Bagat (A Shape-Shifting Demon Of The Visayans)

Bagat (Shape-Shifting Demon)

 

 

      Mom was born and spent her younger years in Iloilo City. They were poor at the time, barely able to eat a full meal. She was about 7 years old when this frightening tale of her life happened.

       Mom was walking home from school with her younger sister Imee and their older cousin Patricia. Imee and Patricia had fetched mom from school. It was about 6 p.m. and they decided to take a shortcut by walking through the tall stalks of sugarcane or tubuhan (sugarcane fields)

       "Imee, narinig mo ba ang tunog na iyon?" [Imee, did you hear that sound?] mom asked.

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