D Guyanese "Buck" Dem Up

There are many people in T&T who really believe in some kind of supernatural forces like the Mathura Gasparillo family who suspect that they are terrorized by a Guyanese “buck” and is seeking spiritual help to “cleanse” them from this mysterious creature.

Many Guyanese claims that a ‘buck” lives among the Amerindian community along the banks of the Pomeroon River and the Essequibo River and in other low-lying areas in the hinterland. There four main Amerindian tribes in Guyana where it is reported that a “buck” can be found. There are many stories about this creature called a “buck”- a demon-, which some people believe, is used for evil purposes.

There are politicians and business people among others who in T&T believe in obeah to gain power, harm enemies, help broken marriages and men trying to get back their lovers or even get rich.

Some religious leaders to help those who are believed to be haunted by spirits are performing ritual rites. But the case of the Krishna Mathura’s family seems troubling since there are claims that the “buck” eats their food, kill their animals, make strange noises and even wants to have sex with Mathura’s wife. And this has reportedly been going on for two years but has now only being made public. Is this really a matter of the mind of the family who has become obsessed with the “spirit” roaming in the house?

A number of religious people who believe in superstition have been trying to assist the family, some offering prayers and trying to “cleanse” the house but it appears that nothing is casting away the “buck.” This “buck” talk has been making news in the media and on Facebook, where various suggestions are being made how to help the family from their traumatic experience.

GOVINDA MATHURA shows the sculpture he made of clay to fend off the buck from his home in Gasparillo

KRISHNA MATURA, centre, is wife BALMATEE and their son 17-year-old GOVINDA, second from right, hold hands in prayer

Orisha Baptist Church member DHANRAJ GOPIECHAND looks at the reddish lacerations on GOVINDA MATHURA’S leg, he claimed that he was attacked by a buck which has been tormenting them for weeks

Among those, discussing the problem was the rum posse of Ramsingh, Balkie, Fatboy, Dougla, and Blackboy when they met at Corky’s bar last weekend for their usual lime.

Dougla:

“Barman ah hear yuh boss have ah buck inside here for he rum to sell out and make he business prosper. Ah hear d buck somewhere by d door and he does make people come in and drink rum.”

Barman:

“If d boss have a buck he eh go tell nobody, dat go be ah big secret. Yuh eh see since dat family in Gasparillo start talking how ah buck troubling dem, d spirit making more mischief. Yuh does cyar talk about dat in public, boy, otherwise it go turn on you.”

Ramsingh:

“Ah say ah going down Gasparillo and see if ah could help d family. Ah go buy ah bottle ah puncheon rum, and ah bush call stinging nettle and go get ah male frog and some Moruga hot pepper. Ah go put some puncheon rum in d crapaud mouth and sew it up. Ah go cover it with d stinging nettle bush and d pepper and pour d rum over it and set it afire inside d house. Yuh go see how much speed dat buck go get.”

Balkie:

“But Ramsingh whey yuh go get ah male crapaud. Yuh know d difference between ah male one and ah female one. Ah know d stinging nettle go make d buck scratch and he go run out d house. Yuh should ah get some cow itch and rub on all d doors in d house. Yuh know cow itch does give yuh speed.”

Dougla:

“But if by chance any of d man family touch d door d cow itch go make dem scratch fuh so. Ah hear dem grooms does rub down ah horse with cow itch. Dat does make d horse run twice he speed and he go win d race.”

Barman:

“But Fatboy whey yuh was all dis time. Ah eh see yuh since Carnival, man. Ah find yuh looking sad like yuh gyal leave yuh or yuh getting ah horn.”

Fatboy:

“Boy, yuh eh know trouble nah. Worse than dat. Ah owman go and tell meh wife how she see meh hugging up ah owman in ah band for Carnival. Man all hell brake loose when ah went home. D macco call meh wife on she cellphone and give she d message. D next day when ah went home, d owman put meh clothes in ah garbage bag and put it near d road. D garbage truck nearly take d bag. She also change d lock on d front and back door. So ah gone an live by meh sister in d meantime.”

Barman:

“Ah go give yuh ah advice. Get ah buck and let it go in d house yuh go see how she fraid and she go call yuh back.”

Fatboy:

“Whey ah go get dis buck. It have any place whey does sell it. Ah forget d buck is ah spirit. Yuh could make something reassembling ah buck for meh. Ah go pay yuh any kind ah money to get she back. Ah go hide it under d house and when she see it she go bawl down d place with fear.”

Balkie:

“Ah doh believe in no kind ah spirit. Ent dey say it have Lagablesse, Douen, and Jumbies, but allyuh ever see none any ah dem. Dey say dem spirits does live in d forest. It eh have no kind ah buck in dis country, maybe in Guyana. It probably is ah spirt in d house whey troubling dem.”

Ramsingh:

“Ah feel ah go in some cemetery and see if ah could get ah skull. Dem grave diggers does dig up skull from ole graves when dey making ah burial. Ah go give dem d skull to put it in d middle ah d house and light ah black candle on d head.. Dat go chase away d buck.”

Barman:

“Ah feel dey should leh go ah buck in Rowley house and if he heart going bad, d buck go cure it. Dey say yuh can use d buck for good health too and riches. It have people who does believe in bad like wuking obeah. Ah was driving through ah lonely road one night and ah see ah black cock looking for food at d side of d road. Ah say how come nobody eh hold dat fowl yet to make ah cook. Ah drive for about three miles and ah eh see ah house in d area. Ah wonder whey dat fowl come from.”

Balkie:

“Somebody obeah man must be fix dat cock to harm somebody and let it go”

Barman:

“Allyuh whey going on in d politics? Ah see America and England dump dis country like ah load ah gobar (cow droppings). Ah hear Rowley say he eh begging for no invitation to go in Trump house. He talking tough but he go eat he words soon.”

Ramsingh:

“Ah hear Rowley say he talking fuh d people of Trinidad and Tobago. Ah know he eh talking for meh because ah didn’t vote for him. He must be talking for dem PNM people. He say he eh worry dat Trump leave him out of ah meeting with some Caricom leaders.”

Balkie:

“Leh Rowley keep Maduro close to him to get d gas deal. When he see water more than flour yuh go see how he go back back from Maduro.”

Until next week.