>A telltale sign that a Pontianak was at a distance was the loud and nearby wailing of a child. If you’d hear a child crying at a distance, say upstairs...

>It meant that she was right beside you.

This is true. I once heard someone/something crying & wailing outside the house. From inside the sound was loud, but when I went out to check it out, it become slow in volume. I was confused. Suddenly, I was called back in by my mom. She, then explained to me in a hushed tone that the thing was not human and it was close now & and to ignore & don't acknowledge it. I swear I've never had my heart beating so damn fast in my life.