One time late night of duty, the volunteers and i have some chit-chat about ghosts, night creatures, aswang at lamang lupa. Some stories where freaky, some was "I've heard that already". This kind of conversation flew me back when i was in grade schools when we spend the all saints day in our barrio in Manaoag. It was typical sitting down with cousins watching "Magandang Gabi Bayan" as they were showing their halloween specials. tapos mag bro-brown-out. We listen to freaky stories of our grandmother and aunt. I don't know if i would believe it at first, but when my Mom told me it was all true, i started believing that there are some things in life that science could not explain. I have some stories heard from different people, I am not telling you to believe this, but there's no harm in trying :p
DWENDE- according to the Philippine Myth, These are little creature that can give humans good,but oftentimes, bad fate. They lived in a NUNO (termite hill) and we often times say "tabi tabi po" to excuse us if we have disturbed them. They are basically practical jokers as they love seeing people becoming idiot.
I remembered one of my aunt who had many experiences with duwende. She was teenager then when a dwende courted her, She described it a small person, the face is vey much good looking, no mustache as we often imagine, with a great body. She said He just wore a white sleeves and a white pants. No long ears.He's like a normal features of a Man, only smaller than usual. My Lolo, according to her, Spotted her laughing and looking outside of the window. When the dwende heard my lolo's voice, It disappears. One time, My Aunt was invited to their home. She entered in a termite hill and suddenly she was of their height. It was like a palace, according to her, white everywhere. there was a long table full of fruits, and food. The Dwende told her to stay, then she heard my lolo shouting out her name. "I can't" she answered. The dwende insisted, but my aunt refused. She told me She saw the Dwende talking with an older dwende as if they were arguing. My aunt beg, "please. please".The Dwende allowed her. "can i have this banana for my father" she said. Then my grandpop saw my aunt, sleeping beside the termite hill. My lolo screamed at her, and my aunt answered, "i went inside of this (pointing at NUNO), and i got you this (supposed banana)". It was a dried wood. My Aunt was grounded then.
She thought that her experience with lamang lupa's ended there. One dawn morning at her 20's, She was obliged to cook rice for everyone as she was the eldest. She heard a "kaluskos" behind the window. To her curiosity she peek at a small hole.She said he saw a Man, with gold hair, white skin, bare naked on top, with perfect chest and abs, thick eyebrow "PERFECT" as she described. She was shocked that she withdraws peeking. In a few minutes, she went back to peek then she saw the man ran way, only that the half body was that of a horse. Then she got married and was pregnant with her first child. She was laboring when she saw a hand on the window,, when finally the baby expelled, She saw the hand elongating and grab my cousin, my aunt grabbed her baby too and they were dragging to get the baby, when the comadrona went back the hand disappeared. My cousin was very pretty and with a skin as white as a snow.
on her 3 months as a mother she didn't experience any other manifestations of lamang lupa, until one day. She left her baby in a "duyan" to finish her labahan. after doing the laundry she went back and to her surprise the baby was gone. she looked everywhere and she was crying cause she was hopeless.. then she heard a loud cry directing maybe 50 meters away.. she went near that cry and she saw her baby, do you know where? In the middle of the bamboo sticks.. freaky huh?
She has many stories of her being the maybe "center of attention" of the dwende. Recently at home, She was about to go to the CR when my cousin Gem, alleged run towards the CR and closed the door. My aunt was shouting "Ano ginagawa mo dyan, ang tagal mo naiihi na ko", she said my cousin answered " Wait lang".. so she wait, then she heard a voice behind her asking "anti anong ulam" and it was my cousin Gem , the "supposed" person that was in the CR.
it was really freaky when my aunt told me this cause you cannot see any signs of lie. I also have one story of a lamang lupa. It was late night when i went home from an inuman. before you reach our home kasi dadaan ka sa isang bakanteng lote na merong malaking malaking puno ng lomboy. So i was walking, i thought someone stoned me. I stared at the stone closely and it was a heated charcoal. i thought someone was grilling, i realized it was late night, i didn't look at the tree i ran so fast. I didn't remember that happened up until when the tree was cut last March. My neighbors were talking about hearing a hard steps on their roof, that technically, my other neighbors also heard. Then they made an explanation that maybe the kapre was looking for another tree to stay. freak.
Sabi ko nga, I don't care if you believe this. basta ako, i do. well, tune in next week i will write goes stories i heard that made me sleepless and still making me have goose bumps up until now. :)
