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A Series of Myths and Legends: Manananggal
I remembered back then when my sister was pregnant. When she was still living with us under the same roof, a particular event happened that my brother witnessed.

My brother claimed that there was someone or something on the roof that one night. It made loud noises. There was no cat or rat or any animal found that morning.

This scared my brother that we joked about it. We thought it was that one mythical creature that feasts on the babies of pregnant women. Of course, this scared him. But from time to time, we stopped talking about it. Although, we sometimes bring it up when we talk.

This creature, known as the Manananggal, feasts on the babies of pregnant women or the blood of humans sleeping at night.

In the morning, it is just an ordinary human, most likely to be a lady. But at night, it's upper body separates from the lower one. They are difficult to kill as the only way to kill it is to find its lower half.

There were lots...