Boy With A Lantern
A man recounts of ghostly apparition in his old childhood house.
Miguel, 11 years at that time, his parents and siblings stay
in the old bungalow in Mindanao, Philippine. The old bungalow was made up of
timber and concrete and it was on a large piece of land.
One night, everybody was asleep except for Miguel who was
busy with his Rubik’s cube and he had a torchlight on his bed with a blanket
covering his body. The only light was a sole lamp in the corridor leading to
the bedrooms and the wooo! sound from the heavy wind. Jose, Miguel’s younger brother
was fast asleep opposite from Miguel’s bed. Miguel was so busy trying to figure
out the Rubik’s cube when he noticed a weird bluish transparent light coming in
the bedroom doorway. He was kindna shock and then he saw a young boy walking
with a lantern with the bluish light surrounding him. The young boy with the
blue light just walk passed the corridor to Miguel’s room.
The next morning, Miguel was so excited and told his family
about the bluish light and the young boy holding a lantern. Instead his parents
were so angry and his father threatened to beat him with a ‘rotan’ (cane) for making up that ridiculous story.
Miguel saw the ghostly apparition several times over the years
and he was with Jose when they both saw the bluish boy with the lantern. Miguel
together with Jose made to tell his parents what they saw but they did not
fully believe the boys. However their mother started to put a candle and say
prayers in their family altar.
