Tunay Na Kwento Sa Likod Ng “Ahas” Sa Robinsons, Ito Pala Ang Pinagmulan!

Despite of numerous claims supporting the existence of the dread “Snake-Man” in Robinsons Malls, some experts believe that it is nothing but a whole product of Filipinos’ creative mind.

Back in 90s, stories about the gigantic half-man, half-snake terrified the whole nation, especially the ladies as it was reported to victimize women who enter a specific fitting room in the malls’ department store.

According to L.Po of medium.com, the urban legend can be considered as iconic, but it will stay as ridiculous as it sounds.

Added him, the whole myth was rooted by the culture and natural fear of Filipinos to snakes.

” Because of the snake’s power and ferocity, ancient Filipinos worshiped the python and believed that the spirits of their ancestors or umalagad would sometimes reincarnate as a snake, sharing the womb with a human they were supposed to protect and provide supernatural power and good fortune. These were called “kakambal na ahas” or snake twin, a belief still held by people in the provinces today, and the urban legend’s explanation for the Gokongwei family’s wealth and success.” he wrote.

Later on, it became a front act to explain the sudden rise of kidnapping and heinous crime in Manila.

“Crime has become one of President Ramos’s most urgent problems. As the Philippines begins to pull its economy together and normalize some of the workings of its Government, continuing street crime, violent bank robberies, carjackings and kidnappings have added an atmosphere of lawlessness.

‘There is a sense that anyone can get away with anything,’ a local journalist said.’” — New York Times Journalist Seth Mydans on the rise of kidnappings in Manila

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