Mimi's Chilling Tales For Grown Ups Only

      First of a Series: Supernatural Love Stories and Scary Tales           by the Tale Spinner RAVISHED !! by mimi illenberger mapa        In Panay island, some Ilonggos still believe that in primitive times – farther back to the conquest of the Philippines  by the Shri Visayan and Madjapahit Empire from Malaysia- the country was populated by two types of people called the mowas (the dwarfs) and the kapres (the giants).       The mowas were stunted,  misshapen men with coarse, shaggy hair covering almost their entire body. They had long spidery arms and fingers , short muscular legs and exceptionally large genitals. These ugly creatures looked like a cross between a monkey and the hobgoblins of the white men’s myth and legends.       The dwarf- like men were said to live in caves and subterranean passage...

This is a home grown tale told to my mother by a woman she had befriended  in  Davao City in the late 80s. This bizarre love story between a local girl and a snake makes you wonder about the heretical theories Eric Van Daniken wrote about Adam and Eve’s “ original sin”  Was there a grain of truth to his assertions?                                                                 MAURA’S  SECRET                                              ...

THE RETURN OF CLING-CLING        Edward’s pet dog   Sophie, died while he was out of the country. And so,   hurting like anybody would when you know you can’t   be present when your pet is laid to rest, he turned to me for comfort and asked if I could share this tale once more.          Let me begin by quoting Oliver Wendel Holmes: Beware how you take away hope from any human being.” And so to those who cling with faith   and enduring hope to the Lord’s promise that we will all be reunited with our loved ones   in heaven one blessed day, this story is for you. You see, I like to imagine   “loved ones” to   include the pets we loved and who loved us so unconditionally in life. I have always maintained that in all probability, a living, loving creature with strong emotions has   a   soul. I can’t prove that, of course, but   neither can   I ,prove that you and I...

Can a ghost be surprised? This one looked amazed when he noticed I was looking at him wide-eyed and obviously able to see him! Then he came nearer still, smiling gently. “There was this charming, adobe house in Calamba, Laguna that I fell in love with and wanted to buy,” my cousin told me over breakfast. “ It was a good thing I listened to your Tita Dahlia’s advice. I could have gotten myself a house where three people had been murdered.” Tita Dahlia V – was a retired public school teacher from Ramon Magsaysay High School in Manila. She believed in the forces of wind, water and spirits. And yes, she also believed that ghosts are for real. “ The ghost stories we read about maybe figments of the writer’s imagination,” she stressed. “ but that does not mean to say there are no ghosts. There are and I should know!” When it came to the acquisition of old properties or for that matter, any expensive heirloom being disposed of at ridiculously low prices, Tita Dahlia warned - -“ It is i...