On Twitter, a Nigerian man who goes by the handle @tinny_vanilla described how he lost his father after killing a crab in his compound.
Tinny_ vanilla stated that his father had previously warned him not to kill any living thing he saw.
He stated that he kills anything crawling around because he dislikes them.
He claimed that he killed a crab that was crawling into their compound late at night, and that his father died the next morning.
“My dad has always Instructed me not to kill any living thing I see around, 11pm 8th April 2010 I saw a crab walking inside the compound so I killed it. The next morning my dad was dead already,” he said.
Tinny said that he keeps thinking about how he took his father’s life and why his father’s life was in the crab.
Ewai_bekee reacted: “This crab thing and port harcourt people na 5/6 funny how it always turns out to be true. But why una dey always choose crab? Why not dog at least em fit run for em life small.”
Desola__xn reacted: “In Yoruba, crab signifies life. Once her father instructed her she should have found herself and listen to him because it’s not easy to see something and let it go. It can be draining sometimes so that was why your father died but normally he should have resurrected.”
Blossom_bie said: “Your dad was the crab or not? I’m not trying to be insensitive, I just don’t get it.”
Northenyoruba reacted: “Sorry for your loss but I really need to read the full story.”
Popsylala commented: “Did you let your family members know?”
Unclemahamz said: “I’m so sorry you have to live with this knowledge forever. Sounds like a huge burden to bear.”
Black_shuga10 said: @Shapeshifting, Heard stories from my grandmother about them.”
AlvanJenkins said: “If you from the south south, you can’t really doubt this but there’s more to this. Where’s the full story.”
Wurld_famous commented: “It just happened to be a coincidence. The crab wasn’t your dad, your dad wasn’t the crab”
Wealthy_yute said: “Omo! So sorry man. This crab thing is rampant in PHC. I always wondered though, why crab? I have had similar stories in different forms but all crab. To me, I feel if this is the transitioning process, why not use cat wey get odeshi(9lives)”
See his tweet below:
By Ejoh Esther
