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This story happened almost twenty-five years ago. Back when my grandmother, Agustina, was still at her thirties as well as my grandfather, Primo. Our house was situated across the public elementary school of our barangay and my grandmother worked there as a teacher too.

It was almost midnight when she decided to go outside the house and wait for grandpa because he’s still not home yet from work. It was full moon so she wasn’t afraid even though there’s nobody else outside at that time. She was mesmerized with the moon shining above her when she happened to look across the street to the school. And there she saw a beautiful woman in a Maria Clara outfit walking or floating perhaps. The woman looked at her way and even smiled at my grandmother then resumed her walk or float; she couldn’t tell really for it all seemed surreal. The woman continued from the first classroom of the first block to the third and the last one then disappeared like a mist.

After seeing that, the hairs at the back of my grandmother’s nape began to rise. She’s so spooked but still she did not go inside and still waited for her husband. Most of the people knew the history of the area and they said it wasn’t good at all.

Until now I was wondering how she was able to tell that the mysterious woman was beautiful with the distance between them. And I feel spooky while writing this one actually! The woman never showed up again but my sister said that it’s true.