Sigbin

 



 The Sigbin is a vampiric monster from the Philippines. It’s especially popular in the Visayans and Mindanao regions. It exists somewhere between folklore and cryptozoology, with some people, especially in rural areas, still believing in the creature. Occasionally a mangy animal from the jungle will be captured and shown off to travellers as a real sigbin.


Sigbins look like a cross between a goat, dog and kangaroo. They are hairless, emaciated and ugly. They have long ears that clap when they move, and long skinny tails that they use like whips. Sigbins often walk backwards, with their head held under their bellies. Their feet are positioned backwards on their legs to make walking like this easier. Other times sigbins are depicted as a bipedal creature that looks somewhat like a kangaroo. Sigbins are said to smell really bad.


Sigbins come out at night and feed on human blood. They do so by draining it through their shadows, somehow. Sigbins also eat charcoal, an important resource in many parts of the Philippines for cooking and heating. Sigbins are especially active in the week leading up to Easter. During this time they will hunt for children. They do this to take the children’s hearts and fashion them into amulets of evil magic.


Sigbins can be controlled by other beings. They’re kept as pets by aswang, another kind of Filipino monster. Sigbins can also be controlled by some families, known as sigbinan families. In addition to this anyone who is skilled and brave enough can capture a sigbin in a clay jar. Doing so will grant the owner immense amounts of good luck. It’s believed many of the wealthy business owners in the Philippines have become so prosperous because they’ve either captured or bought a sigbin in a clay jar.


There have been attempts to explain the origins of the sigbins. Some believe it’s misidentified mangy animals. It’s also been suggested that some kind of non-supernatural cryptid kangaroo species is covertly living in the Philippiness. It’s likely the sigbin is just a mythical creature with no real life origin.


Sources


https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Sigbin

https://philippinemythicalcreatures.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-coal-eater-sigbin.html

https://the-demonic-paradise.fandom.com/wiki/Sigbin

https://arcanebeastsandcritters.wordpress.com/2018/06/03/sigbin-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigbin



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