died instantly.
The guy went home after he died because according to my mom, he used to go home every Friday and would return on Monday because the distance from his house to our place is very far and for him not to be wasting transport fare daily, he would spend Mon to Fri in his shop and travel home to meet his wife.
He went home on Friday and stayed with his wife without letting her know he was dead. On Monday morning, the guy didn't go to work and this was a surprise to his wife. She asked why he wasn't prepared for work but he told her he wasn't feeling fine and would want to stay at home. The guy and his wife were gisting and they saw the guy's parents and some co-workers coming from the gate. The guy quickly told his wife he was coming and that he wanted to pick something in his room.
The parents came in and the wife was surprised to see them in their home uninvited. It took a lot of time for her to believe her husband had been dead since Friday but came to stay with her because she went to the room but didn't find him. He already disappeared.
I watched a movie similar to this too. This guy died and was buried but he went to create a family somewhere else very far from his parent's house. They had children and when it was time to show his wife and children his family because the wife has been disturbing him to show his family since they got married until after three kids. Why would you date someone without knowing their family or lineage? They went on this journey and he told his wife and children to step down from the car and pointed at a house for them to go in and wait for him while he goes somewhere very important.
They went inside and the parents were shocked to find out the truth but they insisted their son was dead a long time ago. It was until they took the wife to where he was buried many years ago that she believed she had married an "Akudaaya".
These Akudaaya wished to spend their lives with those they love and would love to have their own family but something would happen that will make them disappear forever and go to another place to make another family where they will not be spotted.
When they die, they sojourn in another place where no one would see them, especially those who know they have died. But once they notice someone who knew about their death is around. They would disappear forever because these people were believed to come and expose them. This is why many people should be careful not to fall into their traps because it is not a good thing to copulate with a dead person who came back again in another place.
But there is a way to know these kinds of people among the living. How?
When you have someone you don't know anything about them. They keep giving excuses when you asked them to show their family. They either make an excuse that their village or hometown is a far place or can't go because of bad roads. At least such an excuse is still acceptable but when it becomes something they keep saying and for years, they don't want you to know their family or anyone close to them, know that they are the ones we are referring to as "Akudaaya"
Someone can't be living and not have a family. At least even if it is a close friend or relative, they might be traceable but if they are not, please, be careful. Though they do no harm, especially when you have nothing to do with their death, they hunt those who killed them.
One reason I can say why these people choose to reappear again is that perhaps they are the only child of their parents and they don't want to leave without leaving a mark, probably giving birth to someone who would stand for them while they are gone. They would then go to a far place to have a family, settle down and have children. Then they send the wife and children to their parents as proof that they have someone who would represent them while they are gone.
Just like I said, don't be too close to someone you can't trace their lineage. If they keep making excuses for their family or home and aren't ready to show you who they are, beware of them.
Once they know someone who is around that knows of their death, they disappear from that vicinity and go elsewhere.
Though something still baffles me about this happening. Is this possible since God said once a person is dead, judgment follows? Why then do we have these kinds of creatures living among the living?
Thanks for reading
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[May 10, 2022] (No 130 article for the year)
As I didn't have experience of this, so I am in silence here. For me and I believe once a man died never live again. You can think different way in stories If you want. It was interesting story that your mom told you.