Urban Legends of a Scar-Faced Woman
There is a gruesome story of a woman, turned vampire, somewhere
from Iloilo or Capiz that took rural and
urban communities by storm. A caring mother and wife wanted to give her family
an affluent life, so she tried her luck inCanada as an Overseas
Filipino Worker (OFW). It was said that this lady worked for an
employer who was suffering from an unknown disease. Later on before
his dying breath, the employer passed on his allegedvampiric power to
the unknowing caregiver. The lady accepted the said power without knowing the
staggering price she would pay. The effect of the curse only took hold as
the OFW returned home to the Philippines.
The hunger for human flesh became so dominating, that she eventually
killed and cooked her two sons. She was then emerged as full-fledged Aswang,
a Philippine folklore creature akin to the vampires and ghouls of western
mythology. All hell broke loose when her husband arrived home and saw the
twisted acts of his wife. The insanity of the affliction and her craving
for human flesh made her offer the cooked flesh to her husband. Fierce fury
drove the husband to attack his wife with a bolo. Slashing with a blind
fury.
The
woman received a serious wound in her face, but managed to escape.
Until today she is said to roam all over the Philippines in search of her
next meal. In time this lady would be known as “Maria Labo” (labo is an Ilonggoterm
which means “to slash” using a bolo
knife or itak) due to the
large scar that make her a grotesque figure of nightmares.
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