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00:00 This is a statue, not a ghost, but an animal that...
00:04 At first glance, you'll think it's a kangaroo.
00:10 These are the amazing features about Cebu in Amazing Earth.
00:26 The statue of Sigbin has its own statue in Cebu.
00:30 Come, let's find out why it was built.
00:33 Exactly a year ago, bushfires destroyed a huge part of Australia.
00:40 More than 18 million hectares were burned
00:44 in what is considered the worst bushfire in Australian history.
00:49 But because of what happened,
00:51 more than a billion animals were affected by the fire.
00:55 Kangaroos are now considered the national animal of Australia.
01:00 So, what, ma'am, see you?
01:02 Ma'am, see you.
01:03 In the Philippines, there are no kangaroos.
01:07 But in the town of Santander, in the province of Cebu...
01:12 There is a landmark in the park that attracts people who come here.
01:22 This is a statue, not a ghost, but an animal that...
01:26 At first glance, you'll think it's a kangaroo.
01:32 But according to Santanderans,
01:36 this is not a kangaroo, but a sigbin.
01:39 If you go to the mountains and you don't bring garlic or salt,
01:44 you will be bitten by a sigbin.
01:49 This is the artist's impression of the sigbin.
01:53 It was built here in 1993
01:58 because at that time, there were many bushes and bushes,
02:03 and this is where many sigbin were tasted.
02:06 According to the book, 101 Ancestral Sites,
02:13 the sigbin looks like a goat without horns.
02:19 But it has big ears.
02:20 And its body is like a kangaroo.
02:25 Its front legs are short and it has a tail that can be smashed like a stick.
02:31 The sigbin is feared
02:35 because it is believed to have swallowed the blood of people
02:40 by spitting on the face of their victim.
02:45 This February, according to a news report by One Mindanao of GMA Regional TV,
02:52 a man was attacked by a sigbin in Barangay Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur.
02:57 If you don't have a gun, you're not a boss.
03:00 You're a thief.
03:01 You're a thief.
03:03 You're a thief.
03:05 You're a thief.
03:07 You're a thief.
03:08 But you're a thief.
03:11 There are people who believe in the luck of the sigbin.
03:15 They call them sigbinan,
03:19 a rich and powerful family that cares for the sigbin.
03:25 In this big town, they only hide their fears.
03:30 If you care for the sigbin, you can go to different places
03:35 or wherever you want.
03:37 According to our elders,
03:40 if you have a sigbin, you can live a long time.
03:44 The statue was erected in the place where the sigbin is often seen.
03:51 Now, it is a landmark in Sanayon site.
03:57 From here, you can see the islands of Bukol, Siquijor, Sumilon, and Negros.
04:03 And this is not the only place worth seeing in Santander.
04:08 I heard that there is a sigbin, but I didn't see it.
04:14 So I don't believe that there is a sigbin here in Santander.
04:18 Our ancestors used to talk about the fact that there are a lot of sigbin in that place.
04:28 But now, we know that sigbin doesn't exist here in Santander.
04:37 It's just a myth.
04:39 The sigbin statue is just one proof that here in Santander,
04:45 their culture is rich in their hometown's story.
04:49 Rich in their beautiful culture,
04:52 of their hometown that can be proud of all over the world.
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