Woman allegedly bewitched for five years because of kin’s jealousy

“Kulam” is a form of witchcraft or folk magic in the Philippines. In this modern world, however, this practice of sorcery is mostly seen on television or books or deemed as fiction despite the fact that there have been many incidents claiming that this is real. Such as the case of this woman who was allegedly under a dark spell for five years, became blind for six months, and experienced other sorts of physical tortures, all because of an extended family member’s envy.

In a lengthy Facebook post of online user Nick Banayo, who claims to be a faith healer and the one who allegedly defeated the woman’s “mangkukulam“, he narrated what the victim has gone through while she was bewitched for a long time. He detailed that the witchcraft had her experience hair and teeth loss, made her look like an 80-year-old woman, brought pain to her feet, and even underwent heart surgery despite not having any heart disease.

Moreover, the woman already consulted to a total of nine faith healers. Worst, some of these faith healers allegedly died as they could not defeat the culprit. After further probing and torture to the evil-doer, Nick managed to make her confess her identity. Apparently, the person who did this all was a woman named “Emily,” sister-in-law of the victim’s aunt. When asked by the faith healer why she did these, she admitted as she wailed:

“Kasi maraming nagmamahal sa kanya! Hindi siya madamot, nagbibigay siya kahit kanino. Pinapakain niya ang mga tao kahit di niya kilala. Kapag may nagugutom, binibigyan niya ng pagkain. Namimigay siya ng pagkain, kahit damit niya, kahit bag niya. Lahat ng sa kanya pinamimigay niya sa taong nangangailangan! May pinagamot pa yan na babae, pinagamot niya, may sakit. Di siya nanghihinayang sap era niya kasi ang galling niya magtrabaho, matalino siya. Mahal siya ng boss niya! Kaya papatayin ko siya!”

The culprit went on:

“Mahal na mahal siya ng asawa niya. Inggit ako sa kanya! Inggit ako sa kanya! Papapangitin ko siya. Pinakulubot ko na mukha niya! Sobra ang inggit ko sa kanya. Sobra-sobra ang inggit ko sa kanya. Ang bait niya kasi, kahit sasabihan mo ng masama di siya nagagalit.”

Furthermore, the faith healer made the evil-doer disclose that she was sent to school by none other than the victim and was even given a good job. This earned the ire of the healer and tortured her more while he said the words:

“Hipag ka ng tita niya? Tapos pinag-aral ka? Oh tapos ganyan pa ang ginanti mo? Natutuwa ako sayo eh! Natutuwa ako! Ano yang ginagawa mo, ha? Pinag-aral ka na, ginanyan mo pa?”

At the latter part of the healing, the woman named Emily asked for forgiveness. She said:

“Patawad. Sorry, inggit ako sayo. Kasi maganda ka, mabait ka pa. Madami kang natutulungan. Kahit di mo kilala, pinapakain, tinutulungan mo…”

When the victim gained her consciousness, she was unaware of what happened. She was also asked who Emily was and she aptly said that it was her aunt’s sister-in-law. She then recounted that she offered to send her to school when she saw her tending the laundry.

Below are the videos of the faith healer in action: