As a little kid, I was never afraid of Freddy Kreuger or Jason. Instead, the frightening creatures which plagued my Filipino-American psyche were:
1. The Multo. Loosely translated to "zombie", but I think most Filipino kids understand it to be just something hideously scary.
2. The White Lady. She could be anywhere and everywhere.
3. Don't forget the contribution of Catholicism. Stories of saints statues coming to life were commonly told among us children, and even scarier since most us had altars at home chock full of scary statues like this one of the Santo Nino (Baby Jesus):
4. Of course, there was also the Mama Mary.
It wasn't until I went to a high school with a large Cuban-American population that I encountered the chupacabra. Then I realized I wasn't alone in having fear of creatures that no one else knew about except people from the same ethnic immigrant population.
Which ghosts/creatures from near or far scared you? (Still scare you?)
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