Saudi Family Sues 'Genie' for Harassment

A family in Mahd Al Dahab, Saudi Arabia, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a "genie" has been stealing things from their house and harassing family members, according to BBC News .

The suit reportedly claims that the spirit has been threatening them, throwing stones and stealing cell phones.

According to a report on Wednesday in the Arabic daily Al Watan , the family has been living in the same house for 15 years, but claims that only recently it began to feel the presence of genie.

In Islamic theology , genies are spirits that can harass or possess humans , and are often said to be motivated by revenge or jealousy.

The family says the genie has been trying to drive them out of the house.

"We began to hear strange sounds," the head of the family, who did not want to be named, told the Saudi daily. "At first we did not take it seriously, but then stranger things started to happen and the children got particularly scared when the genie started throwing stones."