Kayamanan diumano ng mga Hapon, pinaniniwalaang inilubog daw sa mga quick sand o kumunoy sa tuktok ng isang bundok sa Oriental Mindoro?!
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00:00 Kumonoy or Kwik-San?
00:03 Is that what you think?
00:05 Harmless white sand or sand?
00:07 That's what you can call "lamunin"!
00:11 For decades, we've been being teased by stories
00:16 that the Japanese during World War II
00:19 left behind wealth in different parts of the Philippines.
00:29 Here in the town of Victoria in Oriental Mindoro,
00:32 the wealth of the Japanese
00:35 was left behind in the depths of a mountain.
00:40 It's surrounded by big trees and it's like a forest.
00:44 Before, there were rivers.
00:46 And the depths are surrounded by seven different lakes
00:51 where the rich were drowned.
00:54 They believed that Kumonoy is just a place for the rich.
00:59 Kwik-San or Kumonoy?
01:06 Yes, the place you're watching right now
01:13 is like a land where the accidenters have been buried.
01:17 It's almost like a trap.
01:22 You're back there, there's water.
01:24 If you step on it, you'll drown.
01:27 The believers, the real people,
01:30 believe that Kumonoy is a place for the rich.
01:32 There are treasures that the Japanese buried there.
01:35 Are you ready to submit to the white sand
01:40 just to get the Kumonoy that's buried here?
01:45 From Barangay Villa Cerveza,
01:50 it takes two hours to trek to the place.
01:54 It's tiring.
01:55 The path that our team has taken is not a joke.
02:00 They had to cross rivers and mountains.
02:04 We're here at what they call Kumonoy.
02:08 They reached the 36 hectares of land
02:13 that is surrounded by tall trees and moss.
02:18 Be careful when you're walking
02:20 because you might get soaked in the water.
02:26 This is the biggest of the seven lakes
02:32 that they believed to be Kumonoy in Tuktuk ng Bundok.
02:37 It's almost 30 meters deep.
02:40 It used to be water.
02:43 If you knock it, it'll almost float.
02:45 If you knock it hard, your feet will sink.
02:49 It's said that the surroundings are very secluded.
02:52 According to the locals,
02:54 Kumonoy is really secluded.
02:57 You'll get lost.
02:59 If you go there and get lost,
03:01 you won't be able to get out because it's hard.
03:03 That's why some residents, like Lola Salume,
03:08 consider this place sacred.
03:11 We are grateful to God
03:13 and to Kumonoy for this place.
03:16 They say they perform rituals before fishing.
03:21 We shout if we can fish or not.
03:24 We say that we'll go home first.
03:28 If you shout loudly, you can.
03:30 But if you don't answer, you won't be able to go home.
03:34 It's very spacious.
03:35 The fish are also full of energy.
03:38 We caught a fish weighing 5 kilos.
03:41 We caught a fish weighing 2 kilos.
03:45 So whenever they're lucky,
03:48 they don't forget to play tag or play tag.
03:52 We play tag with the big fish.
03:54 This is your share.
03:56 Lexter made fishing a part of his life
04:00 in the Lawa of Kumonoy.
04:03 I started fishing there
04:05 to catch fish.
04:06 I was a youngster.
04:07 The taste of the fish there was different.
04:10 It was yellow.
04:11 But the rich people here have been talking about this place for a long time.
04:16 The rich people who believe in the heart of the Lawa of Puti.
04:24 There are treasures buried there.
04:28 The Japanese during the war,
04:30 they were chased away.
04:31 They couldn't bring their belongings.
04:33 They buried them in Kumonoy.
04:36 When the Japanese arrived here,
04:38 they said that there's a treasure truck.
04:40 But when they went there,
04:41 they were not brought.
04:42 Maybe they were taken to the Philippines.
04:45 They were scattered.
04:46 Until now, I haven't seen it.
04:47 But if Max is the one who will ask,
04:50 there's really a treasure here.
04:53 But it's not under the Lawa.
04:55 But it's under the cave and the land.
04:59 Because their place is really a treasure hunt.
05:04 The chance that I came here,
05:06 there is.
05:07 But it's like they're trying to hide it.
05:11 I suspect that there's a Japanese presence in Mindoro.
05:16 In the minds of the people,
05:18 it's World War II.
05:19 When the Japanese arrived here in the Philippines,
05:21 especially General Tomoyuki Yamashita,
05:23 he said that he brought treasures
05:26 that were taken from different countries in Southeast Asia.
05:30 This news spread even after the war.
05:33 It became a favorite story of treasure hunters.
05:35 The place was visited by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office
05:40 of the City of Victoria.
05:42 And after they told us about it,
05:44 they wanted to explain that the Lawa of Putik
05:48 is not really a commune,
05:54 but a pitland or swamp land.
05:57 A pitland is a waterlogged or saturated with water.
06:00 As time goes by,
06:02 it's filled with remains from dead trees,
06:05 branches, and whatever.
06:07 It's formed and it's rotting and running away.
06:09 These become organic materials
06:12 that will eventually grow trees.
06:15 The quicksand was formed because there's a hole
06:18 that's filled with sand.
06:19 When water comes, it goes down.
06:21 But actually, the pitland is also called a commune
06:23 by the local people here.
06:25 It's not true that when you go down to the commune,
06:28 you'll be dragged down until you drown and eat the soil.
06:33 If you don't squeeze the ground, it won't drown.
06:35 If you're going to throw up,
06:37 you should do it with your feet so you can throw up easily.
06:40 That's the truth of the commune.
06:43 The first thing you should do is not to panic.
06:45 Because if you panic, whatever you do,
06:48 that will tend to submerge you even more deeper.
06:51 Just relax.
06:52 If you can lift your feet,
06:53 you can slowly lift them up.
06:54 And your body will slowly sink,
06:57 meaning you'll lie down on top of the commune.
06:59 If you do that, you'll be able to breathe
07:01 and eventually, you'll survive.
07:02 Meanwhile, to help with tourism,
07:06 the village head Villa Cerveza
07:09 and the local government of Victoria
07:11 plan to develop this tourist spot.
07:14 Our plan is to make an ATD.
07:17 The commune can pass through its side.
07:20 The village also plans to put cottages,
07:24 ponds, or boats
07:27 to be used as a port for our visitors.
07:30 We'll help the village by fixing the road
07:34 so that it's more accessible to tourists.
07:37 Actually, it's safe because we asked the fishermen there.
07:41 They're using a banana raft.
07:44 It might have a boat,
07:45 but it's not the commune that you go to
07:48 and you're eating under it.
07:50 It's okay, maybe.
07:51 You're adding income to the village.
07:52 I hope it won't destroy the environment.
07:54 I hope the lives of our fellowmen,
07:59 especially the most vulnerable of our fellowmen,
08:03 will also be able to survive the hardship.
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