Myth of Sigbin & Bal Bal
Inarguably the local version of Latin America’s chupacabra, sigbin has varying descriptions linked to its name. Some folk tales depict sigbin as a wild animal with a size of a small bear and a row of spines embedded from neck to tail. A more popular story, however, portrays sigbins as hornless goats that look like small kangaroos. This said creature possesses flapping ears, burning eyes, whip-like tail and the ability to walk backwards.
Although most people regard sigbins as part of urban legends, eye-witness accounts from various parts of the country seem to prove otherwise. In anews report published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated January, 14, 2008, some residents of Roxas City, Capiz claimed that their animals were killed by a bizarre, blood-sucking monster.
Jojo Canobida, a resident of Sitio Paon of Dumolog, said that he saw a dog-like creature running away in lighting speed after killing some his chickens. Most of the animal victims were found either headless or with deep puncture marks in the neck—bloods all sucked out. Experts, however, claim that sigbins could be one of the new cat-fox species recently discovered in the Indonesian island of Borneo.
Bal Bal
Bal Bal is a scavenger-monster with a voracious appetite for dead human bodies. Also known as maninilong among the natives of Catanauan, Quezon, this vampire-like creature prefers to prey on corpses. With a long, razor-sharp claws and a sense of smell that may be 10x more sensitive than dogs’, Bal Bal easily find its next meal on cemeteries and even funerals.
Aside from their obnoxious breath, Bal Bal also have a unique power of hypnosis that is used to make people (i.e. those in the funeral) sleep while the monster feeds on its prey. To deceive people, Bal Bal replaces the corpse with banana trunk resembling the deceased.
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