The "aswang," a creature that eats human flesh, may be brushed off as a creature of Filipino folklore and a product of the imagination in the olden days, but for a 16-year-old boy in Tantangan, South Cotabato, it is real. Tata Porras, 16, of Barangay Cabuling in Tantangan, claimed his 14-year-old brother Michael was attacked by an aswang, which he claimed was disguised as a big black dog with red, glowering eyes. Porras' descriptions aptly fit the physical appearance of the supernatural being who has the ability to transform itself into different forms while devouring a prey. He claimed that he and his younger brother were sleeping in a small makeshift hut near their ricefield on the evening of September 22, guarding their farm ducks, when the incident happened. The boys' parents were sleeping in their house just a few meters away from the ricefield. "Aswang talaga ang nakita ko," Tata said, adding that the big black dog about three feet-high was about to bite the neck of his younger brother when he saw it.

"Nang kakagatin na niya ang kapatid ko, kinuha ko kaagad ang nakatago naming single shot na baril at binaril ko ang aswang (When I saw the 'aswang' about to bite my younger brother, I grabbed our single shot rifle and I shoot the 'aswang')," Tata said. He said the "aswang" fled and was lost in the dark. Prior to the alleged attack, Tata said he heard a squeaking sound outside the makeshift hut. "Papalayo sa tinutulugan naming dalawa yung ingay," the boy said. Michael was hit in his right leg when Tata fired the shot at the aswang. He was immediately brought to the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital (SCPH) for medical treatment.

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lucky it was only one aswang
otherwise the title would have read

Boy survives as wangs attack

I was taught that aswangs were vampires. In this case, it seems that it's definition is more complex and is taken as a mystical being.


They did not translate this, but roughly speaking, Tata said: I really did see a vampire.

However, there are soo many "myths" from Filipino folklore.
There is also a mythical creature, who is seen as a woman cut between the midsection. Seeing her upper portion and lower portion.

This may have been a true case of an aswang, or it could just have been a dog with mange

if they had put a s on attacks it would have read
"boy survives as wang attacks

If it's anything, I would suppose only a feral dog.

Its a dog, why do people have to read so much into it

It's a dog.

Maybe a rabid, Cujo-type dog at that...

If you shot your brother in the leg while playing with a gun, what story would you use?

Roger, you may be on to something.

LOL!

If he did see such a creature....it was a dog, nothing more Just another one of those "I saw something! I'm gonna assume it was this, for no reason whatsoever!" stories

Me thinks it t'was jesus.

there are a lot of paranormal phenomena in my country, the philippines. the aswang is just the tip of the iceberg. so if you guys wanna investigate, visit my country. it has a plethora of mystical creatures, including the above mentioned; the woman who splits in two, we call that the manananggal.....(--,)

....o......k

That rascal is ALWAYS up to something ....

I bet its Cujo from Stephen King's book. I like his books.

O.O my mom's brother was attacked by an "aswang disgused as a dog"
but i always thought it was a woman who's lower body is chopped off at night and wings grow at her back,
but now a dog ? huh ? how many disguses do these things go through ?
lmfaoo. i love the filipino folklore (:

Same here evil jesus