Re: (ogmius)
nice stories guys! http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
hey kitchen dude, your story gave me nightmares last night!
and man, i woke up in the middle of the night, and i was paranoid that dark figures are walking around my room
speaking of which...
this happened when we were still kids, back in 1990. one evening, my brothers woke up to go to the bathroom. i was awakened by their scampering back to our room, terrified and weirded out.
according to both of them, on the way to the bathroom, they saw two dark silhouettes sitting still on the couch on the living room, facing them.
with all the noise, my parents also woke up to scold us, but when my brothers told them the story, they checked out the living room, afraid that intruders may have entered the house. the doors and windows are locked though, and my brothers were very insistent that what they saw were not people.
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this also happened in the same house. our home is one of four houses in one compound, which means we share a common yard with our neighbors.
now, here in the philippines, there is what we call an "aswang," a person that changes into a monster that preys on the unborn fetus of pregnant women.
so same timeline as the first tale, 1990. my mom was pregnant then, and because of a storm, our area was plunged into a month-long blackout.
so one evening, when i and my brothers were sleeping, the only people awake in the house were my parents. my dad brought home some work that he needs to finish, and my mom told him that she would now retire for the night. the whole area was dark because we have no power, the only lights we have are from candles.
a few minutes after my mom retired, it started.
our dogs, and our neighbor's were barking like crazy. then, my dad heard it. a very distinct "knock" on our roof, then another, and another- like something with hooves was hopping.
my dad followed the sound. the knocks were moving, going somewhere, to their bedroom! he opened the door, and found my mother sitting on the bed, also awake, and obviously heard the noises from the roof. the knocks stopped directly above her!
when they peeked outside the windows, they saw the dogs, still barking furiously, all of them looking at something on the roof.
then, perhaps sensing that it was found out, whatever it was started retreating, the knocks (or hoof-hops?) were quick, back where it came from.
it never happened again, but every morning my mom noticed a black chicken on the wall outside in front of her window. the hen was like a sentry, walking just in front of her window, not the whole wall.
it never came back when she planted garlic outside.
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i kid you not, these are real stories.