The dead are usually considered gone and never to return, except for those who believe in life after death.
However, in Luo Nyanza, some are rumored to return after their demise, especially relatives who died in the great Lake Victoria, known as Nam Lolwe to area natives.
For a long time now, there has been the narrative about Nyawawa, reported satanic creatures who come back to haunt their relatives and mortals from time to time.
Though invisible, they are said to be people who lost their lives during fishing expeditions, accidents or people who were deliberately murdered, and dumped in the lake.
According to people who surround the lake and narratives passed down from generation to generation, they usually come out on different occasions and can be felt moving or passing by.
People who lost their relatives in the named circumstances are said to hear the voices of their departed as the group of Nyawawas pass by, at times singing and chanting.
However, they are not known to be violent.
Considered satanic, one of the ways to send them away is to make noise, a job well done by hitting tins and any other noisy materials to keep them at bay.
At times they are said to silently accompany late night travelers, conversing among themselves and making the people think that it is another group of people walking a distance away.
The people will only realize that things were not normal when dawn creeps in and they are suddenly all alone once again.
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