BERHALA ISLAND
EPISODE 19: DISMANTLING AN EMPTY GRAVE

    A few days after Eko's burial, there were police coming to Podin's house. The police said that someone found a human head. But of course, because it has been a few days, the shape of the human head has been damaged. It might be eaten by ants and flies. However, the police consider that the human head may be the head of the body of Eko, his son Podin who was crushed by a truck and not found his head when sought at the scene. Because it is believed that the head found by the community was the head of Eko, the police immediately contacted his family, would certainly give up the head, he said, and at least it will be buried in the same place as Eko's body that was buried first.

    Podin finally wanted to re-dismantle the grave of his son, to put the head that had been found in the coffin, into one grave with his body Eko who had been buried a week ago. Of course he asked for approval to the police who handled the accident case that befell his son. Of course the police approved the request of Podin, because it is related to the rights issue of the family of Podin. Likewise, the housing developers who would allow the grave to be dismantled again to enter the body part, namely the scattered head has not been buried.

    "Sorry, Mr. Podin .... Our arrival here wants to convey, that there is one citizen from the community who actually found the head in the hilly area, which is located in the hills, this is believed to be the head of the father who suffered an accident victim. Frankly we have tried to look at it, but since this head has been damaged, then of course it is very difficult to recognize. But looking at its features, this was indeed the head of the children aged around nine to ten years old. We believe this head is part of Eko's body. Because only the head was found, without any other body. Means it can be concluded that this head is part of the body of the father who had an accident the other day. At the moment the item is already in the hospital and has been wrapped in a shroud. Well, this we intend to leave the head to Mr. Podin, whether to be buried together with the body of Eko who has been buried first, or whether this will be buried separately, he said, or is it left to the authorities for further inspection?' the police said that explained to Podin.

    "Yes, Mr. Police .... If that's Eko's head, I agree, sir .... I wish that part of my son's body be united with his body, that his body not seek as people say, which he says is a headless body ghost looking for his head. And may the head be put into his grave, then the head will be quiet, again together into one with his body. So it will not scare people anymore." so replied Podin who would certainly accept when what was conveyed by the police, the police, to give up the head of his son and of course will be buried again in the tomb that has buried the coffin that contains the body of Eko.

    "Alright, Mr. Podin .... Then, when will we carry out the demolition of the grave of the father and put the head back into the chest that is already in the burrow?" ask the cop to Podin.

    "Yes, of course I want to be implemented as soon as possible, Mr .... Even if today has to be done immediately, we are ready .... So, later we will ask the cemetery to re-dismantle the grave of our son .." replied Podin who of course he would be happy to see the body of his son complete with his head.

    That morning, at the cemetery, there were several police and residents who wanted to watch, as well as grave diggers who were employed by the housing developer. That morning they again dismantled the grave of his son Podin, the burial place of Eko. Yes, the grave was dismantled again, because it will reinsert part of Eko's body that has not been buried, because at that time did not meet, namely the head.

    Some of the graveyard workers quickly plugged the hoe, again lifting the piles of soil that was still soft. So that in a short time, the tomb was re-opened, and the coffin was seen in the tomb hole. Then slowly, some of the gravediggers cleared the ground on top of the coffin. Then they opened the lid of the coffin, because later it would put the head into the coffin.

    As the gravediggers opened the lid of the coffin, all eyes focused on the coffin. Especially Isti and Podin, who were certainly very tense in watching it. They wanted to know what the condition of the buried body was like when it was dismantled again.

    However, it would be a shock to the gravediggers who had opened the coffin, and of course also the people who witnessed the demolition of the grave Eko, as well, which surrounded the grave that had just been dismantled. Because it turns out that after the coffin was opened, the body of Eko who had been buried for one week, was lost. Eko's body, which had been buried in the chest and covered with earth, was no longer in it.

    "Waduh ..., how is this ...?! How can it be like this ...?!" the grave diggers who opened the coffin were shocked and confused when they saw the opened coffin was empty.

    "Huh ...?!"

    "Why ...?!"

    "What's up ...?!"

    "The tape is empty ...!!"

    "Huh ...?! The truth ...?!

    "Yes ...!! The coffin is empty ...!! There is no body ...!!"

    "Try to see ...!! This ..., the coffin is no longer the body ...!! The body in the coffin was gone ...!!" as soon as the grave diggers who were in the pit, who had opened the coffin used to bury Eko, the coffin was completely empty. The coffin really had nothing in it. And the coffin was really the corpse was no longer there.

    Of course Isti and Podin were shocked. Sontak Isti immediately fainted, because it was not strong to see his son's coffin that was empty, there was no body of his son. Yeah, that coffin ain't nothing anymore. Then he knew the corpse of his son was no longer there, without feeling Isti's head and eyes immediately twitched, and a moment later Isti fainted.

    So too is Podin. He's pretentious, shocked, surprised. It was unexpected, how could happen a corpse that had been buried in the grave like and had been stockpiled with soil, even the top of it was plaster with sand and cement, but the fact that the coffin in the burial ground that has been stockpiled like that, turns out the body is already lost. Nothing at all, gone without a trace.

    "Tok can be like this huh ...?" the people who watched were wondering.

    "Yes .., yes .... What the hell's going on? How strange is this ...? This is completely absurd ..." said another,

    "Waduh ....?! Who stole the body ....?"

    "This is impossible .... If someone steals, what is ..?" for ...?"

    "The grave is intact .... If it is stolen, it must be dug up first .... But there was no sign of theft ...?!"

    "Lha, yes .... His grave is still intact .... Is it possible that the body wasn't put in the coffin ...?!" people began to doubt the coffins that were buried first.

    "Well .., that's from the hospital .... Is it true that the hospital mistakenly sent the coffin ...?! Lest the coffin be confused with the empty casket ..." The people there were confused by the fact that the buried coffin was empty.

    "Certain ..., how is this, Mr ...? What do we want to do about this ...?" ask the gravediggers.

    "It .... That's his head wrapped in mori cloth, just put it in a crate .... Then we bury again" said the men who helped dismantle the grave.

    Surely, the people who witnessed were greatly astonished by the incident. They should not have agreed that the head was put in a coffin and buried again. Because according to them, if his body meets later, it will be dismantled again and buried again. That means twice the work. Must be troublesome and troublesome.

    But finally, the head that has been found, in consideration that the head has been damaged, then the head that has been wrapped with a shroud was finally put into the coffin, and then the head that had been wrapped in the shroud was finally put in the coffin, and then the coffin was closed again without any body. The crate was returned to the burrow. If it used to be buried only his body, but now it is buried only his head. It is tragic, sad, scary, and certainly makes people wonder about this incident. What is it about Eko's body that has been buried but can just disappear? Eventually, the gravediggers buried the coffin. They reinserted the coffin that had been filled with heads. Then close the box and return to the ground.

    The events that occurred in the cemetery that afternoon were spontaneous became the talk of many people. Even the news of the disappearance of the corpse in the coffin became the lips of almost everyone. Especially when the news reached the village around the school where Eko studied. Surely the people in the village confirmed, that the ghost who roamed without a head, a ghost who often met people in front of the school, and the, it was really the body of the schoolboy who got hit by the truck and lost his head. The ghost is a corpse that came out of his grave, looking for his head. Because in reality, when the coffin was opened, and it turned out that there was no body buried, it meant that the body in the coffin came out of the tomb. Of course, the public is increasingly convinced, if Eko, the schoolgirl who was hit by a truck, becomes a curious ghost, becoming a headless ghost who wanders looking for his head.

    People who live around the school are getting scared. For parents who also believe the headless ghost is increasingly firmly forbidding their children to go out at night. Because ghosts are proven to exist. Surely parents are frightened if their children are found by a headless ghost, then taken his head to be replaced.

    The police, in the spotlight of the community, are now the target of questions for the Podin family.  Especially is how the time process of inserting the body of his son into the coffin? In fact, it turned out that the coffin was empty. Podin alleged that in the hospital there had been slackness. In the hospital there was a deliberate intention not to put the body of his son into the coffin. And from the hospital, the one sent to his home at that time was just an empty chest.

    "Worthy of the time we will open, but not allowed ...? It was intentional, sir .." Podin told police. Indeed, at that time, when the ambulance came to deliver Eko's body, it was not taken down, but immediately sent to the cemetery, on the grounds that the body had begun to rot.

    "We'll investigate, Mr. Podin .." said the police officer.

    "I'm sure that the wakyu sent by the ambulance was just an empty chest, Mr. Police .... Now I want to ask, I want to hold it accountable from the police, and also to the hospital. How can this happen to my child who has been in an accident? My son who suffered the destruction of his body? It turned out that neither the hospital nor the police put my son's body in the coffin. So, the body of my child?" Podin became annoyed by the incident.

    "Patience, Mr. Podin .... We're going to do an investigation ..." Again, the cop just asked that Podin be patient.

    "Propay how, Mr ...?! The proof today is that we see everything. Everyone in the cemetery knew that the coffin that was sent to my house, the coffin that was later buried in the cemetery, was just an empty casket .... Now I ask, Mr. Police ..., please tell me, where is my son's body? What was my son's body stolen for?" odin said that the fiery angry police were at the cemetery to watch the re-disassembly of the grave of his son Podin.

    "I'm sorry, Mr. Podin .. frankly we didn't know that time ..., and we were mistaken. I admit we did not check first what the hospital did. As our responsibility, I will address this matter to the hospital and I want to hold it morally and legally accountable" the police told Podin.

    "The problem is not just responsibility, Mr. Police .... But it's a matter of self-worth. This is a crucial issue, an important issue concerning the dignity and worth of my family, Mr. Police .... Therefore, anyway I hold it accountable. must be rediscovered, where my son's body is" said Podin who was certainly very hit with the incident. He even demanded to the police so that the body of his son could be found again. Otherwise, Podin would have taken the legal route.

    "Pak Podin ..., trust us .... I will ask and demand that the hospital take full responsibility for this tragedy. And I beg the support of Mr. Podin to be able to take care of this matter to the end. Rest assured to us, Mr. Podin ..." said the police officer who gave a convincing answer to Podin.

    Finally, at that time the police also conducted an investigation, conducting an investigation to the hospital that has been trusted to take care of the body of Eko, his son Pak Podin. And this, when it happens, will add heavy duty and challenges for the police and hospitals that have done carelessness. And of course, the hospital is now confused, because of the loss of the body of the person who had an accident and did not enter the chest. It even turned out that the crate that was sent to the family home and buried was just an empty chest without any contents.

    After returning from the grave, Isti was confused. Sok isti. Isti stress. Yes, of course because the problems he experienced are now increasing again. It turns out that after the discovery of the head of the child did not solve the problem, but it adds new problems because now it is precisely his body that is lost. Surely the eunuchs of his neighbors, the words of the people in the stall, and the news that leads to his son will again rise, will again stir, and will again redden and burn the ear of Isti.

    "Sir .., our son is what his fate is, sir .... Huhuhuhu ... huhuhu ..." so said the wife who was certainly crying in front of Podin, even her hands had beaten her husband's chest, when they reached home.

    "Propag ..., Mum .... Let the police handle this matter first .... Later if the police have found back and hold the hospital accountable, we will do another demolition so that our child's body is intact again .." so said Podin who calmed his wife.

    "Patience .., patience ..., patience .... Until when to be patient, sir .... These people must have started to gossip all of us, sir .... It must be that people have been talking about Eko again, sir .... Huhuhuc ..." so said Isti who was still beating her husband's chest because of her irritation.

    "Yes .... We can't be rash, ma'am .... We can't just go in and out to get angry at the hospital .... All of this has rules .... We should not be angry if we do not know the certainty. Let the police handle .... Soon there will be news from the police" said Podin who advised his wife to be patient.

    "The father was easy to say that .... But this I, as his mother, I'm not willing to, sir .... I am the woman who gave birth to the child, Mr .... I'm the hard-earned, I'm the pain of childbirth, but now our child's condition is like that, suffering .., sir .... I'm sad. I'm not strong, sir ....! Hukhuhuhu ..." so said Isti who was certainly very devastated to see the current situation with his beloved son.

    Podin. He can't say anything more. The reality is that his son's grave is empty. The body of the child was no longer in the coffin that had been buried. The coffin buried in the cemetery was just an empty coffin. There's no contents. There's no body. But want to flap? Podin was unable to find an excuse. Even if he protests, to whom should he protest? The reality is like that. But of course Podin was annoyed with the hospital, irritated by the police who turned out to be not at work.

    Yes, strange events experienced by Podin back. Now the grave of his son who was dismantled, it turns out just an empty grave.

    So, where exactly is Eko's body? Is this a hospital negligence? Or did someone steal the body of the child? But if the body was stolen, why wasn't the grave damaged? How can I take a corpse without dismantling a tomb?