The White Tiger (Indonesian)

Ini adalah sebuah kisah nyata yang saya dengar ketika berpergian ke pinggiran daerah Jambi (dimana saya tinggal) dengan seorang supir truk. Perjalanannya membutuhkan beberapa jam jadi kita bercakap-cakap di dalam truk. Dia membagikan sebuah cerita hidupnya yang luar biasa dan mengerikan. Namanya adalah Idris. Ini adalah pengalaman hidupnya:

Idris telah mengemudi bertahun-tahun dan dia telah mendapatkan izin mengemudi truk besar. Di Negara kami izin mengemudinya adalah B2. Dia orang yang beriman pada Tuhan dan menggunakan waktu luangnya untuk berdoa. Dia bekerja dengan baik dan dapat dipercaya sehingga temannya merekomendasikan dia untuk bekerja di sebuah proyek di tempat terpencil tetapi gajinya jauh lebih besar.

Karena Idris dapat dipercaya dan bekerja dengan baik, bos dari proyek menyuruhnya untuk mengendarai langsung truk baru menuju ke camp dimana proyek sedang dikerjakan. Dalam perjalanannya menuju ke tujuan, dia melihat sebuah warung kecil terbuat dari kayu di tepi jalan. Dia memutuskan untuk berhenti untuk minum kopi. Pemilik took menyuguhi kopi dan bertanya kemana dia akan pergi. Idris menjawab tentang tujuan yang ingin dia kunjungi. Pemilik toko memperingatkan bahwa tempat itu angker. Idris merasa sedikit takut dan dengan cepat menghabiskan kopinya. Setelah membayar untuk kopinya dia berjalan keluar dari warung. Ketika dia sedang berjalan keluar, pemilik toko berkata,”Ketika kamu dalam kesulitan, berdoa pada Tuhan, iman mu akan menyelamatkanmu.”

Idris berkendara beberapa kilometer dan menyadari bahwa rokoknya sisa satu batang di dalam kotak. Jadi dia memutuskan untuk kembali ke warung tadi. Akan tetapi, warung yang terbuat dari kayu tadi sudah tidak ada laig. Dia sama sekali tidak bisa menemukannya.

Merasa bingung, Idris berkendara ke tujuannya, sebuah camp dimana proyek kayu sedang dikerjakan. Sesampainya di camp, dia telah mendengar beberapa cerita yang mengerikan tentang hantu dan manusia kanibal di area tersebut. Satu dari cerita itu adalah tidak ada wanita selain tukang masak. Suatu hari seorang pekerja memberitahu teman-temannya bahwa dia melihat seorang wanita cantik di dekat camp. Tidak ada satupun yang percaya padanya. Beberapa hari kemudian dia menghilang. Para pekerja percaya bahwa temannya itu mengikuti “wanita” yang merupakan hantu.

Beberapa hari kemudian ketika Idris sedang melewati hutan, dia kebelet untuk buang air kecil. Jadi dia keluar dari truk dan mencari tempat untuk buang air kecil. Dia sangat terkejut ketika dia melihat seekor harimau Sumatra yang membuatnya kencing di celana. Dia berlari seperti orang gila kembali ke dalam truk.

Suatu hari Idris disuruh untuk menjelajahi tempat baru yang terpencil di hutan. Setelah berkendara jauh dari camp, Idris tersesat. Dia mencoba mencari jalan pulang ke camp. Tiba-tiba truknya mogok dan mesin tidak dapat dinyalakan. Dia mencoba menggunakan radio di truk tetapi tidak bisa mencapai teman-temannya. Dia mulai merasa ketakutan karena dia di tengah-tengah tempat yang dia tidak tahu.

Idris menunggu beberapa menit mencoba untuk menenangkan dirinya. Tiba-tiba dia merasa dia melihat sesuatu yang lewat. Sesuatu itu berwarna putih. Dia merinding. Merinding itu menjadi lebih berat ketika dia mendengar suara tangisan wanita yang membuatnya teringat pada cerita yang temannya ceritakan padanya. Dia merasa sangat ketakutan dan tidak tahu harus melakukan apa. Dia mencoba menenangkan dirinya lagi dan dia teringat perkataan pemilik toko. Idris kemudian memejamkan matanya dan berdoa. Dia berdoa kepada Tuhan untuk menolongnya..

Tiba-tiba seekor harimau putih keluar tak tahu dari mana dan mengaum. Idris membuka matanya. Yang anehnya dia tidak takut sama sekali. Tangan kanannya mencoba meraih kunci mobil dan menyalakan mesinnya. Mesinnya hidup! Harimau putih itu mengaum kembali seakan-akan menyuruh Idris untuk mengikutinya. Idris mengikutinya beberapa jam dan akhirnya dia melihat jalan lurus. Harimau putih itu berlari sangat kencang seperti petir. Idris tidak bisa mengikuti harimau putih itu. Harimau putih itu hilang! Kemudian dia memutuskan untuk mengikuti jalan lurus itu. Tidak jauh dia melihat cahaya-cahaya dari camp.

Teman-temannya terkejut melihat Idris yang berhasil keluar dari hutan karena banyak kasus dimana pekerja yang tidak dapat menemukan jalan pulang sampai mereka ditemukan pekerja lain. Dan setiap kali ketika perkerja yang tersesat ditemukan, wajah mereka pucat pasih. Teman Idris menyuguhinya kopi dan bercerita tentang bagaimana dia keluar dari hutan. Idris berbagi tentang bagaimana dia keluar dari hutan dan tentang warung kecil yang terbuat dari kayu. Barulah dia ketahui bahwa tempat dimana warung kecil itu berada adalah tempat dimana seorang bijak dan beriman dikuburkan.

Keesokan harinya, Idris memutuskan untuk mengunjungi kuburan itu untuk mengucapkan terima kasih karena kata-katanya telah menyelamatkan dia.

 -FIN-

 Author : Anfransen Wijaya

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The White Tiger (English)

This is a true story that I heard when I was going to countryside of Jambi (where I live) with a truck driver. The journey took a few hours so we chatted in the truck. He shared with me a wonderful yet scary story of his life. His name was Idris. Here is his life experience:

Idris have been driving for years and he has got license to drive big truck. In our country the driving license is B2. He was faithful to God as he used his spare time for prayers. He did his job well and trustable so that his friend recommended him to work at a project development in some remote area inside forest, but the salary was much higher.

As Idris was trustable and worked well, the boss of the project asked him to drive directly a new truck to the camp where the project was being worked on. During his journey to the destination, he saw a small shop made of wood by the road. He decided to stop to drink coffee. The shop owner served him the coffee and asked him where he was heading to. Idris answered about the destination he was going. The shop owner then warned him that the place was kind of haunted. Idris got a bit scared and quickly finished his coffee. Having paid for the coffee he walked out the shop. As he walked out the shop, the shop owner told him,”When you are in trouble, pray to God, your faith will save you.”

Idris drove a few kilometers and noticed that his cigarettes were left with one in the box. So he decided to drive back to the small shop. However, the small shop made of wood was gone. He couldn’t find it at all.

Feeling puzzled, Idris drove to his destination, a camp where a project doing timber was done there. Arrived at the camp, he had heard quite a lot of scary stories about ghosts and cannibals in the area. One of the stories was that in the camp there were no women other than the cook. One day a worker told his friends that he saw a very pretty woman near the camp. No one believed him. A few days later he was gone. The workers there believed that their friend followed the “girl” who was a ghost.

A few days later when Idris drove through the woods, he was dying for a pee. So he walked out his truck and tried to find a place to pee. He was so shocked that he saw a Sumatran tiger that made him pee on his pants. He ran like crazy back to his truck.

One day Idris was asked to explore new place at the remote area in the woods. Having driven far away from the camp, Idris got lost. He tried to find a way back to the camp. Suddenly his truck broke down and the engine couldn’t be started. He tried using the car radio but he couldn’t reach any of his friends. He started to get scared because he was in the middle of nowhere.

Idris had waited for a few minutes trying to calm himself. Suddenly he felt that he saw something passed by. It was white in colour. He got a Goosebumps. The Goosebumps got heavier when he heard the voice of a woman crying that reminded him about the story that his friends told him before. He was so scared and did not know what to do. He tried to calm himself again and he remembered the shop owner’s saying. Idris then closed his eyes and prayed. He begged to God to help him…

Out of the sudden a white tiger came out of nowhere and roared. Idris opened his eyes. What was weird was that he was not scared at all. His right hand reached the car key and he started the engine. It worked! The engine started. The white tiger again roared as if he instructed Idris to follow him. Idris followed him for a few hours and finally he saw a straight road. The white tiger began to run very fast that it looked like a lightning. Idris couldn’t follow the white tiger. The white tiger was gone! Then he decided to follow the straight road. Not far, he saw lights from the camp.

His friends was shocked that Idris made it out from the jungle as there were cases where workers couldn’t find their way back until other workers found them. And always when the lost workers were found, their faces were pale white. Idris’ friends offered him coffee and chatted about how he got out of the jungle. Idris shared the story about how he got out the jungle and about the shop made of wood. Then he knew that the small shop where he had his coffee was a place where a wise faithful man was buried.

The next day, Idris decided to visit the grave to say thanks as his words saved him..

-FIN-

 Author: Anfransen Wijaya

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