Comments on: Different Types Vampire Creatures

By: Marisol

Marisol — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:33:55 +0000

Hi
what I saw was “fleshy” – it had a full 3d body image. It didn’t look transparent at all which is what you might expect from a ghost. Indeed I heard tales of ghosts that look human, but what I know of ghosts is that they usually stay only in one place, reenact the same things over and over again almost like a recording that is played over and over again. What I saw felt and looked cognizan, fully aware, and had a psychic awareness in such that it felt me when I saw it and turned it’s head very quicky to look at me almost like if it “knew” that I saw it.

By: tsuki

tsuki — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:27:43 +0000

Good day Marisol,

I am from Philippines and I must say that what you really saw back there was not an ‘aswang’ as from what I’ve heard from old stories and read from books, aswang has different kind of appearance. Aswang’s were like more of witches or vampires.

I believe however, that what you saw was ghost- a ‘white lady’ I think. Here in Philippines, we used to call a female spirit who wears white gown and has an unkempt hair a white lady. Based on your explanation, I am certain that what you saw was a ghost and not an aswang.

Ghost and aswang are indeed different but most kids here in our country often misuses them. Thus, they sometimes call ghosts ‘aswang’.

By: Marisol

Marisol — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:17:37 +0000

Hi, when I saw the vamp in the PI, it didn’t look like what the folkloric definiton of what an Answang should be. What I saw was indeed floating about 3 feet above the ground. She was standing/floating behind the tombstones so I couldn’t see the feet. Based on how tall she seemed to be (approx 8 feet tall), I had assumed that she was floating.

Also, she was wearing what seemed like a white almost transparent gauzy nightgown. Who in the world is going to walk around the cemetery at night wearing a nightgown. Also, how many 8 feet tall females, walk around cemeteries at night wearing nightgowns. Most Filipino females are in the 5 foot – 6 foot range. I didn’t see her separating her uppper/lower bodies, instead she looked just like your average person, exept for the floating of course.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:12:44 +0000

Harana, I am from Philippines too, though i cannot defend about the mananangal to be existing or not but I can defend that what we call here as the ” aswang ” is true. These creatures live among humans in daytime but they can be easily detected if you know how to separate an aswang in disguise from a normal human being. I learned this when we went to some islands in Mindanao to do some research way back in college. The island is called ” Siquijor ” and ” Camiguin ” island. If you want to, we can have another exploration to these islands as soon as possible. I’ll have my team ready if you’re just willing to go with us.

By: harana

harana — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:08:11 +0000

i don’t believe in the true existence of what we call manananggal or mandurugo, they are exaggerated descriptions of a vampire. no such mananaggal or mandurugo ever existed, just a folklore… i am from the philippines and though i may believe partly on the true existence of a vampire, but not to the point that such kind of vampires who can separate himself/herself from the lower body and can fly like a bat to prey ever existed. they were just extreme imaginations. that’s the same with what we call mandurugo who has a long extending tongue…

if i am to believe about the real existence of a vampire, these two descriptions are not my bases for never did a person who live in the philippines could testify that they saw right with their eyes such vampires like these…

By: Jade S

Jade S — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:58:36 +0000

Can you please tell me why the Tunda farts on the shrimp? I do not understand…

By: Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:09:19 +0000

Dear Vampire Truth and Marisol,
Thank You for clearing that up for me I really appreciate it. I mean you can never know too much right?
-Thanks Carlos Hernandez

By: Marisol

Marisol — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:38:42 +0000

hi,
Thanks vamipire truth,
Yes, many cultures have vampiric entities. I found out about the Aswang when I was stationed in the Philippines. I told someone of what I saw in the cemetery, and she said that it was most likely an Aswang. Secondly, as the Loogaroo, it is also vampiric in origin, but leave the body behind and becomes a ball that would go to seek out it’s victims. The loogaroo is Haitian in origin.

By: Vampire Truth

Vampire Truth — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:36:04 +0000

Quoted from the Vampire Compendium ( http://www.vampiretruth.com/the-vampire-compendium/ )

Columbia has the Tunda, a shape shifting vampire that usually appears as a loved one or beautiful woman to lure her victims into her forest home. She then feeds her victims shrimp she has farted on to keep them complacent. Also prevalent among South America is the Asema which would remove it’s skin at night and fly around as a gaseous ball (This is also very similar to the Haitian Loogaroo).

The Philippines have the Manananggal which is a female vampire that would separate it’s upper body from it’s hips and flew with wings. They also have the Aswang, a witch who, after rubbing on a magical ointment, would appear as a beautiful woman. At night, she would fly to the roof of a house and would send her long tongue through an open window to pierce the throat of a sleeping victim and drink the blood. When fully fed she appeared as a pregnant woman. It is believed that if the aswang were to lick someone‘s shadow, they would die soon after.

– The Aswang is also mentioned numerous times in the comments for that article.

By: Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:08:20 +0000

Dear Marisol,
Exactly what are you talking about Aswang and Loogaroo, these creatures are all Vampires they problably have differnet names. I am a Vampire and I have never heard of such creatures.
Please explain more of this creature I would really appreciate it.
-Thank You
Carlos Hernandez