Region VIII - The Legend of Mount Danglay

 Long time ago, a young couple Dang and mulay lived in the swampy shores of Kabatok, their livelihood was catching crabs and shellfish and crossing the Bay to a village in Samar island.

One Day, Dang ventured into the bay and said to himself he gathered a pearl. He took a dive depth into the pacific ocean. He noticed that the ocean floor was moving and he was surprised to find the giant crab as big as hill.

Dang hurriedly back to kabatok and tell his wife Mulay and they planned to catch the giant crabs. They built a crab basket that big as a hill.

That night, they capture the huge crab and they towed the big basket with all their might. They were so triumphant and forgot one thing, a cover for the basket. Suddenly, Dang and Mulay  fall to sleep. The big sea crab climbed out.

The Couple awake and Dang attempt to kill it but its shell was too hard. The crab pinned the couple and dashed them against the rocks. In her terror, Mulay shout the word:   “TAKLUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”  . . . . . . .

The next day, the people in the nearby town  found out a dead bodies of the couple , Years passed, the site where the bodies buried they grew mound, a hill, then a mountain. The people called the mountain “Danglay” means Dang and mulay .

The swampy sitio where the couple lived was called “Takluban” as the last scream of Mulay and become tacloban.

Region IX - The Snake in the Mall

Long time ago, there was a mall owned by a chinoy-businessman which was built a snake pit or home of snake.

In the mall there was a trapdoor enough for one person to fit and people in there will be disappear and they become a snake chow.

It was said that the giant snake have brought some luck to the family who ran the business.

Region X - The Legend of Maria Cristina Falls

Once upon a time, there are two sisters named Maria and Cristina.

One day, they meet sultan and they both loved him and also sultan loved the two sisters as well.

Since, Sultan can’t chose and because the two sisters loved each other, to the point of selflessly, "Maria was jumped to the falls".

When Cristina know about this, she followed and jumped to the falls as well.

When the sultan found about this unhappy incident, he buried "Maria and Cristina" under the falls..

As a tribute, he named the falls as Maria Cristina falls....

Region XI - The Legend of Maria Labo

There was a young woman named Maria who went to Canada to be a caregiver.

Before she went abroad, she taken care of an elder man who have the cursed called "aswang" .   When the old man died, he passed his cursed to Maria.

Finding no luck in Canada, Maria went home.  One night, when her husband a policeman went home. He was looking for their kids and he finds Maria eat their children.

Enraged, her husband struck her with a bolo ("labo") where she obtained a scar on her face, so they called her a Maria Labo.

She fled to Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, to feed her hunger for human flesh and viscera. Like a typical aswang, she has the ability to change her appearance.  She become a beautiful woman at other times, she appears as an old woman. 

An "aswang" called Maria Labo...

Region XII - The Legend story of Sarangani Lake

Once upon the time, there was an old couple called Grandpa Pasir and Grandma Pasir living in the forest of Mount Lawu.

One day, he was surprised with an existence of an egg under a big forest tree, without consideration, Grandpa Pasir immediately took the mysterious egg home, and gave it to his wife.

Later on, they agreed to braise the egg and share it for two. Grandpa got back to the field to continue his job. But he felt his body is getting warmer and painful. By so much pain, he fell down on the ground. He had been cursed !!! . His body changed into a big giant snake.

In other side, grandma also transformed into a giant snake and they had makes a flutter and soil around and the water spouting and filled around the holes of pasir’s flutter and become a lake. 

The lake named Lake pasir, nowadays they known as Lake Sarangani.

Region XIII - The Ghostly Taxi Driver

    One night, there was a girl waiting for a taxi. Upon entering the vehicle, she felt a strange feelings but she ignore it that it was probably caused by the cold of the night.

She tried to open a conversation with the driver who was unusually silent. Upon reaching the destination, she reached a wallet in her bag for a fare but suddenly when she turned , the driver was become Bloody and headless!!!

In her terror, she ran out of the vehicle and when she turned around, the taxi was disappeared. It was said that the ghostly taxi driver was murdered at the cab and still making terror at night..