Residents of Tasikmalaya Put Up a Banner 'Tuyul Prohibited from Acting', Frustrated with Frequent Missing Money

Dream - Residents of Burujul, Cipedes District, Tasikmalaya, West Java, are currently restless. Many of them claim to lose money mysteriously.

Residents suspect that their money is stolen by tuyul. They are so frustrated that they even made a banner to warn the tuyul owners.

The warning banner is installed above the highway. Residents hope that the message will be read by the tuyul owners, whom they suspect of taking money at certain times.

“I am already upset, the lost money belongs to someone else and I have to replace it,” said Euis, a resident whose money went missing, quoted from YouTube Liputan6.

Euis's suspicion arose when her money went missing frequently but not entirely. According to her, if the money was stolen, it should have disappeared completely.

However, the case at her house is different. The missing money ranges from Rp100 to Rp200 thousand, but it happens frequently.

“I suspect it because it happens frequently. If someone took it, why not take it all, from Rp1 million, lose Rp100 thousand, then my tax money goes missing Rp200 thousand, and the money I usually deposit in a savings group with friends, I forgot and kept it in the closet even though it was locked, but it still went missing,” she said.

Euis revealed that the missing money incidents occurred in sequence. Furthermore, the cabinet where the money was kept remained intact, with no signs of forced entry or damage to the lock.

According to Euis, there has never been any suspicious or thieving individuals in her house.

“The lock is still intact, and there has never been anyone here. My nephew works. I kept it in my room, upstairs,” she said.

From this incident, Euis immediately suspected that there was theft using tuyul. 

Already frustrated, Euis, along with her siblings, took the initiative to create a large banner and put it up on the road near their house.

In the banner, Euis pleaded with the owners not to act in the Burujul area anymore, as it is considered detrimental. She also stated that keeping tuyul is a grave sin.

“Please be aware to the tuyul owners. Do not act in the Burujul area anymore, your actions are a grave sin,” Euis wrote on the warning banner.