Philippine Campuses are Not Spared From Ghosts

Even the campuses in the Philippines are not spared from stories about ghost manifestations. Every walkway and building is a tale of disturbed ghouls and the stories of haunting have been handed down from generation to generation of students and faculty members. And despite technological advances, campus ghost stories have endured and evolved to make life a tad more interesting within the four corners of the school. What may sound interesting here is that even the considered country’s next batch of leaders or line of corporate big shots still believes in ghosts.

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Manila

Lady in the mirror

Since the University of Santo Tomas is the oldest university in Asia, it does not exactly suffer from a dearth of ghosts stories. Here, there’s the story about a female student who at a very late hour went to one of the first-floor bathrooms of UST’s Main Building, that ancient massive building we see in the middle of the campus.

The student washed her face and as she looked up to the mirror, she saw the dark figure of a lady, and gasped. No one was in the room except her. Thinking a little divine intervention would help, the girl started praying the Lord’s Prayer. But midway through the prayer, she stopped. It seemed that somebody was praying with her, repeating the syllables of the prayer like an echo. When she looked at the mirror, she found that the black lady was still there, praying with her!

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Quezon City

The Demon

A similar story is going the rounds of the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines. It is said that a male student went to one of the comfort rooms inside Palma Hall. Usually, bathrooms in Palma Hall have a rest area with benches that face a mirror. The student who, probably came too early for his class, sat on one of the benches and read up on the day’s topics.

After a while, the student fell asleep, still facing the mirror. After a few minutes, he woke up, gazed at the mirror, and was petrified. In his reflection in the mirror, a demon sat next to him. But when he looked beside him, he found nothing.

Scared out of his wits, the student closed his eyes and started praying the Lord’s Prayer. “Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name…” He was interrupted in mid-prayer when something touched his forehead.