Sunday, September 13, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Balete Drive

Myths Surrounding Balete Drive
Balete Drive ghost stories have been around allegedly since the 1950s. The most popular is a “white lady” that haunts the long avenue and seems to target cab drivers in particular—but not exclusively. The hair-raising accounts went through the years, many claiming to have personally seen this mysterious lady. This has somewhat become part of Philippine folklore unofficially. Other ghost tales of Balete Drive include spirit kingdoms, spirit creatures, and haunted houses.
Balete Drive connects the long span between E.Rodriguez and N. Domingo Avenues in New Manila, Quezon City. It’s about 45 minutes travel from Manila via the Cubao route through Espana and E. Rodriguez Avenue. The Balete Drive corner at E. Rodriguez is a bustling business area mushroomed with fast foods and other establishments.
According to some Balete Drive ghost myths a tentacled, gargantuan Balete tree used to stand in the middle of the road. The tragedy began there. Some late night a cab driver was said to have violated a pretty girl on her way home. Since then, the ghost stories started and circulated in the metropolis. Some say the Balete Drive ghost tale was a brainchild of a news reporter who ran out of interesting stories to cover. Others say the Balete Drive ghost tales were testings for a school project on how fast and to what extent rumors would traveler.
Balete trees in Philippine folklore are said to be mysterious. They’re often a haunting place for evil spirits. Another version says they conceal mythical kingdoms unseen to the naked eye. Thus, Balete Drive is said to be a haunting spot for other spirit creatures like Philippine elves (“dwende”), smoking giants (“kapre), other monsters (“malign”), and fairies (“diwata”).
Actually, three haunted houses are said to remain in the vicinity. These are old mansions haunted by wandering spirits of their former owners. The myth is that their rich owners never bequeathed the mansions to anybody to ensure that they never fall in poor people’s hands. So they have become vacant for years, turning out to be what folks call haunted houses.
Also along Balete Drive is a 200 year old house that serves as antique shop, not for ghost stories, but Philippine heritage. It’s called “Bahay Sentenaryo” or Centennial House.
Balete Drive ghost stories are well circulated that they form part of local folklore—it was even a theme of a local movie. Its haunted house and spirit tales or myths thrill the imagination of adults, the young, and even skeptics.
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Note: taken from Philippines insider
Thursday, September 3, 2009
My First Experience with the Ghost (part 2)

If you have read my part 1 of Ghost story, I really thought it was over. Not until our family moved in another place somewhere in Antipolo, Philippines, my 2nd story began here.
One late evening when we are having a dinner with my family. The food is so great and we are having a conversation, when suddenly I began to cry once again. My brother and mother were rattled and scared because of my sudden crying. To make things better for me, I was brought to mangtatawas (faith healer).
To my amazement, the mangtatawas told us that what I saw is an image of our Blessed Virgin Mary. Being a child then, I did not pay attention to what is happening around me. But it made me realize that incident when I was an adult then.....
Was it a Holy Ghost?........
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
My First Experience with the Ghost

I was 5 years old when I experience seeing ghost.
My family and I live in Palomo, Manila. As far as I can remember, I was sick then together with my aunty who was taking care of me. The day seems to be an ordinary things when suddenly I woke up...I really, really see a ghost...not just a ghost but strange ghost with ugly face coming in front of me. From then, I started to cry out loud and call my auntie telling her...."He's coming...he's coming...." My aunt can't help but cry because she was not seeing anything.
The trauma in my childhood lasts for 2 minutes and I was back to my old self...
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