AT first, very few people dared to approach the cave, with the exception of 81-year-old Khasan Bakri. It is as if he is the self-appointed caretaker of the cave that local residents refer to as the Luweng Tikus (The Rats’ Cave), or Gua Tikus. For the past 30 years he has lived alone in a hut not far from the creepy cave on the hill. He comes down to the village only when he misses his wife and children or when his food supplies have run out