Meet the Night Runners - BBC Africa Eye documentary

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  • Опубліковано 6 тра 2019
  • The people of rural Kenya have spoken of the night runners for generations. They’re said to be villagers possessed by a demonic spirit which compels them to scare and terrorise their neighbours at night.
    But no one really knows who the night runners are or what motivates them. For BBC Africa Eye, reporter Tom Odula investigates the enigma of the night runners, shining fresh light on the reality behind the myths, and revealing exclusive footage of night runners in action. Please be aware that there are disturbing images in this piece.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @shelle7123
    @shelle7123 4 роки тому +647

    I was expecting something totally different- Imagine thinking your man's cheating on you but it turns out he's pranking you neighbor Susie down the street to satisfy sadistic tendencies

    • @Yvch0
      @Yvch0 4 роки тому +3

      Shelle Wright omg 😂😂

    • @beatybaraza1982
      @beatybaraza1982 4 роки тому

      Pwahahaha

    • @just_be_ami
      @just_be_ami 4 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂💀

    • @ezekielmaina8802
      @ezekielmaina8802 4 роки тому

      Hahaha

    • @marymaina590
      @marymaina590 4 роки тому +31

      That’s how we fight depression in Africa. Never a dull moment on this part of the earth 😃

  • @big_brayo
    @big_brayo 5 років тому +2640

    Interesting how BBC Africa only focuses on very grim content. Every time you watch them it's always some shit that portrays Africa in a very bad way🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @queennile1082
      @queennile1082 5 років тому +25

      Ryan Sikhira lia basi

    • @CetribeaBurundibwiza-tz5le
      @CetribeaBurundibwiza-tz5le 5 років тому +159

      This is the narrative white people enforce on black journalists

    • @MrAmhara
      @MrAmhara 5 років тому +79

      British government is scum.

    • @eveali3177
      @eveali3177 5 років тому +135

      That’s why in 2019 you either own up your narrative or watch other people do it for you

    • @kitukudave4921
      @kitukudave4921 5 років тому +21

      @@eveali3177 lol true that

  • @mariannemcgrath6927
    @mariannemcgrath6927 Рік тому +59

    Major props to Tom, our reporter here, for being able to do this with a straight face.

    • @DJLICLEMPRESSAKALICLDREA-rj2gg
      @DJLICLEMPRESSAKALICLDREA-rj2gg 2 місяці тому +1

      For real lol I can't believe this nonsense! Once I found out who I would be at they house before they come out. "So where you going? to terrorize my house while u ova there Ima be over here in yours removing your items to pay for my therapy Ah okay!!

  • @davidododa4674
    @davidododa4674 3 роки тому +105

    As a person who has been visited by night runners.
    I am delighted to learn that they too have their tribulations.

  • @dunkndognuts9829
    @dunkndognuts9829 5 років тому +694

    Kenyans just can't stop running, even at night.

  • @celinawakati4107
    @celinawakati4107 5 років тому +1733

    This is not witchcraft,these are just jobless people who have been sleeping the entire day and can't get sleep at night. Come to Mombasa and see really things.night runners don't wear leggings 🤣🤣

    • @sallykakani3020
      @sallykakani3020 5 років тому +20

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 its true

    • @millicentouma2324
      @millicentouma2324 5 років тому +72

      🤣🤣🤣😂you Made me kracking. Night Runner dont wear leggings lol🤣🤣🤣😂😂

    • @jamilsavage6241
      @jamilsavage6241 5 років тому +4

      Night runners are every where Celina Wakati

    • @dianaNia81
      @dianaNia81 5 років тому +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @nelsonkiiru7252
      @nelsonkiiru7252 5 років тому +8

      😂😂😂U can say that again!

  • @nekzasl6137
    @nekzasl6137 3 роки тому +374

    When she Said : "it's too early for witchcraft" ,i Lost it🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭.

  • @sainey_colley
    @sainey_colley Рік тому +15

    I can't understand how one can get addicted to scaring the hell out of people and putting you life in danger.

  • @timothyshitseswa6299
    @timothyshitseswa6299 5 років тому +1717

    In the USA .,, Canada , europe and other western countries, this practice is very common. they call it pranks...

  • @KINGANNEvlogs
    @KINGANNEvlogs 4 роки тому +344

    The comments section is what makes this whole documentary a joke😂😂😂😂😭😭

  • @lisalangille2071
    @lisalangille2071 3 роки тому +346

    This is one of the most bizarre, cruel, ridiculous & heartbreaking behaviours I’ve ever heard!
    “We seek out homes of widows, and homes without a male” - how disgusting! The poor women and children victimized by this is devastating!

    • @Anne-de4up
      @Anne-de4up 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @masterk5372
      @masterk5372 2 роки тому +1

      Ikr

    • @beckieknight6184
      @beckieknight6184 2 роки тому +19

      PRANKS??? WHEN someone throws their urine into someone's dwelling? Frightening them like mad? MUCH worse than a PRANK!!!!

    • @dandantez298
      @dandantez298 2 роки тому +2

      True

    • @lisalangille2071
      @lisalangille2071 2 роки тому +11

      @@beckieknight6184 - Exactly. Horrifying, filthy animals. 😡😡

  • @haddingtoniangcp2464
    @haddingtoniangcp2464 3 роки тому +287

    When I saw the title, I thought it was a subtle way of saying prostitution.

    • @lisalangille2071
      @lisalangille2071 3 роки тому +9

      So did I!!! Going through such behaviour just to scare people? Wtf?

    • @JesusGodHolySpirit3
      @JesusGodHolySpirit3 3 роки тому +2

      Cause you're sick in the head. Would of never thought that. I thought it was about poaching animals at night or pochers getting shot at night for poching!

    • @haddingtoniangcp2464
      @haddingtoniangcp2464 3 роки тому +9

      @@JesusGodHolySpirit3 and you are stupid in the head for spelling poaching wrong. And if you look at the thumbnail of a woman, poaching isn't what comes to mind. So speak for yourself and learn how to spell.

    • @hassansmith6275
      @hassansmith6275 3 роки тому +1

      Me as well

    • @lisalangille2071
      @lisalangille2071 3 роки тому +1

      @@haddingtoniangcp2464 - 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖! 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚!

  • @gyankalabatimah8587
    @gyankalabatimah8587 5 років тому +383

    I think all this village need is street light everywhere.That is allll

    • @rosa9234
      @rosa9234 5 років тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @gyankalabatimah8587
      @gyankalabatimah8587 5 років тому +15

      Simon, I think humans lives , safety and peace are far better birds movement after all we have street lights in our cities and how do the birds survive?

    • @karenrogers4252
      @karenrogers4252 5 років тому +1

      @amy benje 😂😂😂

    • @lunaoyashii
      @lunaoyashii 5 років тому

      I mean, this is a valid point! I feel bad for laughing, but I can't help it! Ting to cry I dey laugh like maniac. Social media is mad people's domain!
      😩😩🤣🤣🔥🤞🏾

    • @frenzied9925
      @frenzied9925 5 років тому

      Yes, if they had streets or electricity

  • @collinsjuma5436
    @collinsjuma5436 4 роки тому +673

    The reporter is so courageous. He even eat the night runners charm food to to become an invisible reporter 😂

    • @Starsparkle69YT
      @Starsparkle69YT 4 роки тому +5

      😂😂😂

    • @deliciousdelicacies9466
      @deliciousdelicacies9466 3 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @misschissybudget1656
      @misschissybudget1656 3 роки тому +8

      Was thinking the same 🤣

    • @summerdoge9147
      @summerdoge9147 3 роки тому +5

      Ahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahhaahahhahahahahaaahahahaaahahahhahahahahaahahahhaahha
      That was funny

    • @sanc_livia
      @sanc_livia 3 роки тому +18

      😂😂😂😂😂man I really hope he's being paid enough😂😂😂😂

  • @thetravelerwonderfulworld9854
    @thetravelerwonderfulworld9854 2 роки тому +51

    Kenyans are very nice people. If you night run in Nigeria, you probably will not live to tell the story 😂.

    • @enalew4344
      @enalew4344 Рік тому +4

      Straight up! Try it in Lagos and see 😄

    • @nwaigbo9276
      @nwaigbo9276 Рік тому +2

      Nigeria will end the person immediately 🙄

    • @chisomnwosu1340
      @chisomnwosu1340 Рік тому +3

      Honestly 😂😂 u can't try this in the east

    • @oscarmanu5117
      @oscarmanu5117 Рік тому

      ​@@nwaigbo9276 et les vaudoo au Nigeria , des milliards de faux padteurs et prophetes , des demons sorciers , la sorcelerie en echelle au Nigeria , alors jusqu'a quand vous vous en finir avec des tels pratique et culture malsaine satanisme ??

    • @TheLovePerspective
      @TheLovePerspective 5 місяців тому

      😂😂😂

  • @MarcoPolo-su2fc
    @MarcoPolo-su2fc 3 роки тому +19

    Keep being a Night runner until one day you'd really have to run for your life at NIGHT.

  • @zaki9996
    @zaki9996 5 років тому +279

    I think this couple played too much temple run

  • @honesty2152
    @honesty2152 4 роки тому +322

    There are no demons involved here, just inappropriate behaviour.

    • @twister80
      @twister80 4 роки тому +3

      Lolol

    • @fredo7482
      @fredo7482 4 роки тому +17

      Dont demons make people act differently.

    • @brokenbuthealed5652
      @brokenbuthealed5652 4 роки тому +9

      Actually demons are involved. It is a spell placed on them through heredity or being married into it. The woman possesses the evil eye And practices witchcraft. They can't be called out on it because it is believed that anyone who calls it out will be affected negatively. Basically a mischievous, trickster demon.

    • @deborahbrown5153
      @deborahbrown5153 3 роки тому +4

      Not sure what about the tin used to trap them into it? After that I think it's an addiction. They get a turn on outta doing it.

    • @deborahbrown5153
      @deborahbrown5153 3 роки тому +6

      Grace is grunting like a animal. There is a demon disturbing people at night. Not sure why they went on camera.

  • @benardotom
    @benardotom 2 роки тому +7

    I will never forget what happened to me 6 years back when I went to take my village girl at night, at around 11pm on a field near a river a night runner passed between us like a wind twice. My girl really urinated on her clothes, she was shaking, she became dumb and deaf, and started talking a day after. These people have demonic powers.
    THere was not even space btw us but he managed to pass btw us, as from that day my girl never wanted me to bring her home at night.

    • @ghayaiddriss2698
      @ghayaiddriss2698 Рік тому

      I agree with you. There is more to it than meet the eye

  • @lindamkhontondimande6661
    @lindamkhontondimande6661 3 роки тому +202

    This night running sounds like they are possessed by low ranking demons 😭😂

    • @itgamingke
      @itgamingke 3 роки тому +6

      With low frequency spirits

    • @ButtersScotch-si4dm
      @ButtersScotch-si4dm 3 роки тому +12

      my guy called them "low ranking" 😂😂😂😂

    • @thepoelixir4949
      @thepoelixir4949 3 роки тому +10

      Small scale demons😂😂😂😂

    • @thepoelixir4949
      @thepoelixir4949 3 роки тому +1

      The report is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @jkv188
      @jkv188 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂 true😂😂

  • @sofiasimon9083
    @sofiasimon9083 5 років тому +329

    I wish I had such energy....🤣🤣🤣my laziness can't allow me to night run

    • @gamalsankara1388
      @gamalsankara1388 5 років тому +2

      😂😂

    • @janetpitts7302
      @janetpitts7302 5 років тому +16

      😂😂😂😂 I can only run if being chased!!

    • @ephodiamlambu6980
      @ephodiamlambu6980 5 років тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @777sweett777
      @777sweett777 4 роки тому +3

      @@janetpitts7302 , not even then.....they would catch me!!! 😂😂😂😂

    • @mmumford377
      @mmumford377 4 роки тому +2

      Not if your life depends on it

  • @shazz286
    @shazz286 5 років тому +177

    This used to scare me so bad as a kid. Now understanding mental health and fear of the unknown it's such a different perspective.

    • @tjguidry7753
      @tjguidry7753 5 років тому +14

      Mental health is spiritual..... The white world excludes spirit in everyday workings.........

    • @shazz286
      @shazz286 5 років тому +8

      @@tjguidry7753 mental health is a mix of psychology and an imbalance of specific brain hormones and chemicals.

    • @tjguidry7753
      @tjguidry7753 5 років тому +4

      @@shazz286 ok that's fine if u can't see how states of spirituality can effect mental health........

    • @ndumikahema351
      @ndumikahema351 5 років тому +3

      I actually enjoyed this docu. This is part of our culture as sad as it is.

    • @shazz286
      @shazz286 5 років тому +1

      @@tjguidry7753 you do realize spirituality and psychology are on the same plane?I was agreeing with you and adding other factors.

  • @kingreginaldvevo784
    @kingreginaldvevo784 3 роки тому +9

    This women be so loyal ...and supporting the hommies 100%.....wapi like ya jokanyanam

  • @brookespeakstruthplanetpat4416
    @brookespeakstruthplanetpat4416 3 роки тому +15

    It is true. An addiction of any kind , looks the same, has the same ending no matter the addiction is. I dont know if these folks need rehab or an exorcism but im putting them on my prayer list

  • @LindaTinahTV
    @LindaTinahTV 4 роки тому +450

    I was taking this a little seriously until i read the comments 😂😂😂😂

    • @nelly_jah
      @nelly_jah 4 роки тому +11

      Thank you BBC , i am a luo from North western Uganda a dialect of Alur community. Apparently we have the same culture but the Alur’s night running is quite more advanced and it involves flying up in the sky with fire balls on their Arses , so im suggesting you should try also and take a survey with such luo clans like Okebu, okuru, and Those from congo border (Lendu)... You will be shocked !!!

    • @malcolmcliff-du8qp
      @malcolmcliff-du8qp 4 роки тому

      Totally the dumbest shit I've ever seen or heard of... underdeveloped brains land people doing this shit lmao cold food makes you invisible 😂😂

    • @_almamitchelle
      @_almamitchelle 3 роки тому +3

      @@nelly_jah I'm a luo from Kenya this is just too funny my grandma used to tell me about it

    • @mordecaichasia4302
      @mordecaichasia4302 3 роки тому +1

      sooo true

    • @nicoleahammer7922
      @nicoleahammer7922 3 роки тому +1

      😂👀🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @LuckyFish3000
    @LuckyFish3000 4 роки тому +581

    Plot twist: night runners are bored and need hobbies.

  • @e.cheruto8509
    @e.cheruto8509 3 роки тому +20

    "after dinner the couple start to feel the urge to run" mahn I wish my body got the same urge after eating a heavy meal. It's healthy! 😂😂

    • @faboge
      @faboge 4 місяці тому

      Where does the lazy husband get the money for kuon banda gi ringo and then run rest of the night? lol

  • @beeojeiks6516
    @beeojeiks6516 2 роки тому +9

    Thank you for your report and education on night running. May they all be delivered.

  • @yeonjundani
    @yeonjundani 5 років тому +124

    Saying that they started running after doing a ritual? In any case, whether it is demonic activity or psychological, these night runners need Jesus. Pray for them

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 4 роки тому +3

      But Jesus is also a night runner. LOL

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 4 роки тому

      @Kamatari Honjo you're just dreaming.

    • @HI-bp1xt
      @HI-bp1xt 3 роки тому +1

      Or maybe Jesus isn't real?
      There's proof right infront of your eyes that African spiritual like things are real

  • @dreday69_
    @dreday69_ 5 років тому +144

    This is how people get shot....

    • @marytamaina39
      @marytamaina39 5 років тому +3

      😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ayeevizzy8723
      @ayeevizzy8723 5 років тому

      Right

    • @kay2668
      @kay2668 5 років тому

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Dk-dy6gx
      @Dk-dy6gx 5 років тому +2

      Exactly. This is foolery

    • @KaramjitKB
      @KaramjitKB 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @moldsugar-agentleralternat1099
    @moldsugar-agentleralternat1099 7 місяців тому +2

    This is a head-scratcher. I really appreciate the reporter sharing insights from other cultures. I can't imagine being the person that is getting harassed each night. Good Documentary

  • @Cecyk
    @Cecyk 2 роки тому +7

    Wooow, interesting. I remember a practice similar to this one growing up. The difference is those one walked and didn't run. They carried something that looked like a touch, people would be really scared.
    My ancestors are from Kenya.

  • @BackBayBrian
    @BackBayBrian 5 років тому +173

    Misleading title!! I thought this was a video of a Kenyan ultra-marathon training schedule. 😑

  • @lynnleigha580
    @lynnleigha580 3 роки тому +25

    Who is watching their kids while they're out being a menace to society?

  • @aloyssamleyin1107
    @aloyssamleyin1107 2 роки тому +3

    The impact of Cameroon arts in east Africa and Kenya especially is fascinating. Jacque Songo (former Gail keeper), San Fan Thomas (Musician). Want to visit Kenya someday.

    • @ksligh4893
      @ksligh4893 9 місяців тому

      That's just a a coincidence 😂

  • @ingetich
    @ingetich 2 роки тому +5

    From the stories I used to hear about night runners:
    ~They run at neck breaking speed, I can see it's also leg breaking😀😀
    ~They carry burning pots in their heads
    ~You will spot them (with their burning pots) running across the other ridge and no fence or any obstacle can block them
    ~They ride dogs, cats and other animals
    ~You have to eat cold food and wear clothes inside out if you want to catch them
    ~Their wives perform rituals which involves cooking stones so their husbands can't be caught out there
    ~Aside from selling fear, they do their things so nobody in the society get wealthier

  • @everythingthatsviral2842
    @everythingthatsviral2842 4 роки тому +67

    i think im a night runner too, because everytime i see a house with a doorbell i click it and run away and it makes me happy lol

    • @Xxx-Fgg
      @Xxx-Fgg 4 роки тому

      Lmao me too, I do that everyday

    • @wilsonbitok1974
      @wilsonbitok1974 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂 Lol

    • @naimanachelle8791
      @naimanachelle8791 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @millie_royalty6476
      @millie_royalty6476 2 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣 slowly but surely you'll get there

    • @AsianDramaYT
      @AsianDramaYT 2 роки тому

      Do you do that in morning hours or night time? I wanna know.

  • @jjkoli2545
    @jjkoli2545 3 роки тому +38

    How could this beautiful woman marry such a lazy man calling himself a night runner

    • @tsamuyaro2913
      @tsamuyaro2913 5 місяців тому +5

      One of the benefits of living in the villages. Lots of incompatible couples.

    • @VybzUg-qh8vr
      @VybzUg-qh8vr 3 місяці тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @shae945
    @shae945 8 місяців тому +4

    People laugh at demon possessed people all the time. Whether it be drunkards, drug addicts, overly angry people, overly gluttonous people. Just different kinds of spirits unfortunately

  • @sugarkiss1000
    @sugarkiss1000 3 роки тому +13

    I thought I was childish but this one is too much 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sixthousandblankets
    @sixthousandblankets 5 років тому +46

    So they show a guy confess to being a night runner, then they talk about the danger of him being exposed.
    PAID ACTORS.

    • @nicksonmagak5082
      @nicksonmagak5082 5 років тому +3

      I ask the same question, !!!! and this is BBC.....

    • @_homewardbound_4149
      @_homewardbound_4149 5 років тому +4

      I feel like they don't fear the people in their small village having the access to the technology to watch this.
      Of course lots of people in Kenya are very modern, but this village doesn't seem particularly so.

    • @sheenarehema27
      @sheenarehema27 5 років тому +2

      doubt the villagers have TV let alone the internet

  • @Lifeofzayed
    @Lifeofzayed 5 років тому +145

    13:32 "the cold food makes him invisible" 😂😂😂 broh i need that food 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @lazarouskabumu5285
    @lazarouskabumu5285 Рік тому +5

    Excellent work team, proud to be African.

  • @donallen7484
    @donallen7484 2 роки тому +16

    It is true, I used to tell my teachers I could not do my homework because of this runners in the dark... they didn't believe me...now let BBC tell them even though too late 😂😂😂🤣🤣!!!

  • @kariuki6644
    @kariuki6644 5 років тому +72

    this is a great documentary that exposes the mystery of night running as nothing more than thrill seeking wananchi

  • @mpita6770
    @mpita6770 5 років тому +49

    When we were kids, these were the people who made me have nightmares. We always knew some people who were said to have the habit. I don't know how many nights I shook in my bed. We had a lot of forests then. These days in my village nobody even talks about them anymore. It seems the generation went. And one of the tools that led to the collapse of the whole thing; was a torch.

    • @brigiteomollo3128
      @brigiteomollo3128 4 роки тому +2

      Makhago Peter hahahah I know this is so familiar... 😂😂 we were told that for you to catch one you have to eat ‘slept ugali’ ugali imelala 😂😂

    • @hornymike7717
      @hornymike7717 4 роки тому +1

      Haha u say tourch huh lol

    • @pearla4731
      @pearla4731 2 роки тому +6

      😂 I am sorry you went through this. People who are commenting that this is not a big deal just because they are getting a view from the night runner’s perspective have never been on the side of the terrorized families. Growing up as a kid, terrorized of the dark/night because of some fools sadistic need to feel powerful is sickening.

  • @imeldaanyango9342
    @imeldaanyango9342 3 роки тому +39

    I feel for grace,she looks like a nice and smart woman. I love her courage too

  • @ruth2545
    @ruth2545 3 роки тому +1

    This doctor is the best I ever met in homa-bay... God bless you doc

  • @aminaali2668
    @aminaali2668 5 років тому +151

    So no one has volunteered to offer these night runners urgent psychiatric help?

    • @MeeMee-pc6bv
      @MeeMee-pc6bv 5 років тому +5

      Amina Ali exactly but they busy portraying the continent very badly

    • @connannbarbarin3033
      @connannbarbarin3033 5 років тому +2

      m8 they are just trolls

    • @sofialovinglife597
      @sofialovinglife597 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @leolucky7570
      @leolucky7570 5 років тому +3

      It's not mental health issues boo. It's considered to be witchcraft related

    • @fabioribeiro4627
      @fabioribeiro4627 5 років тому +4

      @@MeeMee-pc6bv To be honest, people still hunt albinos for body parts used in witchcraft and mystical snake-oil type remedies. Knowing that, I have my doubts those kinds of people even take dementia seriously.

  • @OopsMeMoi25
    @OopsMeMoi25 4 роки тому +219

    this reminds me when i was a kid ringing people's door bells with my friends and then running away lol e always had a laugh

    • @mizzmention8555
      @mizzmention8555 4 роки тому +5

      Yes l did too... it was called "knock out ginger" 😂😂😂😂
      Kids!! 🙄

    • @ernestinetodd7744
      @ernestinetodd7744 3 роки тому +2

      Say this i seek refuge in Allah every day he will protect his people stay positive and prayed up much love to my people love kelelah

    • @qmomof8587
      @qmomof8587 3 роки тому +7

      its called ding dong ditch..haa man my hart was pounding

    • @misschissybudget1656
      @misschissybudget1656 3 роки тому +1

      Me too 🤣🤣

    • @sharondavis9379
      @sharondavis9379 3 роки тому +1

      I thought i was the only one who did that when i was a kid😂😂😂

  • @IMYRIAD-NEWS-BUSINESS-MUSIC

    Why do I love this? It made me all tingly inside. Great documentary.

  • @kipkoechdennis5201
    @kipkoechdennis5201 Рік тому +1

    Excellent work

  • @majormediaproductions
    @majormediaproductions 3 роки тому +45

    The moment she saw the Night Runner footage and laughed... I LAUGHED TOO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Boy these Night Runners need to put those miles to better use 😝

  • @diamondintheroughiamthelaw9682
    @diamondintheroughiamthelaw9682 5 років тому +121

    "Foolishness is bound in the heart
    Of a child" ...Proverbs. Those "adults"
    Are acting like children. 😬 A spirit
    Of STUPIDITY.

    • @nemohos4885
      @nemohos4885 5 років тому +3

      same ones who believe in fairy tale god and jesus

    • @nixonagesa4074
      @nixonagesa4074 5 років тому +2

      You have never seen someone under spiritual attack.

    • @ntolanto_de_first4087
      @ntolanto_de_first4087 5 років тому

      @@diamondintheroughiamthelaw9682 Even them Chinese have their traditions which they follow strictly.

    • @ephodiamlambu6980
      @ephodiamlambu6980 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @davidndugere5665
      @davidndugere5665 4 роки тому +1

      Diamond in the rough/ I am the Law very very true

  • @opeoluwabeloved
    @opeoluwabeloved 3 роки тому +3

    I initially made an insensitive comment without fully watching the documentary. After watching I can see why this is both a nuisance to neighbors and a burden on those practicing it. The testament of the medical doctor sheds more light. I hope BBC will investigate this more to solve this problem. Some cultures are best left in the archives especially when they are both addictive and a threat to life.

  • @RN-fx4kn
    @RN-fx4kn 2 роки тому

    I was hooked, just like the night runners 🏃‍♀️ I couldn't stop watching

  • @a_shabilal
    @a_shabilal 3 роки тому +21

    Government : curfew starts at 7pm
    Night runners:👀👀👀👀

  • @Miss.lovylovy
    @Miss.lovylovy 3 роки тому +87

    Watching this as a typical Luo from Northern Uganda, as kids we used to hear similar stories from our parents however never witnessed any since then,but watching this video has actually given me an image of what it is like. I will have to share it to all my fellow villagers back in our small rural town.

    • @pearla4731
      @pearla4731 2 роки тому +6

      Please do. It is sad many kids grow up terrified that something supernatural is out there to get them.

    • @latigodaniel1037
      @latigodaniel1037 2 роки тому +1

      Ohh

    • @jacktack77
      @jacktack77 2 роки тому

      WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE STONE THESE PEOPLE???

  • @jeromealexandre4162
    @jeromealexandre4162 3 роки тому +11

    The guy who claims to have been burned actually looks like he has keyloid growths rather than burns .

    • @ayanijapeto8086
      @ayanijapeto8086 3 роки тому +2

      You've not sustained a cooking oil burn😅

  • @wendyarunga5428
    @wendyarunga5428 9 місяців тому

    Wow wow what an amazing video !Very enlightening.

  • @justusburugu9424
    @justusburugu9424 4 роки тому +517

    I Just need a fraction of their motivation to do my morning jogging workout.

  • @Muziqreborn
    @Muziqreborn 4 роки тому +45

    That Village Needs A Night Club..😅😅😅

  • @eltonpk
    @eltonpk 7 місяців тому +1

    God save this couple from this yoke. Imagine forfeiting the comfort of home and bed for a cold night, and for what, nothing

  • @AliAli-ti2zz
    @AliAli-ti2zz 2 роки тому +1

    Thank You man You really helps this peoples

  • @devinefavor6980
    @devinefavor6980 5 років тому +130

    The interviewer has been initiated into night running by eating food from the night runners. BBC has one night runner now lol😁😄

  • @mercyduncan4307
    @mercyduncan4307 5 років тому +79

    The night vision makes the night runners look beautiful. I guess its fun

    • @princenelson4003
      @princenelson4003 5 років тому +2

      That's y it's awesome to make memories in the dark night

    • @naimalus3827
      @naimalus3827 5 років тому +6

      They're beautiful in the light too

    • @nyambokgrace
      @nyambokgrace 5 років тому

      😹😹

    • @nemohos4885
      @nemohos4885 5 років тому

      let us go do some night running, you might have to crawl back

    • @benjaminnkomo4411
      @benjaminnkomo4411 5 років тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @florencemlay9333
    @florencemlay9333 3 роки тому +1

    😀😀😀😀 this made my day, how can you see a real night runner with camera😀😀😀

  • @nashonoluoch8963
    @nashonoluoch8963 3 місяці тому +1

    A typical night runner in my village will never let you interview him/her .and you never get to know any of their mysteries. It will always remain a secret and mystery you will never understand.

  • @astrotothemoon4153
    @astrotothemoon4153 4 роки тому +60

    Night runners: scare their neighbours by running around at night
    Me: scares my family by running around the kitchen at 3:00am

  • @applemaniac8796
    @applemaniac8796 4 роки тому +67

    🤣🤣🤣 she said if i dont run, i feel sick. And then i have to run. Is is just me or are this people not just basic adrenaline junkies? 🤣🤣 can someone introduce then to roll coasters 🤣🤣

  • @acleonamanya5343
    @acleonamanya5343 2 роки тому +1

    What i can say, the community is so accommodative and patient, i cant withstand such nonsense on my house. Any how, kudos to the reporter, he survived being eaten alive!!

  • @handsonnyambariga3902
    @handsonnyambariga3902 Рік тому +5

    These journalists are so courageous. Anyways, they have brought to us some insight of night running. Looks like it is an art or some kind of rituals that has manifested into these people's mind through satanic powers. It seems they are harmless apart from disturbances at their neighbors homes. I used to hear these stories and get scared to death but after watching this video it is not life and death. These guys need help to stop and heal from those activities and live a decent life.

  • @katieleeward8326
    @katieleeward8326 4 роки тому +22

    The performance the “president of night running” gave was the more bizarre thing I’ve ever seen 😂😂😂😂

    • @backup9120
      @backup9120 3 роки тому

      The reporter felt sleepy

  • @Eras_
    @Eras_ 5 років тому +449

    The reporter looks scarier than the night runners😂😂
    Damn😂x

  • @albon1762
    @albon1762 2 роки тому +2

    This phenomenon is also common in some parts of Uganda, It's not new to us who grew up in Uganda

  • @kaykenogo8110
    @kaykenogo8110 Рік тому +3

    Kudos to no one dying while filming this, good lord they are terrifying.

  • @kevineomollo7408
    @kevineomollo7408 5 років тому +354

    Night running is real. But this one? No! Stage-managed!

  • @elektriqa864
    @elektriqa864 5 років тому +88

    These people have talent in their feet and the Govt needs to Tap into their running for marathons on an international scale. They are just bored

    • @supernova7848
      @supernova7848 5 років тому +2

      Elektriqa This!!!...ole boy said its his "job" but is he getting paid??😂😂

    • @ryukiiprimer5383
      @ryukiiprimer5383 3 роки тому +1

      They are Kenyans... They not even the best 😂😂😂

  • @HENRYMIDEKOTUTORIALS-sk3ep
    @HENRYMIDEKOTUTORIALS-sk3ep 5 місяців тому

    heeeey you BBC guys entertain us a lot. now this is right from my backyard. i am thrilled to see it on BBC.🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰

  • @cobwebtheorem7538
    @cobwebtheorem7538 3 роки тому +1

    Night runners used to enter our primary boarding school, banging on benches and overturning the huge trash bins behind all the dormitories.

  • @africaexposed.294
    @africaexposed.294 4 роки тому +115

    I actually believe this night runner story can be made into a very beautiful horror movie. Wow

  • @catherinenyoro3953
    @catherinenyoro3953 5 років тому +47

    Why would people tolerate this kind of behavior in their midst? Thank God for hidden cameras and the internet soon the nite runners will have nowhere to hide.

    • @M1AIN40
      @M1AIN40 5 років тому

      am so LOL your comment has killed me

    • @amanid4970
      @amanid4970 5 років тому +2

      This is clearly staged.. they'll do anything to show Africa in bad light. Yet you'll find many of them moving and living there. Stay woke ppl!

    • @enyaoso
      @enyaoso 5 років тому +1

      Wewe Catherine Nyoro huoni file hao wachawi wanafanya hivi halafu wewe nasema hivi na hii ni stage managed bwana hata vile huyo jamaa napiga tizi.

    • @Ohanglatv
      @Ohanglatv 5 років тому +5

      @@enyaoso nightrunners never reveal their identity. It's an evil spirit that cannot be controlled.Even those in the village cannot catch a night runner, so when BBC parades individuals and you hear sounds from outside, just know this is fake.

    • @njo9745
      @njo9745 5 років тому

      Umeamini hii ujinga ya bbc??

  • @taliatehilahz7437
    @taliatehilahz7437 2 роки тому +2

    I heard from a Kenyan friend that in the luyo tribe they don't like to see you moving forward in life. They have so much hatred for success. A culture of pulling each other down. They happy when no one succeed. They want you to stay poor. So when my friend got a good job he run away far from his village and relative. The spirit behind is to maintain them in poverty. Nothing good can come out of it. They need help.

  • @georgewagabi7452
    @georgewagabi7452 3 роки тому

    That was indepth research good work.

  • @masonix_angel_morningstar7891
    @masonix_angel_morningstar7891 5 років тому +90

    The night runners look more afraid than what they're trying to scare

    • @hornymike7717
      @hornymike7717 4 роки тому +2

      Lol jokes on them night runners..

    • @ocholajennie1249
      @ocholajennie1249 3 роки тому +10

      If caught they pay a huge penalty. A night runner used to throw stone at our home in then village then in the morning he would pass by and greet us like nothing happened.

    • @masonix_angel_morningstar7891
      @masonix_angel_morningstar7891 3 роки тому +1

      @@ocholajennie1249 😄😄😄

    • @bellaolum9768
      @bellaolum9768 3 роки тому

      Ikr 😄😄😄

    • @sharondavis9379
      @sharondavis9379 3 роки тому +1

      😂🤣🤣

  • @MobaRS
    @MobaRS 5 років тому +48

    BBC Africa does not portray Africa in a negative but brings out what really needs to be known to the world, you can't always portray Africa positively becuase we all know there are many things wrong, which the world an mostly other AFRICANS need to know/learn about. I personally think BBC Africa is doing the job not many other news companies are willing to do, actually showing what is going in Africa.

    • @wendyswintona.juma.4949
      @wendyswintona.juma.4949 2 роки тому +4

      @Star...same thought, same thought. I commend these but they can put out positivity in equal measure. I guess that's what President Kagame is trying to put across that "BBC should respect Africa."
      Nonetheless, creating awareness about certain issues is the rationale here, right?

    • @MobaRS
      @MobaRS Рік тому +1

      @@wendyswintona.juma.4949 Indeed

  • @lyricitstudioscompany5821
    @lyricitstudioscompany5821 3 роки тому +3

    It's midnight now so I will watch this tomorrow mid-day... someone to remind me plz

  • @evansevason4640
    @evansevason4640 2 роки тому

    wow! good work, you are a true missionary

  • @geniousmndlovu5896
    @geniousmndlovu5896 5 років тому +133

    Cold food, makes you invincible 😅😅😆-how did the camera see her running??

    • @ireneomollo5306
      @ireneomollo5306 5 років тому +3

      Ha haaaa haaaa

    • @billionaireconcepts1095
      @billionaireconcepts1095 5 років тому +1

      same thing I'm wondering

    • @geniousmndlovu5896
      @geniousmndlovu5896 5 років тому +9

      @@billionaireconcepts1095 these guys have srs mental health problems which demands urgent attention as they will spread their stupidity all around the country......esp the guys claiming to ride a Hyena- those ones are at an advanced level😆😆😆😆

    • @elsieruby1437
      @elsieruby1437 5 років тому

      Exactly these people only focus on the negative side of Africa

    • @geniousmndlovu5896
      @geniousmndlovu5896 5 років тому

      The running President need a psychiatrist-

  • @whitneygaeses4481
    @whitneygaeses4481 4 роки тому +266

    What happens when another night runner does that to a fellow night runner. 😂

    • @sandratatiana8679
      @sandratatiana8679 4 роки тому +3

      Haha you made my day

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 4 роки тому +19

      @@sandratatiana8679 No, but the're all out of their homes.

    • @stevenmuhambe8015
      @stevenmuhambe8015 4 роки тому +16

      Its an association...they know their members

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 4 роки тому +10

      ​ steven muhambe I'm getting the vibe that you're a night runner. I think we met somewhere doing our hobby. LOL

    • @stevenmuhambe8015
      @stevenmuhambe8015 4 роки тому +2

      @@davemwangi05 trust me u don't want to meet with a night runner

  • @rachelsedelah7314
    @rachelsedelah7314 2 роки тому +1

    My grandmother back at home has sweetest story of her encounters with those people.....she used to be a teacher back then so she was forced to always wake up and dawn's to reach her work place n that's where she met those people... the stories never sounded funny... growing up in the village was also hectic with those people around... nowdays the presence of electricity in the villages is really doing then injustice.

  • @bossthemessiah409bigron6
    @bossthemessiah409bigron6 2 роки тому +1

    In my projects in Houston Texas we have night runners too! They’re called roaches but they don’t run until the lights come on

  • @imperialmajesty7925
    @imperialmajesty7925 5 років тому +15

    The doctor funny as hell, injecting someone with a fractured leg without making recommendations for an x-ray to know the extend of the fracture. WELL DONE DOCTOR

  • @sophie7541
    @sophie7541 5 років тому +44

    Adrenaline “junkies”
    Originated from simply being bored out of their minds

  • @mdumakhosini6128
    @mdumakhosini6128 2 роки тому +2

    13:12. "they say it's what the spirit wants"... Man is dying of laughter 😂😂😂...

  • @Oh_Nana1990
    @Oh_Nana1990 10 місяців тому

    Yessss 🙌🏾!!! Clement is fhe Goatest GOAT 🐐 of all time. Herh gye wo two wate. This was a brilliant breakdown of well conducted research.

  • @joshuamwangi1615
    @joshuamwangi1615 5 років тому +105

    This should be on the COMEDY segment.
    I have laughed in most of the scenes.

    • @Onderiz
      @Onderiz 5 років тому +3

      You also laughed at the guy who had burns from hot water & was urging that couple to rethink their decisions

    • @joshuamwangi1615
      @joshuamwangi1615 5 років тому +6

      @@Onderiz nop. From my post I said most. So not all. Please understand.

    • @gzegzo
      @gzegzo 5 років тому +6

      @@joshuamwangi1615 don't worry about, some people always looking for witch hunting...

    • @joshuamwangi1615
      @joshuamwangi1615 5 років тому +1

      Very true @@gzegzo

    • @supernova7848
      @supernova7848 5 років тому +1

      Joshgmwa hilarious😂😂😂

  • @charleswachira8102
    @charleswachira8102 4 роки тому +27

    Where am from it's called, "try that sh*t and we will beat the living demon out of you"

  • @jamboexpress2973
    @jamboexpress2973 Рік тому +1

    What??? 🤣😂Simply unbelievable🙈... Ain't sure whether to laugh or be saddened. From their account, the Runners appear to be helplessly bound in this vice by some strange spiritual forces. Thanks for demystifying this Tom. It's really a subject that has been shrouded in mystery for the longest time. Very captivating & informative documentary👏🏼

  • @Princedavida
    @Princedavida 3 роки тому +1

    i have lived in place back in the village where witchcraft and night running was rampant. some people were caught and they still deny....