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When you arrive to the Gorilla Highlands region, you will experience positive, colorful, and exuberant vibes. The people, the forests, and the calm, impressive lakes are right at your fingertips. Then comes nightfall.

A comfortable breeze turns into a hollow, howling wind. The vivid birds seem to die out, and the obnoxious crickets make their presence known. You look out at what was a beautiful lake, and now is a dark, empty abyss. No one is out. There is barely any electricity.

The only way of seeing what is in front of you relies on the faint moonlight that is rarely given. You have now realised that the lakes, islands, volcanoes, and the people here have another side…

Unending life is for real. After the head of the family dies, he takes on a new leadership as a spirit guardian. If somebody does wrong to the family, their leader will punish him or her, through poisoning, terrifying, and even killing. More, sometimes when the head of the family passes away, he is immediately still there… You can’t see him but he can still order you around.

So watch your mouth and control your thoughts or you may never live to see the morning light!

text: Hank Rugg and Owen Bright; photo: Marcus Westberg