dogs howling at midnight - a signal that ghosts, spirits and undead would rise?

if you noticed, I put a question mark there. ^__^ I don't know if its true but I kinda believe that dogs nd other animals are sensitive to this kind of paranormal stuff like ghosts and spirits. about howling beinga signal that they see ghosts and spirits is a superstitious belief here in our town. I guess even if its true, that dogs see ghosts and spirits, we shouldn't be scared coz they can't do anything t us. ^__^

Ooo... I do believe that Dog and Cat can see those thing. I'm R.Christian,just prey to god when you feel scare. XD

im not sure if our aswang is the same as your chubacabra. our aswang has many different forms. one is the kind that a person divides his or her body into two, in the waist then he/she grows wings and become hideous-looking. they eat babies, even those still inside the mother's womb. they eat internal organs of people. another form is an aswang can transform into a large dog from being an ordinary looking man or woman. this dog then can attack his or her victims. there are many other kinds of aswang but im not familiar with them all. ^__^

hahaha! are they really howling at the taho vendor or at just barking?? maybe they're just imitating the vendor when he shouts "taho!!!!" LOL or maybe they're pissed because you dont buy them taho at all! ^__^;;

hehehe...i know it really sounds funny. i really can't help laughing as well when i first noticed it but i'm really not sure why our dogs do that. it started when they were just a few months old...probably when they were just 4 or 5 months old. i always buy taho from that vendor since he's already our regular supplier...i feed my 1 year 7 months old son with taho. lately, i noticed that they not only howl when the taho vendor passes by but also the puto vendor. it's really odd because there are other vendors who pass our place and shout or yell what they are selling but surprisingly, they only howl when those taho and puto vendors pass by. ('.')

maybe they can smell the taho and puto and they liked it and they wanna have some. try giving some to them. ^__^ it might work like magic and stop them from howling. kawawa naman ung magtataho and magpuputo. LOL or are they already used to it??

yeah. people are now attributing some kind of phenomenons to animals such as earthquakes (like what you mentioned) and detecting some sickness. scientists are now interested in observing animal behaviors to help us humans. i think its not weird or not surprising at all coz humans has the tendency to use everything in his surroundings just to survive. ^__^

hahaha yes it can be taho, balot, hot pandesal, puto, kuchinta vendor. that was funny

sometimes dogs howl because they see a taho vendor. LOL that's ccdrewchat's story. ^__^;;

oh yeah. sometimes its disappointing and frustrating if we cant understand what the animals are trying to say. but it would be too weird if we do! LOL

i've never seen an aswang too in my entire life but a lot of my friends and relatives have their own aswang stories to tell. i couldnt really say that i dont believe in aswang unless i see one. it would seem that my friends and relatives are lying if i tell them that aswang doesnt exists. ^__^;; but cannibals are really more believable than aswang since there are many proofs for that and they even exist in other countries. i havent heard about spanish priests creating these stories just to scare people to ward off any rebellion attempts. but it would make sense. the spanish were always bent on suppressing and oppressing the filipinos. ^__^;;

Yes, there are dogs howling on the background.. Awoooo!LoL

thriller?? were there dogs or wolf howling there?? you remind me of the dancing inmates from cebu. ^__^

i never really get scared when i hear dogs howling at night. but it really gives an eerie feeling. ^__^ i guess it depends on where you at. i mean.. i had an experience when we went on a field trip in batad, aklan. the place was remote and came 6pm you cant see anybody in the streets already. me and my friends felt so adventurous and wanted to explore the place. we went to the town's port which was oddly vacated and told each others ghost stories. ^__^;; it was nearly midnight when we went to our hotel and guess, we were followed by bats and howling of dogs. now that was scary!

I don't believe it too but its really kinda creepy when you hear dogs howling at midnight. ^__^;; the howls are just so scary.

hi denise! ^__^ I'm from the philippines and I think you can find a lot of information regarding our folklores and legends from the internet. ^__^ but to give you more than what i've said above, "aswang" are hideous creatures which eat internal organs of their victims. same as the cannibals but our aswangs have a lot of variety. "manananggal" are those that can separate their body into two in the waist and sprout ugly wings on their back. they apply a special type of oil on their body before transforming and they would hide their lower part of their body somewhere safe so that no humans can discover it. it is said that to kill a manananggal is to put salt on their lower part of their body on the exposed internal organs. if salt is applied they won't be able to put their body back together and thy would die when the sun comes out. "tiktik" are baby-eaters. they can smell babies from the womb of their mothers and at night, they can track where the mother lives and would climb on the roof and insert their tongue on a small opening. the tongue would grow longer and longer until it reaches the belly of the pregnant mother and it would insert it and from there, they could eat the baby.

there are still a lot more like the "mangkukulam" and "mambabarang" which are both witches but they differ in their ways and methods. there's also the "wakwak" which also eats internal organs. and there are those that can transform to a large black dog or pig so that people won't know they are aswang. it is said that aswang always have reddish eyes when in their human form, they can't look directly to the person their talking to and that they don't have that.. that sort of division in between our nose and upper lip? they don't have according to legends. so if you don't have that, better go to a surgery coz you'll be suspected of being an aswang if you don't. LOL kidding. ^__^

we also have a lot of dogs in our neighborhood too but they rarely howl so that makes it creepy. if your dogs howl every now and then, then I guess there's nothing to be afraid of since they kinda made it a hobby. ^__^;; or maybe there are lots of wandering spirits in your town? LOL just kidding.

really?? awww.. i want to hear your story! but at the same time i dont want to give you that eerie feeling anymore. ^__^

you can call me that way jack. i dont mind. ^__^ nice to meet you. hope you'll accept my friend request.