Kapre

This story is base on a personal experience of the original author with nickname "franztrix." The story was written in Filipino language and is translated to be understood by the community.

It was summer, me and my siblings went to stay at my aunt's house as we used to do during summer. If we won't be visiting our relatives at the province, our parents would prefer us to stay in our aunt at Quezon city.

Beside my aunt's house is a huge tree that grew so close to the house. Every time we visited at that house, we always stayed at the room beside the huge tree. The tree is so big that you could not see the whole view of the surroundings. Beside the tree, is a spacious playground where me, my siblings and our cousins played.

One night, I was preparing to sleep alone because I felt sleepy while my siblings still watching movies together with our cousins. Both my aunt and uncle had not arrived yet from party during that time and the house maid is staying in her room too. I started lying down and didn't noticed that the window was still open because it was covered with curtain.

Suddenly, I heard a sound, a huge sound like something was falling from above. I was surprised but I didn't feel frighten because I can hear the voices of my siblings laughing. Then I noticed that the window were not close, then decided to close it, when suddenly I felt fear so I just called the maid and she close the window for me.

After the maid closes the window, we heard a puffing, its like somebody is blowing a cigarette. We just looked each other and never give comments about it and the maid went back to her room. When I started to fall asleep, I heard a creepy voice, it was a voice of a man saying ehhhhuummmm. I started to felt fear when I heard something like a knocking of the window. Our room is at the 2nd floor and whose knocking at the window?

All lights are turn off inside the room. Even though the window is covered with curtain but I can see the shadow of any object that will pass to it, especially when there a light outside or when the moon is bright. The noise is getting louder and finally decided to rise from the bed and that moment I saw a huge hand passing at the window. I'm very much sure that its a hand with a fury arms. That huge hand was the one knocking on the window.

I don't know what to do during that time. I was so scared, I wanted to shout but I could not shout. I just stood stand still and stunned. The last time I remembered is that I was fainted and don't know what happen.

When I woke up, it was already morning and all of them are watching over me, waiting for me to be awaken. I had a high fever, maybe because of what happen and then I told them what happen.

Aunt already knew about the Kapre but she just keep it to herself because her kids (my cousins) are also fearful like me, but after what I said, she had no choice but to tell them the truth.

Because of that incident, my aunt decided to find a new place for her family because my cousins are also scared that they might also experience the same thing I had.

Kapre is a tall and burly monster who likes to smoke cigarette. It is typically hairy and lives on top of a huge tree. It is harmless and most of the time love to befriend kids but most of that time kids are scare of them. It's natural for kids to be afraid of a creature as big as that.
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