Ok, every family has at least one ghost story and heres the one that our family always told.
My grandfather was an officer in the Dutch army and he, along with his family lived in Indonesia (a Dutch colony at the time). Evidently spiritism is really big down there among the Indonesians. Anyway, my grandfather,along with a few of his army buddies, are making their way through a village. As theyre walking along they come across a local witch doctor (or whatever they call themselves) who invites them into his tent for a "magic" trick. He hands my grandfather a coin and tells him "You hide this coin anywhere in this tent and my doll will find it." So this magician leaves the tent and my grandfather begins to think "where should I hide this?" One guy says "Hide it under the chair" another says "No, over here under the blankets" all the while theyre laughing. Ah, but my grandfather has a better idea. Thinking that the witch doctor guy is watching he bends over and pretends to slip it under a chair but instead slips it into his boot. So theyre all laughing thinking theyre going to screw around with this old guy. After a few minutes, guess what happens? This freakin doll comes walking into the tent by itself! It walks around the tent, then walks up to my grandfather, grabs his boot and begins pounding its head against his boot!!! YIKES!!! Never did find out what happened after that.
What creeped me out most about this story is that my grandfather isnt one to tell stories. He was one of those "serious all the time" army officers. Just made the story sound oh so true when I was a kid!