Gusi ng Ginto

We are a group of families na nakatira sa isang compund. Ang family namen ay nakatira sa pinakadulo ng looban na iyon. Ang mga kamaganak naman namin ay nakatira naman sa bandang harap.

Even before pa, it is rumored na may mga gusi ng ginto na nakabaon sa mga lupa namin. Katunayan ay tuwing gabi, may makikita kang santelmo (ball of fire believed to be guarding an ancient treasure) na lumulutang at mawawala bigla sa isang bahagi ng
lupa.

Kahit totoo pa ito, kami ay hindi interesado. Mas naniniwala kami na magsumikap ka lang, mapapa saiyo ang karangyaan na minimithi mo. Kaba ligtaran naman ito ng mga pamilya sa harap.

Kaya naman ang pamilya ni mang encho ay naisipang hukayin ang ginto. Nagsimula ito ng napanaginipan ni mang encho (kamaganak namen), ang isang ubod ng gandang
lalake na nagsabing may gusi ng ginto sa ilalim ng lupa nila. Ang lalake ay ubod ng puti. Maging ang kulay ng buhok,kilay at pilikmata nito ay puti. Napakagwapo daw nito. Being the sarcastic that we are, we laughed at their silly notion.

Walang bakuran sila mang encho so guess where they
dug? Sa loob ng bahay nila. Sa labas, mukhang normal na bahay lang. Pero pagpasok mo, para kang nasa loob ng minahan sa india. Pinagbawalan kaming magpipinsan na lumapit man lang doon dahil baka daw gumuho yung hukay.

Pero syempre curious ako! Hehe!

When I was able to see the hole they were digging, I was shocked ….To be continued… Joke joke joke! Hehe! The large gaping hole is so deep, kasya ang 3-storey
na bahay.

Everyone was fearing na baka magcollapse yung bahay dahil wala ng
foundation sa loob

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I don’t know how many weeks silang naghuhukay until one takipsilim, finally they stumbled upon a little black chest. The little sinister-loking chest looked very jaded. Several engravings could be seen on its anterior. They didn’t have any hard time opening it. While opening it, the trees outside swayed kahit walang hangin.

There placed inside, was a good 4-inch glistening bars of gold. 3 bars of gold. Everyone exclaimed in disbelief!

“ mayaman na tayo!” shouted everyone in the room.

Soon as they lifted the bars out of the chest, a piece of white parchment fell. Mang encho picked it up to examine it.Something was written on it. Mang encho gave the parchment to his son to
further analyze it.

Ray shrugged his shoulders in response. None of them can understand the writings on
the parchment.

How can they understand it?

It was written in Latin. (dont ask me what the
words are, I forgot it)

Still euphoric over the little treasure they’ve uncovered, they threw the parchment away and continued rejoicing. None of us knew the horror that was about to unfold. Lagim na dala ng itim na baul. Later that night, my brother had an ominous dream. A very goodlooking guy with horns was hovering just above mang encho ’s house.

Its skin was red and it has hooves instead of fingertoe nails. It was giving my brother a devilish grin. Right below the man’s feet, lay 3 black coffins. My brother, (lets call him derek) didn ’t give it much thought. Hindi niya alam, sign na pala yun. When my mom learned about my brother ’s
dream, she sought for some help. My mom by the way, can predict things thru her dreams. (she dreamt about the great earthquake in the 90 ’s buts that’s another story)

Lumapit si mama sa isang albularyo-slash-manghuhula-slash-manggagamot para itanong yung dream ng bro ko. What my mom learned was by far the most shocking revelation to her. Tatlong buhay daw ang kukunin. Then My mom related the story about the little treasure sa albularyo na nakuha ng mga kamaganak namen sa harap.

The witchdoctor gave my mom a very worried expression. They need to cast a protection sa house namin (diba nga yung house namin nasa dulo ng compound). Para hindi kami madamay sa sumpa.

Kahit hindi kami kasama sa naghukay, pwede kaming madamay kasi related kami sa kanila. Syempre sinabi namen kila mang encho. They dismissed our concern kasi daw inggit lang kami. Yung katabi nilang bahay, dun nakatira sila uncle lloyd(siya yung nasa red
shirt story ko). Sinabihan din namin sila uncle lloyd and fortunately, naniwala sila. Ganun din ang ginawa ni mama sa iba pang kapatid ni mang encho pero ayaw nilang maniwala so kebs diba?

Here is the freakiest part. Yung family namen, (mama,tita,lola,cuzins at kami ng kapatid ko) along with uncle lloyd ’s family, kami lang yun mga
naniniwala dun sa albularyo.

Sila mang encho, kasama ibang kapatid niya, mina mock lang kami. Mayroong bahay sa barrio sila uncle lloyd. Doon sila nagstay kung anihan at magtatanim lang so they aren't frequent to the place. Yung house nila doon ay magisang nakatirik sa gitna ng bukid.

Super dilim din sa paligid dahil wala ngang mga kalapit na bahay. If you may ask bakit doon pa sa barrio kami nagpunta para mag alay? Kasi mayroon daw family ng mababait na engkanto ang nakatira doon. Maybe they could help us. So off we go to the barrio. Ako, si mama, si uncle lloyd at ate niya,dad ni uncle lloyd, saka yung albularyo lang ang nagpunta. (ayaw ako isama kaso nagpilit ako hehe)

It was pitch dark when we arrived. The house looked very sinister mula sa malayo. Madaming puno ang nakapaligid dito. Wala pang installed na electricity doon nung pumunta kame.
Kaya madilim. The house stands several meters away sa maalikabok na daan. So dadaanan mo pa yung mga puno mg duhat, manga, santol, camachile, at tamarind bago ka makapasok.

Takot na takot ako nun kasi ang daming kwento tungkol sa lugar na yun. Name it, that place has it! Kapre, dwende, tikbalang, whitelady, paring
pugot ang ulo, lalaking hubad na umiiyak in pain habang may hila hilang tanikala..

Musta naman diba?

Buti na lang wala akong nakita. So pumasok na kami sa madilim na bakuran. Kami nila mama, we settled sa isang lugar while tahimik na nakamasid dun sa albularyo na nag ooffer at nagdadasal sa ilalim ng isang puno sa gilid ng bahay.

Hulaan niyo kung ano mga alay namin?

7 black cigar.
7 black candles.
7 black stones.
Isang alak na nakalagay sa
black bottle container.
3/4 margarine
2 cloves of garlic
1 onion
Water.
Flour .
Kumuha ng isang malinis na
lalagyan at paghalu haluin
ang mga sangkap.
Joke.

So ayun. After mag alay, sumakay na kaming lahat sa jeep nila uncle lloyd para
umuwe na. Babalikan nila bukas yung alay kung effective ba or hindi.

Nung nakasakay na kaming lahat at umaandar na yung jeep, sumigaw yung ate ni uncle lloyd. Napatingin kami sa kanya. We saw her pointing towards the house.

And there, just beside the house where the offerings were placed, 3 candles were lit. Mabuti sana kung nakasindi lang. May tatlong tao na hindi kita ang mukha ang nakahawak sa kandila.
Nagpanic lahat. Walang paa at mukha yung mga nilalang na may hawak sa kandila. I swear muntik akong himatayin sa takot!

I thought hindi na kami makakauwe nun eh! Nalaman ko na lang kinabukasan na kulang ng
tigtatatlo yung mga Inalay. Tatlo nanaman. Nakausap ng albularyo yung engkanto doon at nalaman daw na matindi daw yung demon na na
unleashed nila mang encho.

Kapalit nung tatlong ginto ay buhay daw at wala ng magagawa para ireverse yung sumpa. Fortunately, yung family namen at nila uncle lloyd ay safe dahil iga guard daw kami nung mga good enfkanto!

To cut the story short, after one month, unang namatay yung wifey ni
mang encho. Nasa baguio na ako that time studying nung nalaman ko yung
masamang balita.

Dun sila nagsisi.

Ang nakakatakot pa, hindi nila matanggap ang pagkamatay ng asawa niya
kaya may kinuha silang albularyo na bubuhay daw
sa wifey niya.

Ito pa ang mas disturbing na pangyayari na kinwento na lang ni mama saken nung umuwe ako para maki lamay.

That day nung namatay yung wifey ni mang encho, hindi pa nila diniretso sa punerarya. Kasi pwede pa daw mabuhay. Pauwe na si mom ko galing work. Since dulo pa yung bahay
namen, madadaanan nya muna yung bahay nila mang encho.

Nagulat daw siya bakit may papag sa daanan at may nakahiga pa! Eh gabi na noon at madilim

pa. Pagkalapit niya, si manang leony pala.

Stiff na stiff daw yung body kasi umaga pa namatay. Kinilabutan si mama so nagmadali na siyang malakad.

Pagkauwe niya, nadatnan niya yung cuz kong babae umiiyak. So mom asked her why.

My cuzin said earlier daw, yung anak ni mang encho, pinipilit siyang gawing instrument para buhayin si manang leony.

Apparently, they needed three virgins, three black chickens and black candles. Tatapakan daw nila yung bangkay while yung albularyo na nakuha nila ay magchachant ng prayer. Weird thing was hindi daw makapasok yung albularyo na yon sa bakuran namen. he was keeping a good distance away from our gate like na parang may nagbabantay sa gate at di siya makapasok.

I freaked out sa story ni mama.

I mean that is so insane! Mabuti na lang hindi pumayag sila tita at mga lola ko. Sumunod na namatay yung kuya ni mang encho, si mang Raon Tapos yung kapatid niyang babae, si aling beani.

2weeks lang ang mga pagitan. Lahat sila biglaang
namatay. They were healthy and were doing fine, tapos the
next day, patay na sila.

Kahit na may findings ang doctor sa pagkamatay nila, we still know better.

After one year, nalaman namen ang ibig sabihin nung note na kasama sa
ginto.

(courtes y of uncle lloyd)

The words written on the parchment meant:

Akin kayo.
Isip.
Puso.
Katawan.

ISIP.
Manang leony died of brain
anerysm.

PUSO.
Mang raon died of heart
attack.

KATAWAN.
Aling beani had multiple
organ failure. Her whole
body was swelling(edema).

Up to this day, whenever pinaguusap an namen yan, kinikilabutan pa din kami. At thankful kay God kasi hindi niya kami hinayaan mapahamak.

Whew. Natapos din. Hope you liked my story. This story happened 7 years ago and until now hindi ko pa din maintindihan yung mga turn of events na kumuha ng tatlong buhay.

Story Written by: IAmZevi

P.S: IAmZevi is one of my fellow authors/writers in the old PinoyScaryBlog.Com. Gusi ng Ginto is one of his most popular posts. I wonder where he is right now. I mean, if he still writes stories. I've always been a fan of his stories. Haha. One of my inspirations when I started writing. -PandemiC-