Folks just love a good spooky tale regarding roaming strangers knocking on house doors — and it's hard not to believe them especially if they sound familiar to urban legends that's been passed down from generation to generation.
Much like widespread stories involving Hantu Kumkum and Nenek Keropok, rumours of a menacing man going around Yishun trying to steal children is hard not to resist. And lo, it went viral — with many folks taken in by the sinister parable.
Siti Suhaidah Ismail was a non-believer, until her family member encountered the alleged mystery man herself recently in Bukit Merah.