The Shadow of the Aswang

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Since time immemorial, in cultures all over the globe, there have been stories of malevolent creatures and spirits which emerge from the shadows long after the sun has set, stalking the streets and highways intending to bring harm to those who cross their path. The idyllic islands of the Philippines are no exception, their inhabitants forever living in the shadow of the Aswang.
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[@cassiehunt3493]

”its fully capable of holding down a job” *shows Aswang typing in cubicle and sipping coffee*

[@Crescent1400]

Hahaha nice.

[@laras678]

Cassie Hunt cue the theme music from "The Office"…

[@SouthernExploring]

What they didn't say is that job is murdering people.

[@cassiehunt3493]

Southern Exploring trueeee 😳

[@khel1761m]

Well if am i a aswang i probably choose to be a Butcher or work in a morgue 😂😂😂

[@boobiemcgee6996]

The artist is getting on another level!

[@malshmarrow5770]

Yeah he/she is getting gud

[@louiselou4842]

grr getting good ??? They are amazing already I would love to draw like this 😕

[@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf]

@@malshmarrow5770 Its a guy I just can't remember his name.

[@georgewatanabe3846]

Arts credits was for Mikey Turcanu

[@cthulhu6697]

Oh yeah! They're great. If I'm right, the artist is mostly using charcoal pencils and chalk, with a lot of excellent shading, use of negative spacing and perspective, along with tons of talent and great imagination. He really knows how to bring it to life. I wonder if he reads the story or listens to a recording of the narration before illustrating them

[@what-tk9cc]

"HOLDING A JOB" man aswangs were a better person than me.

[@mattthambirajah4422]

Lol

[@aaronvalerio19]

Hahaha! 😁😆😁

[@tatonghudas]

while running the meat shop family business, as the story goes... lucky bastard was well off lmao

[@davidtrott6283]

At least I'm not the only one, can't hold a job down for more than a few year myself. You made me laugh, and we need to laugh now a days don't we?

[@TerryWhisk]

lol neet

[@kyanoang3l0_old]

Bedtime Stories: "Turn off the lights ..." Me in my Philippine home watching this at night: "Um, no."

[@vasiovasio]

Hmm... in the Philippines I know you have some Evil Forest Spirits in the Jungle right? It is not a joke - these ... let's say Forces are real and have different understandings from us Humans.

[@bambi5227]

7:20 I'm irrationally angry that you didn't show us a drawing of the Aswang working behind a cashier or something

[@scottcantdance804]

Is the asswang the same as dickbutt? There are drawings of him all over the internet.

[@megapulsar9244]

@@scottcantdance804 oh so you had that fixation on its name too? Man I knew I wasn't alone.

[@scottenglish1578]

I was just thinking to myself “When is Bedtime stories gonna upload another video”. Needless to say I’m happily surprised

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Me too. 😉

[@X02Overdose]

Scott English Think again, so he can upload 😂

[@monilaninetynine3811]

@@X02Overdose 😁😁

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

same here.

[@MattJDiver]

Sunday night treat before going back to work in the morning. Cheers guys.

[@J-Money270]

Have a Good day at work tomorrow!

[@MattJDiver]

@@J-Money270 thanks bud. Hope you have a good Monday!

[@pedenmk]

Yeah Mondays always drag on.

[@gagemullis313]

Cheers

[@RpgOverlordGamer]

Same here.

[@MidnightVentures]

This channel single handedly helped me out of a hard time in my life and kept my mind busy. The creme of the crop. The graphics and narration is PRO.

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

Glad we could help you and hope you're ok!

[@AM-xf4mn]

I have to agree!

[@LloydBlack-In-Hell]

They have helped me as well during some tough times in my life recently. Bedtime Stories is a great distraction from some of life's troubling issues that cause too much stress. They do give me some stress relief at that point. Additionally, their stories give us something to think about after watching the video. It's more than just entertainment then. It's sometimes food for thought we can chew on after the video has concluded. The cryptid and paranormal stories are some of my favorites. The narration is always great from Richard While. So, another great video as always. One of my favorite channels from our friends across the pond.

[@llamov]

Wish my "hard times" were so easily helped

[@xxkhandikidxx]

100% agree. Hope you're feeling better!

[@journeymanX]

(aswang invades the home) everyone else: *panics* Filipino: (pulls out weapon) YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL

[@forgottenname343]

Aswangs: Humans so scary. it's so hard living here. (So that's why they choose to feed on chickens and goats instead)

[@anthonyhayes1267]

*laughs in American*

[@interceptingfist5682]

@@anthonyhayes1267 nah, an American would call the police 🤣

[@anthonyhayes1267]

@@interceptingfist5682 God made humans and aswangs, but Samuel Colt made us all equal

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@interceptingfist5682 No, almost all the u.s. citizens own guns.

[@bioLarzen]

"A traditional Aswang is apparently able to pass itself off as a normal and fully functional human being during the daytime. It is capable of holding down a job and interacting with other family members. But during the hours of darkness the aswang morphs into a nightmarish creature" "Aswang" is apparently the local term for "alcoholic".

[@jakesanchez3415]

Lol alcoholic XD.. Nope

[@pedrosaurusmex2586]

My dad must be an aswang

[@alwyn626]

Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim.

[@darrenlamb5640]

Lol classic

[@reinatycoon3644]

I drink 3 shots of 80 proof vodka every night along with a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade and I am never violent. I don't understand violent drunks myself. Why drink or do a drug if it will agitate ones state of mind instead of relax it? I'm known as the happy, pleasant, and relaxed drunk.. it enhances me to a degree. At the same time I can quit anytime and be fine too.

[@JohnDoe-ee6qs]

Have you heard the story of the Spanish palace guard who was instantaneously transported from the governor's palace in Manila to a governor's palace in Mexico city, he had turned up for guard duty many thousands of miles from his posting to the wrong governor's palace, he was thought mad and put into prison for months until a ship from the Philippines confirmed his story (sometime in the 1600's)

[@MegCazalet]

How did a ship confirm his story? Wouldn’t only some sort of witness be able to attest to anything?

[@agneyfernandes]

Yup

[@nevaehsangel9620]

Whaaaa?!

[@laras678]

I have.

[@pamelasmitley3712]

Yes, I have heard this story as well. Strangeness abounds in our world.

[@elwolf8536]

Last time I was this early the Spanish where still in the Philippines

[@honestinsincerity2270]

Last time I was this early, my girlfriend rolled over with an angry look on her face

[@elwolf8536]

😂😂😂

[@strangerinwhite]

@Ocasio-Cortez4prez2022 Same goes with your mom and me.

[@yareyaredaze732]

AAAAAAAAAWWW MAAAAAAA GAAAAAAH

[@thecaptainps4109]

I'd say that last time I was this early the homie looked at me, said "Ook" and then ate some raw mammoth, but I ain't early

[@Cesar_M_Romero]

“There’s a werewolf in our village!”, every European hides in their home and locks the doors. “There’s an aswang in our village,”, every Philippine takes a bat and goes out on the street to kill the thing. These guys are tough!

[@paperboy1116]

Considering we spent 200 years under Spanish rule, Chinese aggression, Japanese and US occupation in the early 1900s, living in the Pacific Ocean that floods us every year and literally being split in half by Muslims and Christian rule for the better part of a century, yeah. I'd say we're pretty tough. BTW we named Mayon after a chick whose boyfriend went to war with a another dude who wanted her. It's a very sweet story, I swear

[@christianboy7336]

@@paperboy1116 pulutan lang yan aswang na yan

[@ayaacampong8678]

Hahaha.. pulutan tlga? I can not. Haha

[@aprilsoriano7668]

This is true. If a pregnant woman would say that her stomach aches in the middle of the night, the husband would usually get a flashlight and his Bolo and survey the perimeter and roof of the house.

[@Krieger--sh7vn]

Honestly I wouldn’t want to fight a 13 ft tall several hundred pounds of pure muscle but these guys are scary as hell too either way fuck fighting these things

[@TheZombieburner]

"Arming himself with a short sword, which he kept concealed at his bedside for just such an eventuality." This man is the biggest badass we've had in any of these stories thus far. Supernatural horror breaks into his home? Grab a sword and activate Alpha Male mode. The balls on this guy are TITANIC.

[@JacquesOF]

Well many of us sleeps with knifes under our beds as a talisman. Helps us sleep at nights

[@RuiRuichi]

It's a Filipino thing. My dad and grandfather both grew up in the countryside and they sleep with a bolo sword under the pillows. They also slept with a revolver within reach to ward off NPA, communist insurgents in the rural countryside. Once my dad moved to the big city he dropped the sword but still keeps a gun nearby.

[@journeymanX]

to the filipino, an aswang is no different than a drunk party goer that stumbled into the wrong home at 3 am

[@The_Custos]

My family has always had weapons near where they slept. Funniest would probably be a cut down halberd and a cutlass. I keep a nice old hammer under my bed atm, but do wonder if I should get out the sheep throat cutting knife, which is almost a shortsword. What do you reckon?

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@SyntaxError0287 You guys are badass.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

When I lived in a rural area of the Philippines, I heard of an Aswang killing a child. People were taking it seriously, but then I met one person who said she wasn't superstitious and didn't believe it. She said organ harvesters in that region kill kids and blame it on aswangs so no one tries to get the police involved. So it was a monster, just not a mythical one.

[@GereBrewstein]

Close ones to the victim neither cops do not see any suspicious in cutting marks and removal of the organs in the body?

[@baronsaturday9560]

@@GereBrewsteinThey don't call the cops, but rather get a local medicineman, or work it out themself. And the organ harvesters probably made it look like an Aswan did it. But others seem to meet real Aswans and encounter something supernatural and terrifying..😱

[@JanBanJoovi-ol1qv]

Aswangs are just old age folklore. A lot of people from those villages are uneducated. Nowadays that there are more educated folks, the belief in Aswang is gradually fading away. Deranged fellows who are either high on drugs or drunk and armed with weapons are the real danger.

[@yuuschzhie8822]

Wow the Aswang sucks, two failed kidnappings on the same day. They need buffs if they want to compete in the current meta.

[@RenerDeCastro]

Better suggest to TierZoo about a monster meta.

[@reyllantenefrancia5693]

They were nerfed ever since the Industrial Revolution Event update.

[@julrenyap6533]

Little do you know their stealth stat is maxed in case a hunt fails. Not to mention they don't attract attention unless actively on the hunt. They don't need buffs. They just adapt. Like every Filipino.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Aswang isn't good in kidnapping, but enkantos on the other hand they're pro. the aswang should have hired an enkanto.

[@cthulhu6697]

@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 Especially since they can get and keep a job :)

[@IzntKez]

Watching this @ 4:19 AM in the Philippines. xD

[@EportChris]

Get some sleep mate 🤣

[@hollywoodpills]

Omg, lock the doors and bar the windows!!! lol

[@icyseraph]

same here!

[@darkdweller1986]

Pareho tayo sis

[@pauliedibbs9028]

You must be an Aswang! Aghhh!!! 😖

[@Gooey27]

When we visited our grandparents in the provinces, I found a short whip in their room. It's made of a bayawak tail and is said to be able to kill aswangs, like vampire killer in Castlevania.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Are you a Belmont?

[@Gooey27]

@@mlpfanboy1701 **x files theme plays**

[@joshuacrispala2493]

Wasn't it a sting ray's tail?

[@Gooey27]

@@joshuacrispala2493 The one we have was a Bayawak tail. Of course there could always be different versions ofthe weapon.

[@Alusnovalotus]

Gu27 never dismiss the old wisdom. They may be inflated by centuries of retellings but there’s ALWAYS a grain of truth to them. 🧙🏽‍♂️

[@jakesanchez3415]

There's an old filipino folk saying, "If you don't kill or fight the aswang, they will kill all of the villagers!" This is why they fight back.

[@rudyvasquez8233]

I dont even live in the Phillipines and my window just got closed😂

[@skylartipton909]

Mine always gets closed at night

[@lordkrat3006]

I am a aswang slurp.....🤪

[@TacDyne]

No need to fear. Aswang are just little lost puppies.

[@TheKulu42]

The Aswang's traits -- lust for human flesh and the ability to mimic the sounds of people and animals -- remind me of America's wendigo. Great work as usual!

[@nanichantel7646]

yes. very much like the wendigo.

[@nevaehsangel9620]

Ewwwww! It so does !😱

[@anikaroni]

Now that you've mentioned it, I could now see the similarities.

[@philgamer_309]

Plus it is said that they eat the fetus of a pregnant women at night

[@Rompelstaump]

@@philgamer_309 - Rural folklore compensating for lack or medical care and science. All hail Al Gore! Praised be facts!!!

[@stephenjrrosal6831]

Philippines equivalent to "Hello, is anybody home?" is "Tao po!" (which translates to "I'm Human"). fun fact =)

[@agentsus9681]

THAT IS SO FUCKING SPOOKY, I ONLY REALIZED NOW

[@aaronmiguel2036]

This is partially true, "tao po?" Also means asking if there's someone in the house.

[@cantbetamed2210]

hahaha...

[@erichlee9111]

Nope

[@erichlee9111]

Making your own fun fact 😂

[@balloonman257]

Most other Bedtimes victims: unable to move, or have intense dread or sense of hopelessness /doom Filipino Bedtime victims: try to murder it with knives

[@9specter528]

What can I say, we Filipinos love our knives. And other bladed weapons, for that matter.

[@balloonman257]

9specter528 I understand, my parents practice kali

[@9specter528]

@@balloonman257 Dude, that's kind of badass.

[@dreysantillan]

5:55 I can confirm This is a typical reaction in local communities specially rural ones We aint gonna sit and die We gonna fight and die

[@rewrew897]

*Rolls up in a wirbelwind* WE GONA BLOW THIS THING UL FROM THE IMSIDE OUT WITH QUAD 20mm DAKKA

[@zeraus.w.0512]

Years ago, the father of one of my friends told us a story which according to him happened many years further, when the settlement had far fewer households compared to today. One evening, they noticed a large pig wandering into the fields and initially thought that its leash may have unraveled or it somehow managed to get through the pen. When they realized that it was nobody's swine, they set off to hunt it down, convinced that it was no mere animal. After a considerable effort, they managed to corner it, but when they parted the tall grasses where the hog crouched, they instead saw a very frightened naked man who said that he came from the nearby province and promised that he will never return again in exchange for the villagers sparing his life.

[@brookie7370]

So did the villagers let him go?

[@jClayT6]

After a couple family deaths last year, this channel lets me escape and keeps the mind occupied for a bit. Great content!

[@cleobinx]

Clay Turner so sorry for your loses 💔

[@nadzya22]

Am sorry for your loss.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Stay strong.

[@merryryely]

btw those men at 6:11 would be more accurately depicted with half of them with their shirts off 🤣 just a Filipino thing ... lots of shirtless men just hanging around everywhere... no big deal

[@rolandaustria7926]

Shirtless men with big bellies, yellowed eyes, and really dark skin.

[@joshuacrispala2493]

You forgot the booze and the drunkards.

[@_____._..--_]

Joshua Crispala tambay life

[@mayaangela3791]

Philippine fans: *hyperventilate* finally, our own darkness shared

[@allenwilliams7367]

Is this a common legend in the Philippines? Like still going on today?

[@lovepotionno.9738]

@@allenwilliams7367 yes until now stories of aswang are all over in PH its just like part of our culture.

[@controbot2557]

@@allenwilliams7367 There are also other stories that are still around, the Tiyanak and Tikbalang are included in that number. Also included are fairies, nagas, mermaids, also a type of fairy that is really tall, stays on top of trees, smokes cigarettes and occasionally peep on girls, especially young women

[@jeraldconstantineojeda6916]

@@allenwilliams7367 Yeah. I live in one of the mentioned city on the video. My older sister was 3 months pregnant at that time was having a stomachache and I thought it was related to her pregnancy but she complained It wasn't. She said she feels weird like somebody is watching her. Being a christian I just prayed that her stomachache would be gone so she can rest. right after I said my prayers all the dogs outside started barking loudly and often howling. my sister said she heard a flapping sound. my brother in law not a believer in supernatural entities saw the fear on my sister's face and left me a knife and .45 ACP pistol. This happened last August

[@jakesanchez3415]

@@allenwilliams7367 yes and there are morethan a hundred types of aswang, depending on each region.

[@AlexG-mk2yb]

“It is able to hold a job...” [after work one day] “Omg an aswang! Wait...is that...Karen from finance?”

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

Honestly Karens can be demons

[@darthrevan4933]

That makes too much sense

[@westvirginiaboy4491]

@@deadinsidemcgee411 ouch.

[@Supersonic8984]

Stories - brilliant Narration - brilliant Artwork - brilliant Best horror/mystery story channel on YT Don't ever stop!!!

[@petergarrido7798]

Thanks for doing a video on the Aswang, they usually appear or seem to appear before election periods

[@geege8214]

Omg lmao

[@katkasantos]

pota HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@deevhinejavier7497]

AHAHAHAHAHA.. 👍👍👍👍

[@cantbetamed2210]

The Iron lady vs Fidel ramos period. hahaha

[@billystvens2171]

OMG tunay na tunay hahahahha

[@michellereionodera]

No one: Absolutely no one: Not even the 9 year olds: Me: ass wang lmao

[@JusticeChrist]

The Filipino Dickbutt.

[@Duraganthelion]

Uh huh huh, hey Beavis, he said 'wang'. Huh huh.

[@stray_cat87]

Haven't thought of that before 🤣

[@bastardjustice]

So that's where the homophobic joke originated when Dota 1's Balanar users gets a power boost during night time.

[@cnkclark]

Many live in terror of the ass wang, true story.

[@justsomeguy6314]

I’m sorry but the way he pronounces it makes me chuckle but its understandable 🤣 It’s Aus-Wong

[@steventan2754]

Same! Ass Wank 🤣🤣🤣 I ain't scared of them now 😆😆

[@obilesk]

@mopoligist420 i was wondering if it was the opposite of a dickbutt

[@MiraSubieGirl]

Damn filthy butt dicks 😡

[@alteredbeast7145]

You havent known fright till you've went toe to toe with a blundercock

[@btr82ifv25]

@@alteredbeast7145 is it like a blunderbuss?

[@markuy8465]

A Story you might want to hear: I'm from the Philippines myself, a Bicolano. My father told me of a story that he had encountered such a being. It was around 10 in the evening and my late mother and father were settling down for the night. When my father smelled something awful. He said it was like the smell of urine and fecal matter. It permeated through the entire room. Then he saw a shadow that darted across a window adjacent to where they were. He followed it's direction which lead him to the next room where my aunt laid in bed. She was pregnant at the time. He scanned the room and everything seemed to be alright. Until his eyes fell on one window. He saw a woman's head, inverted hanging out from the window looking at my aunt with great intent. She gave off the offensive smell and when she (the aswang) noticed my father was looking at her, she bolted away. He checked if there was a rational explanation on how a woman was able to perch herself upside down on the said window. But when he inspected it. There was no ledge or any platform where the woman could have used as a means to prop herself in such a manner. Needless to say my father was spooked after that. This is only one of many stories I've been told during my childhood. And here I am willing to share it with you people.

[@muhammadnursyahmi9440]

Sounded a lot like manananggal

[@Bad-Bru]

Thanku for sharing. That's just amazing!!

[@lycanmistress2021]

More, more, more!

[@manthelorian4163]

this used to be my bedtime stories when i was a kid. my grandma used to tell stories about house dwarves, elves, aswang tikbalang and sigbin. always makes me feel secured knowing that she's there beside me. i miss her already.

[@krisskrosssss]

Growing up as a kid, I’d hear about these stories. I would dismiss them, because I thought it was just local folk lore that would discipline children from roaming late at night. Needless to say, I never knew there were actual reports taken from authorities. I’m glad I was fortunate enough to move to Canada. Stay safe my fellow Filipinos!

[@gavin2489]

@Milhey Cateyes You must have long arms to be able to reach like that

[@mani-sp9dn]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! Someone finally talks about Philippine folklore ❤️

[@thewasatch208]

Totally bailed on the video I was watching just to watch this one 😀

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Lol done that b4 too bro

[@skeeva4523]

Pornhub?

[@toasty5296]

same

[@nomnomnomskylar]

Went to Utah last week... doesn’t wasatch mean “frozen penis” in some native language

[@hummruh8505]

I ditched porn when i got the notification. 🤣

[@rangda_prime]

I want you guys to appreciate exactly how good these guys are at writing. Consider the sentence at: 2:35 "Overwhelmed by a combination of his existing frustration at being kept awake and the growing hostility towards whatever was causing the disturbance, Andre rose and walked, with purpose, towards the sounds." Such elegance of words! Such eloquence! I'd had said: "Andrew got pissed at whatever fucker was making that damn racket, so he went to fuck 'em up". But I am a simple man. Bedtime Stories are artist. Give them their due.

[@edsuarez5684]

Genius!

[@Bambisgf77]

Well said! 👏🏻

[@whatwhatdidtheysay...lyric2373]

I thought the same thing.

[@amadeus.k331]

heh heh heh ... "ass-wang" ... the wang that has an affinity for asses

[@finalgirl640]

You can write that too. It's merely knowing how to construct a sentence in different ways

[@trexenigma1043]

"AssWANG" sounds so dirty! Haha Just so people know, people from the Panay Island say it as "As-huang".

[@SpiritOrb-tm8gf]

Yah when I read the title out loud I was all “helps that this name is the opposite of scary”!

[@ajviray4564]

Great content :) thanks for recognizing philippine mythos

[@jacknthbx]

The illustration from 7:00 to 8:40 made me have to go back and look again. You guys are getting awesome at these videos. Thanks for all the hard work you put into them.

[@dulezninjaman4788]

Ever since top5s introduced me to your channel ive been hooked.

[@vinodchhabria8738]

Top5 is getting greedy, trying to sound scary on purpose and making click bait titles for the videos that have not one solid phenomenon in them.

[@cosuinofdeath]

Burger King foot lettuce

[@swimming_blerd2180]

"Andre cried out in anger, reaching across for a knife on the work surface, lunging at the creature" "The knife still gripped firmly in his hand, Andre hurried out of his apartment and down into the streets bruh you want Smoke come to Andre

[@OperationEndGame]

The earliest European account of an “aswang” was by Pigafetta (Magellan’s chronicler). He wrote when they visited a hut where there was a family mourning of a recently deceased member. Per his account, during the night, there was a large black bird flew/circling around the hut and landed on the rooftop.

[@ale661]

It is 4:36 in Manila, and I'm binge watching aswang horror stories. Looks like I'm not going to sleep.

[@aufowithwificoverage3328]

Bedtime Stories has a new video?! OF COURSE ILL THROW AWAY MY COLLEGE PROJECT FOR IT

[@sophiefrankis9476]

I never leave my windows open at night, even in summer, for this exact reason. If it ain't people its monster crawling into your room.

[@merryryely]

yeah same... i don't really 100% believe... but i subconsciously am afraid... better safe than sorry...

[@9specter528]

And this is why we have knives. And 1911s.

[@justsomeguy6314]

Lol, if we did have a window open, we had thick layers of mesh screening, not only to keep them monsters out, but to keep something even more sinister away, mosquitoes

[@MrMickthemonster]

Who's the artist... Honestly they need recognition

[@westvirginiaboy4491]

I think the artist doesn't have amnesia.

[@waderaney7]

@@westvirginiaboy4491 😆

[@Drewscipher]

"a fully functioning member of society" Aswangs got their shit more together than me.....

[@earthisnotflat7557]

Aswang and it's other types that I know from stories are the following: 1. Aswang 2. Manananggal 3. Tiktik 4. Wakwak 5. Balbal 6. Amalanhig

[@9specter528]

Don't forget the Berbalang. And apparently the likes of the Krasue and Penanggalan are often associated with aswang as well.

[@sirchtnecnivsanti7273]

Then there is the walwal which is a local troublemaker..

[@earthisnotflat7557]

@@9specter528 Nice, first time I've heard of Berbalang but the other are not specifically from the Filipino Folklore/Mythology.

[@earthisnotflat7557]

@@sirchtnecnivsanti7273 No. But there's a cringy film named like that.

[@earthisnotflat7557]

@@9specter528 There are similarities between the Manananggal, the Penanggalan and the Krasue though. All of them detach from their bodies. Ever heard of the story of the Teke-Teke though?

[@Mamooshka220]

Never clicked a video so fast in my life

[@elwolf8536]

Same

[@hummruh8505]

This sounds similar to the Yee Naaldlooshii of the Navajo. Also known as skin walker. Its supposed to be a type of witchcraft.

[@KatTheScribe]

humm? Ruh what I was thinking of also.

[@hummruh8505]

@NP P im from the rez also. I grew up in Tuba City AZ. I dont think ive every heard of a real absolute single description of what it is. Ive never seen one myself, but the encounters i hear seem similar. i understand they shapeshift into local animals. Dog, cyote.

[@lilballsak8770]

@@hummruh8505 I'm not your real dad

[@cainshin6702]

i think so too.. im more concerned with the notorious reputations of both..

[@AdmiralAwsm]

Title: Aswang Me: Hee hee hee... "ass wang"

[@waderaney7]

😆

[@stephenusaf6315]

ME TOO

[@cantbetamed2210]

My exact reaction when a thief broke into the house. Grabbed our knives which are commonly placed on the plywood wall, opened the door and threw one knife to the man. He scampered out and I chased him out. My father and mother wakened and my father chased the thief while my mother chased me to bring me back. So, quick advise. Never mess with Filipino people. We tend to get violent when terrified. Even Supernatural creatures would run and the next thing you know, the whole town is after you, both men and women and children. We hunt aswang, kapre and tiktik when we were children, going into hunted houses and whatnot. We're totally crazy!

[@SpicyTexan64]

Ever heard of guns?

[@cantbetamed2210]

@@SpicyTexan64 Yup. Sadly our family doesn't have one, but I do know how to shoot a 38 and 45. lol. Though, Not at that time. I was like 13 when it happened.

[@EportChris]

Woohoo!!!! Been waiting for this all week 😁😁😁😁 Thanks again lads for making my Sunday night 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@songsofthesiren874]

You were just at 200,000, Now almost 300,000! Awesome! I hope I can do as well. Congrats!

[@markcruz9067]

Watching this at 5:40 in the morning, i live in Pandan, Antique Philippines. Goodluck to me guys.

[@rougesnek2454]

Narrator: Since time immemorial- Me who had to recite The Resiliency of a Filipino for class: WE HAVE BEEN TESTED BY COUNTLESS CALAMITIES-

[@esteemedmortal5917]

I keep a sword by my bed out of fear of intruders but good to know that it’ll work in a pinch if an Aswang stops by.

[@kippetjetok8213]

Even the artwork is morphing... wonderfully creepy!

[@dewayneweaver2744]

I worked several Philippino emigrants for several years. They told me these night monsters are a common feature in Philippino pop culture with comic books, low budget movies, and lurid novels constantly retelling and adding to the legends.

[@peejurtica7341]

Filipino

[@kjoyangel7244]

To say to tou those aswang are true my father told me that he saw aswang when he is young.its actually true my friend

[@mr.frenzy7304]

@@kjoyangel7244 hahaha no

[@galloviking4766]

Quite reminiscent of the wendigo, don't you think?

[@Crescent1400]

Pretty much but the aswang is more cross between a vampire and werewolf. Some legends say that they can morph into large hairless dogs.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

And just like the Wendigo, the Aswang is a cannibalistic monster that was formerly human, and it has a insatiable, greedy, and gluttonous nature.

[@l.c.1042]

Silent Creeper Some even says that they can transform into a flying beast with wings similar to bats and has their lower half (waist down) missing, so in turn has some intestines hanging out. I think it’s called a Manananggal? Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@Crescent1400]

@@l.c.1042 Your actually right but the most terrifying type of aswang for me is the Tyanak. It disguises itself as a baby and if you hear the cries of a baby in the night in the forest its better if you leave immedietely before it attacks or follows you home. I had nightmares of that since I was a kid.

[@galloviking4766]

@@l.c.1042 So, a vampire wendigo hybrid? As if one or the other wasn't terrifying enough.

[@nanisunflower]

I am a Filipino and I have been constantly listening to your narrations for a while now while finishing my school works and I am so happy that you covered stories from my country! I hope your channel gets more recognition because we honestly love a good scare, especially me (grew up in a funeral home). I'll treasure your channel and content forever. Godspeed!

[@ashleydado]

my grandmother would always talk about these back then. she used to live in the forest in the Philippines when she was very young and every night, they would light lamps outside of their house ritually because some pigs in their pens would always turn into aswangs by midnight. I don’t know if this is true but I don’t find any reason why my grandmother would lie to me about it.

[@mattsmith3750]

Thank you Bedtime Stories for finding all these incredible stories from all over the world!

[@thedoruk6324]

Bedtime Stories? :[ Nightime Awesome Art & Horror ? :]

[@nozoto]

That Aswang just wanted to help himself with some midnight snack on the fridge, dammit 👻

[@mauchersgirl]

That last animation got me like “I thought that was a guy...and all the sudden it was a monster?!” Had to watch the gradual change a couple times. Well done!!!

[@xcapexxcapex2701]

My mother always told me stories of my grand father and his encounters with this. My grandfather used to be a witchdoctor "healer" he said that aswang is like a vampire and shapeshifter and can shape into different animals depending on how experienced they were into their skills and intake of raw flesh and blood, usually theyre humans but with more fined tuned animal nature since at a young age they were fed with raw blood or flesh meat, and at this they were curse blood then after a certain age the calling will be done. The transformation is different for everyone else , usually this is past unto the child since theyre blood is curse but some stories is that they can transform a clean and innocent human by inviting them into a feast and the food is a curse and chanted. My grand father usually helps people who have been curse with witchcraft and heard stories of victims puking cockroaches and more. It is more prevalent witchcraft or cursing someone like a voodoo doll in the ph. But my mother said that my grandfather is dead serious face sharing stories.

[@roserenee9805]

Thank you for this story! My step-grandmother told me of the aswang (she's Filipino) and I been fasinated ever since.

[@javierxrtd]

I'm fascinated aswell, but by you.

[@marekmartiska6471]

Daaaamn...I was about to go to sleep.... now i have to watch it be scared af afterwards

[@이동연-c6d]

Wow, I’ve been waited to see your video and I love today’s new video! It’s making me chill!!! 😎🤩😄😁😆

[@ctu22]

"Ass" wang lmao. if you gonna cover mythical creatures from other cultures all over the world, at least try to research and get it right especially pronunciations. Non english speakers always get flak for not pronouncing english words right.

[@Maddog3060]

"Aswang" [Snerk] No no, I get it, different languages and cultures and all that. But it still makes me laugh. I mean, c'mon, you'd laugh too if its name was buttweiner.

[@warboi5346]

Hes butchering the pronounciation but yeah it is kinda funny

[@icyseraph]

i've been waiting for this! FINALLY ASWANG! 😭😭

[@EportChris]

Piers Morgan has finally manifested into his true form I see...

[@FallenAngel9979]

He’s better than any dribbling lefty.

[@skylartipton909]

This describes all politicians!!!

[@kenhatamosa2681]

Being a filipino,the elders in the town would warn the children to immediately get inside thier home every night

[@jeremybds1901]

Yeah they dont want noisy kids all over the streets they want peace

[@jakesanchez3415]

@ang Dalubhasa its not a man made thing as I myself and my uncle saw one of these creature in the past! It is real! There are many variations of these creatures depending on each province. The one we saw in Ilo ilo is a "Busaw".

[@pan-ggaming8418]

Kung walang experience, wag basta basta magcoconclude ng bagay na wala ka naman palang experience. Lumalabas na nagmamarunong kalang pala.

[@jakesanchez3415]

@@MrTakot-nx6or hahaha yaan nyo na yan. Dalubhasa daw eh hahahahaha

[@jakesanchez3415]

@ang Dalubhasa sus aangal kapa eh ikaw nga yung lumalabas na tanga at walang pinagaralan pala. NAgmAMaGaLinG lang hahahahaha Pahiya ka tuloy. Eh pano siguro laking Siudad ka at di ka laking Bukirin. Kaya wala kang alam sa mga ganitong bagay. Baka kung narinig mo sa Ibang skeptiko naniwala ka agad haha tanga.

[@bluehornet197]

Honestly the aswang sounds like a more intelligent form of the Wendigo

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Wendigos are much worse.

[@hansmercredi3636]

My guy has a short sword just in case someone breaks into his house lmao

[@SelfStyledNerd79]

Lots of families in the rural and even certain suburban areas here in the Philippines do keep such weapons as bolo knives and stingray whips, to protect against aswang attacks.

[@9specter528]

@@SelfStyledNerd79 And other intruders, for that matter.

[@Aisubanira]

Most of us Filipinos have those lmao

[@assaulthetz380]

If you do not have a sword, just use any Sundang you can find and sleep with it.

[@kosbebot6360]

Have two knives near my bed~ can confirm.

[@merryryely]

pinoy here 👍👍❤❤ thanks for this... i feel very represented right now haha ... love you guys

[@merryryely]

@Crebs Park yes 🤣

[@jameslyddall]

Merry Dimla well you would be a beautiful Aswang if you don’t mind me saying so :)

[@justsomeguy6314]

I can’t play this video, too spooked due to childhood

[@dodgy_doodl3r145]

kala ko hanggang mention lang yung pilipinas, dun sa isang video. di ko inaasahang ma feature talaga.

[@cleobinx]

RandomRiceFarmer what does that mean?

[@jessemacaspac443]

I remember at a Hotel with my family, and at the time I was a kid so I didn't care for it's name. We traveled a lot so it more or less felt like we were going with the motions. I was at the gambling area (we could watch but couldn't play) when my sister told me she thought I kept whispering her name. I was skeptical and dismissed it as my sister being crazy. Not even 10 minutes later I kept hearing someone call me by one of my personal nicknames. I would turn, and see nobody among the crowd of adults, and this would go on for the entire night. I was very troubled by this experience because nobody would call me by this nickname unless they were close family or friends. My mom used to talk about the Aswang all the time afterwards, I think it's interesting.

[@merryryely]

that's scary... same thing happened to me when i was young... it was during the night of my grandfather's funeral...

[@tachiebillano6244]

Well done! You guys really do your cultural research. Thanks for this feature. Your videos are always entrancing. Best wishes from the Philippines 👏👍❤️

[@porkyV2]

i remember what a client told me once, he is a provincial doctor down south of manila, that modern aswangs clandestinely go to the hospital to pick up afterbirths and various extracted body parts. i just nodded and didnt pursue the matter.

[@RijaMo]

That sounds like something straight out of a Neil Gaiman book

[@porkyV2]

@@RijaMo i have not read any neil gaiman book but yeah, it sounds like art imitating life. even aswangs are civilized now well enough not to cause havok in the society they too live in. also, free food for them.

[@darthrevan4933]

I mean it makes sense stealing what they need from a storage room in a hospital is going to attract far less attention than attacking live humans

[@lichseed3149]

Video: the shadow of the aswang My brain: the shadow over asswang

[@westvirginiaboy4491]

( ! )

[@Lencladeus]

Watching this 4:59 AM in the Philippines instead of preparing to go to school. BEDTIME STORIES FIRST

[@Sputin]

No school for me today

[@JacquesOF]

Its only logical. You need bedtime stories for bed.

[@ericwang124]

What in gods name is that ?

[@ladycommentor2536]

Aswang .. that can disguise itself as a normal human being at the morning and be a monster at night... They can change to whatever animals they like... And would bother you at night.

[@yael8754]

Ohhh this one is good, too good! The narration,story, the terrifying illustrations...you're the best there is guys.

[@Skitten]

my grandfather is once a hunter

[@East10Outpost]

Seriously something I look forward to every Sunday, thank you guys for the AWESOME entertainment every week:)

[@angelicasuarez7115]

Wasn't expecting to see one from my country, this one was good although could still be expounded. Thank you Bedtime Stories, definitely enjoyed your story once more ❤

[@aleckushmerek1757]

This sounds awesome, I'm gonna have to try this out myself. Watch out Boston, here comes an aswang!

[@laras678]

Alec Kushmerek what, you gonna go get yourself a fertilized chicken egg and just go the whole nine yards, are you?

[@aleckushmerek1757]

@@laras678 Worth a shot, plus I live near the only farm in Boston so it can't be that hard.

[@forgottenname343]

It doesnt need any oracions?

[@MrAaDdRr]

Never have I clicked on a vid so quick in my life! Proud to see one of our mythical creatures finally recognized here. Thank you for the awesome video! Keep up the good work 👍

[@Kwak444]

The writing, narration, and black and white visuals go so fantastically well together! This is the type of content I tell my friends and co-workers about

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*A W E S O M E ART !!!*

[@rokball4892]

Please make a video about Stardust Ranch!!!

[@BedtimeStoriesChannel]

Already written ;-)

[@rokball4892]

Bedtime Stories Oh boy! I can’t wait to see it! XD

[@JohnDoe-ee6qs]

Is that kinda like the skinwalker ranch?

[@이동연-c6d]

John Doe Yes. But Stardust Ranch is about the alien.

[@jeanmalgapo4543]

Gaaaahhh!!! I was wondering when our infamous aswang would make your playlist. We call then wakwak also in our province.

[@the-engneer]

Do you think it's true? I would like your opinion

[@jeanmalgapo4543]

@@the-engneer There is a lot of old lore and occultism in pre-colonial Philippines. Even after the Spaniards and Americans did their thing, these old, old cryptids and entities continue to be present in the modern Filipino psyche. There are dozens of personal accounts, even from my province alone. My former secretary even experienced a corner the roof of her house bent upward as if something fearsomely strong was trying to open it up to get at her then-pregnant belly. I saw the damage myself. The corner of their galvanized metal roof was bent up as though pulled from above. While I have never seen these things myself, our society back home continues to be influenced by stories such as these.

[@the-engneer]

@@jeanmalgapo4543 I always find these things very interesting because I believe there is always at least a shred of truth in every myth no matter how far fetched it may seem. There is a lot more to this world than we know and cannot explain nor can science explain. I've seen some strange things happen myself to make me believe in others story's of the unexplainable

[@jeanmalgapo4543]

@@the-engneer Agreed. And the truth is very elusive. We've had investigative journalists try to find out the truth, interviewing alleged aswang. Nothing definitive ever came of those, just sensational TV. There is even a movie using the folk story of Corazon and how difficulty in conceiving a child drove her into an unholy pact and when she went mad after losing her baby, turns into the first aswang.

[@the-engneer]

@@jeanmalgapo4543 I actually grew up in an area where the story of La Llorona was prominent. I've also seen some strange things happen due to possession of native American artifacts particularly burial grounds. I could almost write a book about the strange things I've seen in those areas, so it is very interesting to hear about these stories from other countries. I'm also a big fan of science in general, but I hate the way science writes off the supernatural as nothing more than myth when a true scientist would investigate instead of dismiss completely

[@delayedresponse01]

Every Supernatural Asian Story Always Has A Madlad In it As an Indonesian. I can relate.

[@oldoldpilgrim7898]

The part about Aswangs taking on the shape of familiar people reminds me of an episode of Kolchak the Night Stalker.

[@visidenvisidane1155]

“Idyllic” islands of the Philippines, hahaha. As for tikbalangs, I bought a special amulet that repels them from a nice alburalyo in the woods named Griftah. It’s super effective as none of them have dared to show themselves to me.

[@prasunkumar117]

Bro those are all fairy tails lol