A small town a few kilometres from Nizma exists in Oman. With crumbling walls and howling fire-mouthed, camel-eating hyenas, Bahla is where mystery and superstition destroy mankind's very being.
Jinns. This is what the villagers believe. Jinns, like ghosts, are otherworldly beings known for spreading mischief, magic, and mayhem. They reside in abandoned structures and buildings. In addition, Bahla is home to the historic Bahla Fort, which dates back to the pre-Islamic period.
According to Hamad Al Rabaani, a tour guide at Bahla Fort, jinns are not strange; in fact, these entities are among God's creations. He claims that Bahla is full with mysterious and exciting myths, including one about supernatural forces erecting a 13-kilometer wall around the town in a single night to protect it from invaders.
“The legend is of two sisters, both jinn, one of whom built the wall for protection and the other who created an ancient irrigation system for agriculture. Few places, however, are as strongly linked with jinn as Bahla, where you hear stories of men who suddenly transform into donkeys and other animals. One old woman often used to hear someone milking her cow after midnight. But whenever she went to check, she found no one there.”