City residents claim aswang attacked their village
In this computer age, does “aswang” (witch) exist?
Others might found this highly contentious but a great number of residents of Muelle Loney St., City Proper in Iloilo City believe that they are for real.
At around 11:00 in the evening of Monday, residents gathered in the streets following a hunt for the “aswang” that leaped from the roof of several houses before it vanished in a balete (lunok in Visayan) tree.
Reports said that the family of a certain Bingbing Clavines heard several footsteps at their galvanized iron sheet roof.
Thinking that it was an “aswang”, Clavines’ son, RJ, immediately ran after the creature.
There were four of them who was tailing behind the alleged “aswang”.
“Apat kami ang naglagas sa iya. Tapos sang ara na lapit sa lunok, nahawidan ko siya. Handuson ko na tani siya sang kutsilyo pero ginwakli niya ko sang isa lang ka kamot,” RJ narrated.
He described the alleged “aswang” as bulky naked man with blazing red eyes and has a greasy body, which seemed to have been smeared with “lana”, an oil derived from coconut.
Despite the creature’s burliness, RJ claimed that the “aswang,” which resembled more of a shadow, seemed to be floating while leaping from one roof to the other.
The “aswang” directly hid inside the balete tree and was found nowhere.
Residents claimed that they have been bothered by the “aswang” attack for two days already.
Some believed that the assault was because of the good number of pregnant women in their village.
Even members of the Iloilo City Police Station 1 responded to the area because of the commotion it created.
According to Wikipedia, an Aswang (or Asuwang) is a mythical creature in Philippine folklore. The aswang is an inherently evil vampire-like creature and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories, the details of which vary greatly.
Spanish colonizers noted that the Aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the Philippines, even in the 16th century.
The myth of the aswang is well known throughout the Philippines, except in the Ilocos region, which is the only region that does not have an equivalent myth.
It is especially popular in the Western Visayan regions such as Capiz, Iloilo and Antique. Other regional names for the aswang include “tik-tik”, “wak-wak” and “soc-soc”.