the chilling story of the aswang

the chilling story of the aswang


In the centuries-old annals of Filipino folklore, one creature inspires bloodcurdling terror like no other. A cross between a werewolf, a witch, and a vampire, the aswang can take many forms, ranging from a bloodthirsty dog to a fetus-eating "viscera sucker" to a beautiful woman that can use her human appearance to sneak into unsuspecting communities. And the one thing that all of these forms have in common is pure evil. 

Though the legends date back to at least the 15th century, fear of the Aswang has remained strong even in the modern era. In fact, at the height of the Cold War in the early 1950s, the CIA took advantage of this fear by mutilating the bodies of Filipino communist insurgents to make it look like they'd been fed on by the aswang, then leaving them out in piles for the enemy to find. 

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