Little Saigon of Horrors

Good evening friends. The wind blows foul on this murky day, the rainclouds show us how much they loathe us by blotting out the sun. Citizens scurry across the street, as a gusty blast brings down a shower of leaves from the helpless trees above. People raise their hands in a feeble attempt to shield themselves from the anger of mother nature. Drivers glance anxiously at the blackened sky as a low rumble of thunder blankets the city. A dog howls as a tornado of dust is whipped up on the mischievous breeze. What is happening? Ugly things are underfoot. Come with me to Saigon's foremost dungeon. They call it a place for motorbikes, although the bizarre paraphernalia balanced on the pipes suggest other uses once we're all in bed.

Here, cobwebs have hung for a hundred years. Eerie dark courners emit mysterious sounds -- running water and distant echoes. I wouldn't investigate if I were you. Occasionally an enormous rat saunters across the floor, the kind that has a couple of scars and an eyepatch. DON'T make eye contact.

Whatever wizardry, skulduggery or occult worship happens down here, it's nothing compared to the newest terrors of Saigon. A monster is stalking us, slowly smothering the city whilst a zombified population innocently continues about with their futile existence. LOTTERIA, an entity created by a wizard from a hermit kingdom far far away, is the monster in question.

Bach Dang

Nguyen Thi Minh Khai (one of three on this street)....

Nam Ky Khoi Nghai

Tran Hung Dao

Corner locations allow the beast to observe better. Be warned. Number of current locations in the city is unknown. With a new tentacle called franchise, the number could be anything -- the Saigon Times reported number nineteen, and that was six months ago....

The Vietnam Economic Times has talked about the arrival of foul bowel destroying gut rot in Vietnam, but it's too late.

If I were you, I'd read this.