AURORA | Elementals at Maria Aurora’s 600-Year Old Balete Tree?

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

After posting an article about Maria Aurora’s 600-year old Balete tree, I received a pretty strange message from one of my readers, it reads:

     hi christian, what's your email add where i can send you the two pictures you've taken where you captured
     ghosts and elementals... unbeknownst to you. thanks 

     - cielykaye     
 

It was four in the morning and I just got home from work, it was still dark, everybody was asleep and I was the only one downstairs; the hair at the back of my neck stood on end. I caught supernatural beings on my camera? Seriously?

I was scared to see what I got but I was also very very curious about it. So I went ahead and gave her my address.

The reply I got consisted of two photos, here’s a cleaned up version of it:



Now I’m really not one to believe things right away, but I do believe there are beings that are beyond what our human senses can fathom.

I checked the photos at full magnification and this is what I got for the first photo.

The Ghost of the Little Girl was unconvincing when seen up close as it looked like it was just an opening in the roots with a shaft of light.  The Family of Dead Witches did give me the creeps though, specially the hooded figure on the upper right side of the photo. I’m just not sure why my mysterious correspondent thinks that there are a family of dead witches in the area.

For the second set of sightings, here are the close-ups (pardon the blurry images, the place was too dark for handheld photography and I know I should have used my tripod haha):
The Shy Diosa (description straight from my mysterious correspondent) does indeed look like an old woman covering her face, the Elemental on the lower part of the frame looked like a strangled cat and the Elemental on the upper frame looked like a snout of a horse (well I think, that’s what it is supposed to be).

I’m a big fan of the X-Files, and although I Want To Believe as Agent Mulder does, I do prefer Agent Scully’s approach on these kind of things. I exhaust all possible logical explanation before jumping to conclusions concerning little green men and things that go bump in the night. 

The first thing that actually came to my mind after seeing the captions was that if you really tried to look hard enough, you can find just about any strange image in about anything, especially on gnarled shadowy wooden roots of Balete trees whose reputation regarding the supernatural precedes itself.

But in all fairness to my correspondent, the things she saw in my photos really resemble quite those she described and some of them even gave me the heebiejeebies.

But who am I to judge really, I’m no Fox Mulder, I just take photos. I’ll leave the verdict to you guys; drop me a line and tell me what you think about this whole strange incident.

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26 comments

  1. Sumi GoNovember 16, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Wow, this is really interesting! I agree with what you wrote though.. More often than not, it's really up to us (or our eyes, and our brain) if we'd see these things as ghosts and elementals, or as mere overgrown branches and vines with a play of light. But I hope it'd be left at that.. I don't want to see them anyway if they really do exist.

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  2. Batang LakwatseroNovember 16, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    yikes.. nakakatakot nga.

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  3. blissfulguroNovember 16, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    creepy post... pang araw ng mga patay... depende rin talaga sa tumitingin, parang sa clouds din di ba?

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  4. MichiNovember 16, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    di ko na tiningnan, takot ako sa ganyan. hihi!

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  5. The Sunset GoddessNovember 16, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Freaky! But I agree with what you said---if you really tried to look hard enough, you can find just about any strange image in about anything, especially on gnarled shadowy wooden roots of Balete trees whose reputation regarding the supernatural precedes itself. :) Great pictures on the previous post on the balete nonetheless :)

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  6. ChyngNovember 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    oh shet, iniscroll ko ng mabilis after ko titigan ng mabuti. scary!!

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  7. RobbieNovember 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    Kinilabutan naman ako dito!!!!
    Although I believe in elementals and all that, I also think na you can see almost anything in photos and make-up images if you look hard. Effort masyado. Hahaha.

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  8. romzNovember 16, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    i knew someone would notice those kind of stuff. but i think its just a placebo effect that once someone told you about it, your mind will really try to picture it. hindi naman sa hindi ako naniniwala pero minsan, imagination lang talaga natin yan.

    pero creepy talaga yung mga part ng shots na yun, hehehe...

    oi Mccoy, check mo nga din yung mga kuha mo sa Corregidor at baka meron ka din iba pa makita :D

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  9. VinceNovember 16, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    The "shy diosa" was beside me. I wonder why she's shy...hehehe

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  10. adventurousfeetNovember 16, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    wow scary! pumasok pa naman kami dito sa balete na to, pero feeling ko wala ko nacapture. hehe. interesting post!!! hahabol pa sa halloween :)

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  11. Bonz [Con Tour]November 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    This of the same thing happen to me when a priest in Monastery showed me a picture of the rock altar (volcanic rock). That photo was taken at night with lights on. The reflection formed an image, its an image of a crucified Christ. :-).

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  12. AnonymousNovember 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    yayks! ako din kinilabutan...tuwang-tuwa pa naman tyo magpapicture...

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  13. Pinay Travel JunkieNovember 16, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    Spooky indeed. Parang gusto ko tingnan ulit mga balete photos ko..

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  14. joniphilippinesNovember 16, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    naku meron dito sa work Balete (pati big Acacia tree)

    avid fan of X-Files here, na-Ondoy nga lang mga collections ko, my most loved series

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  15. bondatkittyketsNovember 16, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    Freaky! Pero kahit anong titig ko hindi ko makita ang mga Shy Dyosa, Elemental at Dead Witches. :(

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  16. MarLiesTravelsNovember 16, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    interesting post sir! pero bakit hindi namin makita? haha! :D

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  17. lakwatsera de primeraNovember 17, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    sa susunod kapat merong elementals sa title mo, di ko na lang muna babasahin hehehe, creepy!

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  18. Johjoh PanerNovember 17, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    huwaatt!! ako din kinilabutan...aayyeeee

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  19. juanderfulpinoyNovember 17, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    ang creepy naman nun... pero grabe ha ang lakilaki... basta takot ako sa balete

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  20. tinaNovember 17, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    di ko ren to npuntahan! hahaha... need to be back in Baler soon :D

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  21. KuraNovember 17, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    ay bat ganun.. wala akong nakita kahit isa. hahah! Minsan talaga kanya kanyang perception lang yan. Abstract kasi ang Balete Tree. Hindi maintindihan kung san san napadpad ang ugatpak. Before nakakakita din ako sa phone cam ko. Muka talagang demon e sa kwarto ko pa naman yung kinunan. hay naku! ang sakit sa ulo. ayun, tiwang wang ang kwerto ko ng ilang araw. ayokong tulugan. hahaha!

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  22. Ian | GoingRoamingWanderingNovember 21, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    buti nalang ipinag-umaga ko na ang pagbabasa nito! Kakakilabot ha... mahilig kasi ako sa mga stories about elementals and parapsychology at naniniwala ako na nag-eexist sila. To verify this accurately, pwede ito ipatingin sa mga may third eye or psychic experts. Pero nonetheless nasa titingin pa rin yan kung meron o hindi kung talaga may nakuhang elementals. For me, kung may psyhic na mag-veverify nyan, maniniwala talaga ako na meron. Creepy yung mga shapes at shadows.

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  23. MarjorieJanuary 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM

    i can see all kinds of images in our bathroom tiles, so i think, this is the same case. maybe the sender just wanted to see what she believes in. i honestly can't see the elementals she was referring to in the pics.

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  24. Christian | Lakad PilipinasMay 25, 2012 at 2:55 PM

    Sumi Go
    Haha me too, kung meron may ayaw ko rin makita :P

    Batang Lakwatsero
    Haha totoo man o hindi, kakakilabot pa rin hehe

    Blissfulguro
    Haha tama parang sa clouds lang :P

    Michi
    Tignan mo dali! :)

    The Sunset Goddess
    Hehe thanks!

    Chyng
    Haha anuba, tignan mo lang saglit :P

    Robbie
    May nakita rin ba kayo nung pumunta kayo jan?

    Romz
    Haha yung sa Corregidor wala eh

    Vince
    Baka nahiya sayo ampogi mo daw kasi eh haha

    Adventurousfeet
    Hehe pang halloween nga :P

    Bonz
    Wow. Patingin Kuya Bonz!

    Anonymous
    Haha oo nga, teka sino ka ba dun? :D

    Pinay Travel Junkie
    Check mo ulit! :)

    Joniphilippines
    Sayang naman, dami ko rin X-Files collection hehe

    Bon Buenviaje, MarLiesTravels
    Nyek bakit? Di naman kelangan ng third eye para makita hehe :)

    Lakwatsera de Primera
    Feeling ko naman shadows lang naman :P

    Johjoh Paner
    Ayeeee! :D

    Juanderfulpinoy
    Sa photos mo ba wala?

    Tina
    Bababaler!

    Malditang "Kura"cha
    Nii demonyo talaga?

    Ian
    Haha talagang pinaumaga pa talaga? :P

    Marjorie Gavan
    Oo nga bathrooms tiles pa lang and dami na, pano pa sa loob ng balete :)

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  25. Pinoy GadaboutJanuary 8, 2013 at 11:06 AM

    this is pretty scary.. certainly there are elementals living in that tree..

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    1. Christian | LAKAD PilipinasJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:23 PM

      It's really not that scary especially during the day. Kayang kaya mo pasukin yan :)

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