Nale Ba

Nale Ba or Naale Baa (Kannada: ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ, romanized: Nāḷe Bā [n̪aːɭe baː]; lit. 'Come Tomorrow') is a popular folk legend which features prominently in areas across Karnataka, India. "Naale Baa" has been found written on the doors and walls of the towns and villages for certain years. People write this on walls to prevent the entry of a malevolent spirit into their homes. It is believed that a malevolent spirit or a witch roam at night and take away children. In some variations, people used to believe that a demon roams around the houses, Knocks the doors and calls the names of the persons with kin's voice, If the person replies, he or she is said to die vomiting blood or die by heart failure. In some other variations of the myth, the spirit is believed to be a female ghost who roams around the town in search of her husband. She is known to take away the man of the house who is often the sole earning member of the family, therefore bringing bad luck to the entire household.

Naale Baa was an urban legend that went viral during the 1990s in Karnataka. The myth is "a witch roams the streets in the night and knocks the door. The witch apparently speaks in voices of your kin so you would be deceived to open the door. If you open it then you will die." So the residents came up with a smart idea of writing "Naale Baa" outside the doors and the walls of their house, So when the ghost reads it and goes back to come again the next day and the cycle repeats.