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A 35-YEAR-OLD woman from Beitbridge has been living under a terrifying ordeal for more than 30 years, after goblins allegedly acquired by two family members, torment her daily.
Looking unkempt and desperate, Mazvita Marvelous Msavi (who said her name and face can be published so that she gets help) told B-Metro said the events began when she was still a child after her relatives (names withheld) sought help from a traditional healer.
“These things have been sexually abusing me since I was child.
“Actually, the story of my suffering began when my relatives went to seek help from a witch doctor, when I was still very young,” she said, her voice breaking.
“I was only three years old at the time. The witch doctor gave them 10 goblins. They were told that these goblins were supposed to be accommodated in either my father’s or my mother’s relatives. Instead, five of the goblins were lodged within me and the other five were placed in my younger sister.”
Msavi stifled a sob as she said the goblins have been disturbing her life for years, appearing in different forms and causing fear in her daily life.
“These things torment me every day. From as early as six o’clock in the evening they begin to appear, sometimes disguising themselves with my relative’s face,” she said in a haunting monotone.
Msavi spoke in a flat voice, without inflection, that made her story even scarier. Only her eyes betrayed great fear and weighty suffering.
“I live in fear because I never know when they will come. They disturb my sleep and my peace.”
She further claimed the situation becomes worse during her menstrual cycle.
“When I menstruate, these things come to drink the blood. Even when I throw away my sanitary pads, they come back to take the blood from the pads,” she said.
“The situation is now beyond control and I honestly do not know what to do anymore.”
Msavi said she has repeatedly begged her relatives to accompany her to seek help, but they have refused.
“I have tried many times to persuade both my relatives to go with me so that we can look for help, but they have refused. They do not want to be involved. They are getting rich through the goblins. That has left me suffering alone,” she said, ignoring a tear that rolled down a cheek.
The situation, Msavi said, has affected many aspects of her life, including her chances of marriage.
“This problem has contributed to my failure to get married. There have been men who came to ask for my hand in marriage but my relatives always stood in the way,” she said.
Msavi said her relatives destroyed important documents that could have helped her build a better future.
“They burnt my academic certificates, both my O-level and A-level certificates. They also destroyed my identification documents, including my birth certificate and my national identity card. They just want me as a vessel for their goblins,” she said.
Msavi said destruction of the documents has left her unable to secure proper employment.
“Because of that, my life has become very difficult. I cannot look for proper work and I struggle to survive,” she said, looking as if she would burst into tears.
The contrast in the detached way she appeared to be narrating her ordeal and the way she seemed to be holding back a flood of tears, somehow added more bite to her disturbing tale.
She said she now survives through vending and often has no stable place to stay, sleeping at bus ranks in Beitbridge.
The goblins, still follow her where she sleeps and molest her.
“They are inside me. I can’t shake them off. I need someone, anyone who can help me to get rid of them. There is no sign of them during the day.
“I am now a homeless vendor. Most of the time I seek refuge anywhere at the rank just to pass the night,” she said.
“I do not have proper clothes or property to my name. I am living in deep poverty because of the decisions and choices my relatives made many years ago.”
“All I want now is help so that I can live a normal life like other people,” she said.
Online Reporter