Pada 2009 itu memang betul ada mahasiswa dari Surabaya, orang 11, KKN di Desa Bayu. Itu memang betul. Pada waktu itu saya belum jadi kepala desa. Saya masih kepala dusun. Pj Kepala Desanya Pak Satrio," kata Sugito kepada detikJatim, Minggu (22/5/2022).
Ia menjelaskan, nama 'Desa Penari' mungkin hanya cerita yang sifatnya gaib semata. Tidak ada desa bernama Desa Penari. Desa yang saat ini ia tempati yakni Desa Bayu, Kecamatan Songgon, Banyuwangi.
"Sejak tahun 2019, kalau dikatakan Desa Penari, saya bantah. Tidak Ada. Karena saya takut disuruh menunjukkan mana Desa Penari, saya tidak bisa menunjukkan. Ini Desa Bayu bukan Desa Penari," terangnya.
"In 2009 it was true that there were students from Surabaya, 11 people, KKN in Bayu Village. That was true. At that time I was not yet a village head. I was still a hamlet head. The acting village head was Pak Satrio," Sugito said to detikJatim, Sunday (22/5/2022).
He explained that the name 'Desa Dancer' may be just a story that is supernatural in nature. There is no village called Dancer Village. The village he currently resides in is Bayu Village, Songgon District, Banyuwangi.
"Since 2019, when it says Dancing Village, I deny it. No. Because I am afraid of being asked to show which Dancing Village, I can't show it. This is Bayu Village, not Dancer Village," he explained.
