My grandma used to tell me that she would play with little people under their house in the Phillipines. She said they would come out of the gruond like a parade with full band and everything. I would laugh and she'd get pissed! She wasn't kidding. Here's another one, my grandpa (also Filipino) was a Merchant Marine for most of his life, and he used to tell me that he saw mermaids. He said that they were baby sized, but that they would sing beautifully. He would get pissed when I'd laugh, too. I have to say that I believe them, because I myself have seen and experienced some weird supernatural stuff that I often keep to myself for fear of people laughing AND I get pissed!

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HA! That's so funny that you say they get pissed. My lola and other older relatives were the same way -- all you could do was believe them, and I have to say, I kind of did too.

I hadn't heard any stories about mermaids, but I did hear stories about dwarves that lived in small mounds in the ground. My dad and aunt said that when they were younger they had to respectfully acknowledge the dirt mounds as they walked passed them and not trample over them. I also heard stories of the half horse and half man, but don't remember much about that one.

The creatures disguised as typical filipinos who would prey on the elderly and pregnant women is one find a little disturbing. At night the top half of their bodies would detach from their bottom half. Their top halves would then fly around looking for their victims. They would attack from through the roofs of the victims' houses and had long snack-like tongues that could rip out the intestines or unborn babies of the victims. They only attacked sleeping victims, however, if the victim was still awake, they had poisonous, stinky breath that would either stun the victim or cause them to die. It's said that filipinos would go around at night looking for the bottom-halves of these creatures. If they found any they would pour salt on it so when the top half came back to re-attach they would be unable to and eventually die. The name of the creature is slipping my mind right now, but it's a nasty one. Update: The name of this creature is "Aswang".