SABAK BERNAM (Selangor) - A bomoh, who claims that he has caught a shape-changing 'vampire' the size of two tennis balls near a cotton tree, made prime-time television and Malaysian newspaper reports yesterday.

The vampire, which resembles a big wad of cotton with a little face, was captured by spiritual healer, Hairul Hambali.

He said he took about an hour to catch the creature, whose body was covered with what looked like cotton

The vampire, or langsuir, was capable of changing forms, he said.

He has kept the creature in a jar.

The langsuir would eventually be thrown into the sea to prevent it from harassing humans, he added.

The story and pictures of Mr Hairul and the captured creature were featured in TV3's prime-time news on Wednesday night.

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