Legend has it that when the executions stopped, all sorts of evil spirits, including ghosts, terrible serpents and other mystical creatures started inhabiting the place and to some die-hard traditionalists, it is a no-go area. Even today, some believe that only those endowed with some supernatural powers like dingaka tsa Setswana (traditional doctors), sangomas and dikgosi can venture near the caves.
In an interesting twist, the Gaborone West Open Baptist Church has broken a long held view that Christianity and African traditional religions can never relate well with each other.