Cynical American Missionary Confronts Aswang
“Then he heard the rustling of the underbrush and saw the thing dash into a thicket. Although its full shape was hidden in shadows he saw a small hunched back creature that resembled a twisted naked body of an old man. Except the color was different, it was not the color of any flesh he had seen, for it was light and almost translucent. As the creature bent to duck under the thicket it looked back at the young Missionary and he saw a dull green glow reflecting in the eyes of the thing as if from some unseen fire. And in the creatures mouth there was a half eaten arm.”
Pastor Swope tells us the story of a rational American missionary who encounters an aswang on his duty at the town of Buangong in Cagayan de Oro, southern Mindanao. What he experienced taught him “from that time on he could never again dismiss the supernatural as mere folk tales and superstitions. And his world would never be the same.”
I’m not sure if it’s true but it’s an entertaining read nonetheless. (photo by morano.vincent)
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