Joy Adalia
An old lady was allegedly caught by bystanders and tanods while trying to transform into a bat. Before she could fully transform and fly away, the townsfolk and the local officials caught her.
That sounds like a plot for a Filipino horror flick, right? Then, in the story, the aswang would be able to escape and sow terror in the land, taking kids or killing pregnant women. The hero would save the people, of course, but not before the aswang had killed a lot.
According to a post on Facebook, however, that story was supposed to be true – without the killing part, anyway. An old lady was in a waiting shed at Best Land Brgy.Mayao Crossing when she turned into a bat, reports a post made by a certain Babyrose Bisagas Dinglasan.
At the barangay hall, the lady was interviewed by the tanods (barangay peace officers) but was later released after allegedly making the threat that her family would kill all the people in the barangay if the officers won’t let her go. Others said she was released because she was just a mentally deranged woman.
As a kid, I would shudder in horror at those stories, which made me fear the night and what it would bring. When my mom would ask me to go to the store some 200 meters away from our house, I would run all the way from our house to the store, then back. That’s how kids in the ‘90s dealt with ‘aswangs’, I think.
These days, the kids merely shrug off talks of aswangs – and adults laugh at other adults who believe in such things. If you show them a video of a supposed ghost or aswang, that clip would probably go viral but 80% of the commenters will tell you that visual and sound effects were used in those videos. Yep. Many people don’t believe in aswangs, anymore.
Photo credit: Facebook/Babyrose Bisagas Dinglasan
So, going back to the old lady, was she an aswang or a deranged ‘taong grasa’ [someone who has lived in the streets for so long that they look dirty-skinned and unkempt]? She did look like the typical aswang in the movies but a number of those who commented on Dinglasan’s post said the lady was either a ‘taong grasa’ or someone who has lost her mind.
One of the post’s commenters, Jheanne Zoleta Sobrevinas, revealed that the lady had a family, with 2 kids, but was a victim of domestic abuse and later became mentally ill. She implored the people not to judge the woman based on her looks.
Photo credit: Facebook/Babyrose Bisagas Dinglasan
It’s 2014. Who believes in aswangs now, anyway? The cities and streets are so well-lit that you can’t be afraid of what’s lurking in the dark, compared with the darker days we had in the ‘90s.
Still, aswang or not, the lady needs help. I sure hope the government can do something about the growing number of homeless people, taong grasa, and mentally deranged people living in our streets. The billions of pesos our politicians have pocketed could have made a huge difference in the lives of these unfortunate people.
Ika nga nila… DON’T JUDGE THE BOOK BY ITS COVER… Nakita nga nila asan ang saktong proweba? Kung aswang man sya tlga irespeto nyo…hindi eung porke nagpalit ng anyo eih huhuliin agad… wala nman syang gngawang msama… nasa batas n po ba ngayon ang paghuli sa aswang?
bobo mo
^ Sarcasm, you’re not getting it sir.
Korek ka dyan bes!
mamamatay ako kakatawa!
ulol
infairness may sense of humor c kuya xD
eh kung kainin nya anak mo? matagal nang perwisyo sa probinsya ang mga aswang, nilalabasan pa ng itak yang mga yan.
kelangan ba hulihin na agad? eh kung ganyan ang pag-iisip mo, ipahuli mo na lahat ng mga tambay sa mga kalye kalye dahil lahat sila may tendency na pumatay, mangrape, at magnakaw
itak pala ang lumalabas sa aswang pag nagoorgasm? oooohh…kinky!
Nice one! @KAI. (hindi eung porke nagpalit ng anyo eih huhuliin agad)… haha.
tanga mo po xD pinapatay nga ang mga buntis at mga may sakit bkt di huhulihin? bobo mo po 🙂
ASWANG KARIN ATA PUTANG INA KA. MGA KAMPON NG DEMONYO WLANG PUWANG SA MUNDO GAGO
ewn ko sayo, kaya nga aswang, naintindihan mo ba,, sana makasalubong ka ng aswang para malaman mo ang pakiramdam.. tingnan ko lang kung d ka takbo ng pulis, para ipahuli mo siya… ang aswang….
there are ways to test if she is aswang or not but they just dont know how
ikiskis ang itak at kaldero
medyo harsh na ung iba eh
like the kawayan (di raw gagaling pag nasugatan sila ng kawayan, kaya takot sila dito)
cguro d pa kau nkakakita nuh.. ewan ko nlng pg nkkita kayu dto bka sbhn nio naniniwala na kau.. by the way kagabi lang umatake nnmn aswang sa bhay.. dahil mai sakit mama ko.. dto nlng kau smin para mkakita kau aswang.. sbgy moderno na tao ngaun kht ngccnungaling na pinaniniwalaan parin…mai aswang ba na inaamin kung aswang cla ung mg taga baryo lng xmpre nakakaalam.. gaya dto samin..dami dto sa brgy.nmin kya nga sikat lugar nmin eh…. by the way d nmn sa nanjujudge ako.. gusto ko lng mlaman nio na ngkalat prin ang lahi ng mga aswang..kung gusto nio malaman kung aswang ang nkita nio. titigan nio sya sa mata tpos pg baligtad ang reflection nio means aswang cia.. ok po..
totoo yan brad .. 🙂 (y)
aNJNG KAGAGUHAN YANG ALAM MU? NAKA DRUGS KA BA? BAK UNG NAKITA MU GOLDEN CROWN FLYING FOX ANG PINAKAMALAKING PANIKI SA BUONG MUNDO.. ANG WINGSPAN NUN AY MAS MAHABA SATIN… UMAABOT NG 1.5 TO 1.7 METERS….. GAGO NAPAKA IGNORANTE AT ILLITERATE MU! NG DAHIL SA INYONG MGA TAONG TAGA BUNDOK ANG ISIP MALAPIT NA MA EXTINCT ANG MGA HAYOP NA YAN… 500,000 NALNG PO ANG POPULATION NG FLYING FOX DI NMN SILA HARMLESS MGA SPECIES SILA NG FRUIT BATS… FUCK YOU PO NG MARAMI STUPIDONG DI EDUKADONG TAO BAKA IKAW IN A SENSE NAKA DRUGS KA?
isa ka ring bobo!
ikaw ata naka drugs.. lakas tama mo eh.. di porket nag research ka about fruit bats e edukadong tao kna.. haha! kantutin kita dyan makita mo..
ako nalang kantutin mo pre. hehe
tama at ndii kaiang tumitig ng aswang sa mata ng tao
acu naniniwala naiintindihan cu sila
tlagang MAHIRAP PANIWALLAN ANG ISANG BAGAY LALOT NDI MU PA NAPAPATUNAYAN AT NAKIKITA un lg un
ako naniniwala na aswang sya…
Aswang hindi totoo yan..
ANG TOTOONG ASWANG AY NASA LOOB NANG MALAMIG AT COMPORTABLENG OPISINA.NANDOON CLA.MARAMI CLA INAASWANG ANG BUONG PILIPINAS.MARAMING KATAUHAN ANG ASWANG.PORKET MARUMI AT MUKHANG ASWANG,ASWANG AGAD.MATAKOT KA SA MAPAGKUNWARING TAO.CLA ANG TOTOONG ASWANG
Walang aswang, 24 years ako na mountaineer. I’ve had stayed a month sa bundok at iba pang areas na walang ka tao2… Never ako naka kita ng aswang, kung talagang meron man di sila sa cities o baranggay na maraming tao… Kung totoo yan, di naman po siguro ganun ka tanga ang mga aswang!!! lolz
DON’T JUDGE THE BOOK BY ITS COVER right…..
madami akong kilalang aswang sa province namin pro mabait….
eh anu ung nag transform sya,, kailangan nila un….
d naman cla pumapatay ng tao eh…
Aswang evolved as a local mythology of old times, handed down through generations. No such thing has ever been positively recorded it existed. Most likely, that woman has mental problems of some sort that led her to look like an aswang. As long as she is not hurting anybody including herself, She should be left alone. Unless a concerned person or agency will take her to a mental health clinic for psychological and psychiatric evaluation at their own expense.
MAYBE THE ONES THAT THEY SEEN AS ASWANG BEFORE IS IN FACT AN ANIMAL… AND THAT ANIMAL IS THE LARGEST BAT IN THE WORLD CALL THE GOLDEN CROWNED FLYING FOX… AND ITS ONLY EATING FRUITS… GROWING A WINGSPAN OF 1.5 – 1.7 METERS LONG… MAYBE DUE TO THE FACT THAT FILIPINOS BEFORE WERE SO STUPID AND ILLITERATE… THEY BELIEVE THAT THOSE ANIMALS EXISTENCE IS AN ASWANG
Aswang,yan ang madalas panakot samin ng aming mga magulang nong maliliit p kami ng mga kapatid ko,,,but as i grow older,,,ginamit ko na rin sya sa mga anak ko hehehe,,anyways about this woman,,,as i look at her,,,same lang sya sa mga naglipana sa mga lansangan,,,mga nasiraan na ng bait dahil sa sobrang depresyon sa buhay,,,lets help them find theirselves ,,instead of accusing them,,,manawagan na lang sa mga kinauukulan tulad ng Shelter for Women like her.
Daan lng po…
Para sa akin ang aswang ay totoo pero hindi sila nangangain ng mga tao sila ay parang pangkaraniwang nilalang din.. Irespeto po natin ang mga saling lahi… Kung tawagin ay ASWANG…
Mabango lang po sa mga aswang ang amoy ng taong merng sakit na.malubha or matandang may sakit at taong malapit. Na mamatay.. ito ay inaamoy lng nila.. Totoo po talaga ang aswang 100% na totoo and 100% na hindi sila nangangain ng tao salamat sa inyong.lahat
Maniwala jan aswang
Hindi ako naniniwala sa aswang pero as a Filipino nirerespeto ko ang kultura natin sa paniniwala na ang aswang ay totoo which is di naman talaga. Isang ugali lang ito para takotin ang mga bata lumabas ng bahay sa gabi. Sa ngayun, mga taong walang sapat na edukasyon nalang ang naniniwala sa aswang.
You should have waited for her to transform into a bat. Wala kayong real proof. You were only “thinking” and “guessing.” The real evidence would be the bat itself transforming into that woman.
i Dont know
YAn ang tanod alerto.!
sa bandang huli malalaman din natin ang totoo
Walang kwenta!!
S AMIN ANG ASUWANG MAGAGALING MAG TRANSFORM… CLA C OPTIMUSPRIME AT MEGATRON AT MARAMI PANG IBA… KAKATAKOT NGA EH !!!!
dapat kc nagselfie kau habang nagtra-transform c ate para may proof.. 😀
kabobohan yan tanga na niniwala jan
naawa ako sa tao/aswang.. oo pede may aswang talaga.. aswang man sya o hindi.. wag naman sanang saktan.. pisikal or emosyonal.. e pano kung tao.. kawawa naman.. kung aswang edi gumanti naman.. maging mabuti nalang tayo sa kapwa.. mapa-aswang o tao.
Biglang nauwi sa politika. I like the way you transitioned from super natural to politics.
Try nyo mg bakasyon sa panay island grupo kayo mg rent kayo ng kubo sa mga barangay yun hindi sa city at kayo na mismo humusga kung totoo ba ang aswang pgka dayo ka dun amoy ka agad ng aswang mka rinig kayo ng tiktik sa gabi at tumayo balihibo nyo aswang na yun.. wag kyo mtakot dnman nangangain kundi nanakot lang sila.
kawawa nmn nya kng pingkamalan lng na aswang :(.
I would say some of our country men only shows that they still idiot about what’s happening to this world nowadays… Awful for them, they really don’t know how to understand whats the real and natural world they belong. That’s why until now they cant admit their self believing to such legends… Wish some people would open their mind when it comes to such circumstances, because if they were on that women’s shoe they need to be understood as well. Hope even uneducated people know how to use their (“v”).
dili ko mo too basta walay video………..estoryaheeeee………
Believe it or not, pinasok lang nman ako ng aswang mismo sa kwarto ko nung buntis ako sa panganay ko mga 4-5 months plang ang tiyan ko. same din sa tita ko na buntis sa kanyang bunso at mismong pinsan ko ang nakakita na isang lalaking nakatalikod nag transform bilang aso.
HAHA..ISANG MALAKING KALOKOHAN, YUNG MGA NAGSASABING MAY ASWANG JAN, SIGE NGA MAGTAWAG KAYO NG ASWANG AT IVIDEO NYU HABANG NAG TRATRANSFORM..HAHA..TINGNAN NATIN KUNG MAY MAKITA KAYO..KALOKOHAN, WALANG ASWANG!!! ANG MGA NAGTRATRANSFORM LANG SA GABI AY MGA BAKLA!! SIL ANG ASWANG, KUMAKAEN NG TAO, KASO MGA LALAKI LANG!! HAHAHA..ASWANG PA! SHABU PA!!
Sorry guys, but i still believe in aswang kasi totoo nman talaga sya. kayo daw magkaroon ng kapitbahay na aswang at dalawa pa. yung bro ko inatake nung baby pa sya, ako nung buntis ako sa panganay ko. Yung tita ko nung buntis sya sa bunso nya pati yung isang tita ko na naghihingalo din pinasok talaga sa bahay. madami yan sa probinsya at pra maniwala kayo magpunta kayo sa probinsya talaga. madami pa akong alam na storya na mismo kami rin ang naka experience. kung di pa kayo naka experience di talaga kayo maniniwala.
Kung hindi kayo naniniwala. May maglalakad ba na baboy na naka bakya in the middle of the night at di lang basta baboy kasi ang laki talagang baboy.
TUNG NU!!! mag co-comment mga to parang nakakita na ng aswang sa personal. lumaki na ako sa lugar ng mga aswang, hanggang nag ka bulbol na ako, wala ako makita. namfufa naman uh. gagaling nyo!! LOL
Who Believes in this kind of Sh!t now a days what people should focus is how would people make their life meaningful and not waste their time in this kind of sh!tty Crap.