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Stories abound of a phantom black sedan occupied by two bloodied passengers challenging motorists to race. [ 2 ] Daang Hari : A major highway connecting Las Piñas , Muntinlupa and Cavite, the area is said to be haunted by the spirits of murder victims from that time that it was used as a dumping ground to dispose of bodies when it was unlit ...
The 2019 Filipino supernatural horror film Clarita was based on the events. [3] [7] Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho featured a story regarding the incident on Gabi ng Lagim IV. [8] Ripley's Believe it or Not "True Ghost Stories" featured the story as "The Fiendish Spectre." Featured in Strange than Science by Frank Edwards.
Popular urban legends about Filipino ghosts usually include the theme of either a white lady, a phantom hitchhiker, or a headless ghost. In most instances where ghosts are harmful, Christian themes have been incorporated, as ghosts in the traditional Filipino folk religions are generally not harmful unless provoked. [10] [11] [12] [1]
The province of Capiz is the subject or focus of many manananggal stories, as with the stories of other types of mythical creatures, such as ghosts, goblins, ghouls generically referred to as aswangs. Sightings are purported here, and certain local folk are said to believe in their existence despite modernization.
Aswang is an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and transforming human-beast hybrids (usually dogs, cats, pigs). The aswang is the subject of a wide variety of myths, stories, arts, and films, as it is well known throughout the Philippines. [1]
An engkanto may choose to stay by a human's side as told by stories where characters are usually in either a sense of trance or a deep loss of energy. Engkanto may be good or bad. Some Engkanto are called "itim na engkanto"(black engkanto) depicted as malevolent, violent dark skinned figures that stalk and harass and inflict harm to humans they ...
The tiyanak (also tianak or tianac [1] Tagalog:) is a vampiric creature in Philippine mythology that takes on the form of a toddler or baby. Although there are various types, it typically takes the form of a newborn baby and cries in the jungle to attract unwary travelers.
The Kumakatok ("door knockers") are a group of three robed figures believed by many in the Philippines to knock on doors in the middle of the night and bring bad omens.. They allegedly look like humans, but wear hoods that obscure their faces to some ex