Comments on: Amomongo Hominoid Terrorizes Philippines

By: Howler

Howler — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:36:15 +0000

cor2879, my wife tells me that the small baby-eating monster you’re writing about is called impakta in her language. It’s kind of a flying, shape-shifting witch. She’s telling me impakta stories right now, and they sound more like fairy tales than anything else. So yeah, it’s a boogey man, not a hominid.

By: charlie23

charlie23 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:07:23 +0000

The Phillipine star (http://philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2008062029&type=2) says they may be monkeys (presumably long tailed macaques, the only primates of any size indegenous to the area) which were previously ransacking homes searching for food. Of course, they aren’t 5 feet tall and don’t generally disembowel goats.
Blood samples were taken though thanks to somebody who “hacked the hairy creature several times ” and are undergoing forensic tests.

By: folcrom

folcrom — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:52:30 +0000

Stuff my Filipinowife tells me.
My Tagalog spelling may be a little off.

Monkey = Ungoi
Witch = Bruhah (pron. Brew-Hah)
Vampire = Aswang

Cant say much about hairy 5 foot tall hominids,
but my wife says that not far from Laguna (in Luzon),
there’s a creature called “Cuprey”.
It’s a hairy hominid type creature,
said to be half as tall as a telegraph pole.

By: charlie23

charlie23 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:55:00 +0000

I will be in Cagayan de Oro (Northern Mindinao) in January which is very near Negros Occidental, & will be carrying video equipment. If any further information comes out about this I could possibly spend a few days looking into it…

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:08:08 +0000

I am not up on my native primates in that corner of the world. Could it be some form of baboon or orangutan? I know those species can be kind of nasty from time to time.

Curious and I will be eager to hear of any more reports or how they deal with these attacks, if they keep happening.

By: PhotoExpert

PhotoExpert — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:02:57 +0000

Very interesting report! I wonder what instructions Velez gave to the local police? The report stated:

“and instructed them on what to do in case the animal appears again or attacks residents.”

When I hear of arrows being ready and such, it kind of makes me nervous on what the instructions could be.

Perhaps baiting the animal and containing it in a cage would be better option. I know there is riot gear available that includes shotgun nets and other nonlethal means for capture or deterrent. Maybe those possibilities could be explored. The fact that there is a Mayor means that there is some form of government. I think there are many better alternatives than “getting arrows ready”.

Obviously the creature attacked for some reason known to it but unbeknownst to us. Maybe we as humans, since we proclaim to be intelligent beings should outsmart the animal in question and not overpower it with lethal force. Just my two cents.

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:25:26 +0000

This falls into the category of a “friend of a friend” story, but I’ll share it because it’s relevant here. I used to have a Hmong friend who told me about how her Philippino friends would always talk about this small humanoid creature that they were taught to be afraid of. Apparently, the story goes, the creatures were known for taking infants or small children, presumably to eat them. Anyway it could very well just be a boogey man story, but her friends always thought of it as a real creature. Could be that this is the same animal.

By: bill green

bill green — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:20:10 +0000

There had to a be a reason these creatures were terrorizeing people. Maybe the creatures felt that their area was being invaded? Or the creatures were looking for food resources in the jungle and the people got in way by accident?