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My apologies if this is inappropriate but I thought a little kalokohan might lighten the mood during these unstable times.

When we were younger, my cousins and I used to exchange stories about aswang, kapre and my favorite – the mangkukulam.

Do you have a favorite story you would like to share?

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[-] XiELEd@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

"Spectacle" (char lang)
Some months ago my mother was on a work trip so I had the house to myself. One night I watched some yt videos on TV using SmartTube. Usually I would put my glasses on the chair of the sofa. The next day I was looking for my glasses but couldn't find them anywhere, and normally my vision is functional, but from where I sat in class I couldn't see the blackboard well. And that morning I had classes. Eventually after a while I gave up and thought I'd just find them eventually, so I started cooking my breakfast.

I would like to clarify that the distance between the table and my kitchen is just less than two meters. And I looked for my glasses on the table already. Okay so, I had two parts of my breakfast. Once I put my first part on the table I then turned around to cook an egg (the second part). I took the egg from the wok and when I turned to put it on the first part of my breakfast I suddenly saw my glasses just in front of the plate of my first part of the meal. It was a literal jumpscare. Idk how that was possible unless it somehow fell from the ceiling!

"Running Shadow"
This one happened years ago when I was young. I invited my friend over to draw stuff together. Before that I saw a running shadow outside of my bedroom from my window. Now I remember that it didn't disappear in just a blink, I had the chance to see it clearly. Some point later, my friend arrived, I never told her about the shadow. At some point my friend looked at the side of my house and she said she saw a running shadow that made no sound. I asked her about its height (relative to the window) and it matched what I saw.

[-] LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 5 days ago

This is absolutely fantastic!

I love it and I will be borrowing both Spectacle and Running Shadow, with the latter as my finale. Thanks for sharing your kwento – you had me captivated.

Nice to meet you, XiELEd!

[-] XiELEd@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Btw forgot to say, but nice to meet you too! Here are my stories that I send to my friend on February 17, 2025. You might be interested.

"Lost then Found"

I just edited some parts to clarify the locations.

"On February 7 I lost my water tumbler, the last time I saw it was in an outdoor study shed in school. I reported it to Lost & Found and they made an announcement in the GC on February 8 with a sample picture of it, exact brand and model and everything. But on February 12, I was in that same place really early, and not a lot of people were there. I was on a table with my classmate, and their friend came over on another table. Then I noticed that they had a water tumbler that looked like mine right in front of them on the table. I asked my classmate if it was his friend's, he sounded not sure so I asked his friend. He said that it wasn't his, and I asked him if he brought it there or it was already there. He said he didn't bring it, then he asked my classmate if that thing was already there before he got here. MY GUY YOU CAME AFTER US, AND IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU." ‍‌‎‎‎‎‌‎‎‎‎‎‌‌‌‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‌‍

"Unrecognizable Tomcat"

"There was a tomcat who my mom and neighbour is familiar with. Hell my neighbour knew him since his birth. One night he was extra cuddly so I invited him in my house to cuddle him, until my mom told me to put him outside for the night. The next day he was dead, on the side of our house. No injuries. What weirded me out is that my mother and neighbour couldn't recognize him as the same cat they knew, even when I pointed it out, only saying he looked handsome and well-cared for. Only when he didn't appear that night anymore did they realise it was him."

"Painting Magician"

This one is a core memory of my childhood. Probably single digits age.

"When I was a young kid, we had a painter over to paint our house a new color. A painter noticed I was playing with a ball, and offered to do some magic tricks, courtesy of duwendes. He was able to hide the ball so well I couldn't find it anywhere, I looked at his back, even under the couch, up and below him. But just by bringing his hand forward he will show the ball again. Then again, he could just be a good magician."

[-] XiELEd@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

Oh wait you're gonna share it too? Here are some additional details that I wrote just some minutes after the event on a discord server lol. Also this message was dated June 24, 2025 at 09:22.

"Freaky thing that happened to me just several minutes ago. My glasses were missing from my container, and I figured it must be because I put it somewhere when I was done watching TV. I was looking EVERYWHERE in the house but couldn't find it, and I was doing this even at the cost of my planned housekeeping and preparation schedule (cuz today I have to do summer class). So eventually I just started cooking. I cooked some white beans complete with aromatics, tomato sauce and some seasoning, then I put it on a plate behind me on the table cuz I'll be cooking an egg. After I looked behind me, MY FUCKING GLASSES SUDDENLY APPEARED RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLATE! It wasn't there before that, like at all."

I also have some other stories (somehow so many of them are related to disappearing objects), will probably get back to you with them.

[-] LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 3 days ago

These are perfect!

We (my family) hang out together on the weekends and catch up on each other’s lives. Among other things, we exchange scary stories. I’ve really enjoyed yours because they’re something that I can share with my nieces and nephews without scaring the living daylights out of them.

IMO, you should keep writing these mini-stories. You can use Lemmy to blog (create a community, then lock it so only you can create a post) if your instance allows it.

And yes! If you have more to share, I’m definitely looking forward to reading them!