Do You Believe In Engkanto?

Do you believe that other invisible being lives with us? 

Me. YES I DO Believe!

In our barrio we called them Engkanto.

As Wikipedia describes:

"Engkanto have many similarities to humans in that they age, appear to have male and female sexes, can suffer from illness and indeed even die. They are an object mythology for many Filipinos they normally appear to be beautiful having blue eyes, fair complexion and golden hair.^[4] They may however have unusual features such as high-bridged noses, fair skin, blond hair and lack of philtrum. They are also known to be taller than human beings.^[5] Other variants exhibit sexual dimorphism such as Bagobo spirits which are separated into the female tahamaling and the male mahomanay. The female spirit is alleged to have red complexion while the male have a fair complexion.^[5] Their dwellings will normally appear as natural features, for example large rocks or trees, although to humans they have befriended they can appear as magnificent palaces.^[4] These creatures prefer large trees such as the balete in which they also place their belongings"

The story is this: 

When I was a little boy, at the age of 6, I was a little menace and keeps playing, running and shouting everywhere. 

And one morning my mother were washing our clothes at the river and I was left at the house of my grandfather. 

When I notice that my mother was not around, then I asked grandpa of her whereabouts and grandpa told me that she washing at the river and never go to her. 

My grandpa never allows me to go to my mother because the trail going the river bank, there grows a big durian tree that is known to be the place of the engkanto, where they lives.

In fact, when that durian tree bears fruit and at the times the fruits were ripen and falls down to the ground no one would dare to take or steal the fruits. 

Because if it happens that you are not the owner and you will take any fruits from that durian tree then something will happen to you cause the fruits will slip from your grasp and fly towards you. 

Despite of the truth behind the durian tree, I never listen to my grandpa and still runs towards the river bank where the durian tree were standing and upon approaching the place I kept shouting and running. 

When I arrived near the durian tree something happen, I was out of balance and drop on the ground, then I stood up with my voice was lost and I kept running going to my mother. 

When I reach her she is wondering because I am so silent and just sits down besides her. 

The next morning it happens that she asked me to buy something to the sari-sari store, when I arrived at the sari-sari store, I knock and just pointing the things that my mother told me to buy. 

Then our neighbor notice that I have no voice and my mouth was dis-aligned and she got panic and shouting calling my mother to see what is happening to me. 

Then at that day, they brought me to the doctors to consult of what was going on, till days and weeks had passed but nothing happened and the doctors had no findings. 

Then grandpa told my parents to brought me to the albularyos, but still nothing happen. 

And one day, a friend of my father approaches him that his father can cure me but warning that he will never told anyone cause his father don't want to be known to be a quack doctor. 

And because of my father's will that I must be cured he promised that he will never told anybody. 

Then we go to the next baranggay to go to their house and there he is waiting for us setting at the table. And he let us set infront of him, then he stood and gets something. 

When he got the thing, he place it near to me. I was wondering because it was an egg of the chicken put into a plate and it is balance standing. 

Then he took the plate with egg and he turns it to me up side down and he never hold the egg but the egg never fell down and still in place. 

Then he stops what he is doing and in a while he says to me, that I was happen to bumped the daughter of the engkanto when I was running and the father got angry then he slap my face. 

To settle with my wrong doings they asked us a couple of things to do. First, they asked for a blood of a white chicken; second, a couple of galletas;  and Third, a couple of samsu. Then this will be done at the next full moon. 

The chicken blood is for offering while the galletas and samsu are for dining together with their family.  

 Then the fullmoon comes, we gather together, blood offerings of white chicken was done, but still we did not touch the foods because the engkanto family did not arrived yet as the healer says.

Then after a while he is whispering and asking forgiveness in my behalf then he offers the food to the family of the engkantos then he told us that we will start eating because they accept our peace offering.

And after eating all the foods, all are wonderings because my mouth was aligned and I can speak again.


P.S. This is  not a fruit of an illusive thinking, this is real, and this was really happens to me.