Lougarou in Haiti

99.9 percent of the Haitians are superstitious. I was surprised to be listening to a famous journalist in Haiti yesterday who thinks it is normal for people to die during the carnival season because, superstitiously speaking, it has to happen. SAY WHAT???

Other countries talk about public safety all the time. Whenever there is a large crowd gathered for some kind of event, public safety, making SURE everyone is safe, is the number one priority for the authorities in other countries except Haiti.

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When I was growing up in Haiti, virtually every old lady in the neighborhood was considered a DYAB, a LOUGAROU. I am older now and things haven't changed that much.

Recently, I visited an old lady in the family. She made it clear to me that she will not touch anyone's baby, family or friends, because at her age, people are quick to call her a LOUGAROU.

Say what you want about her but she always give me some sweets when I go visit. Douce Kokoye, Banana, you name it.

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Imagine that... A baby is crying all day and all night, she is not eating, she just keeps on crying. The family refuses to take her to a hospital. Instead, they think it's some poor lougarou neighbor trying to suck the blood of the baby.

En Francais: En Haiti, les LOUGAROUs et le gouvernement sont blâmés pour tout ce qui fait peur!

A couple of weeks later, the baby is dead. "it is the LOUGAROU that came and ate the baby," the grand father came to me and said.

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