Real Ghost Stories
THE FRIGHTENING ACCOUNT OF THE GALVEZ GANG By RICHARD J O'HANLON JR.
The story which you are about to read is the actual true
account of what a couple of friends of actor Chris Deleon along
with their gang members witnessed one night in Sacrifice Valley
exactly one year after Marialuisa Lota met her ghastly destiny at
the hands of that mysterious tiki statue. In a detailed letter to
me from the filipino actor, Chris explained to me in detail what
his close friends suddenly experienced on a night back up in Sacrifice
Valley when the gang members of John Pogi and Benito Galvez along
with their ten member gang of college guys decided to "declare an
all out war" on what it was which still existed up there in Sacrifice
Valley which had claimed a special friend of them all, the young
and beautiful filipino cover model whom I once called my beautiful
filipina daughter Marialuisa. The word had spread about the police
investigation turning up nothing and ordered to be closed and filed
under an unsolvable mystery case. Gang leaders Benito Galvez and John Pogi got together with all of their ten members and informed
them all of their well-devised plan to sneak up to Sacrifice Valley
late one night armed with everything they could bring with them
from guns, rifles, dynamite and even hand grennades which he(John)
had taken from his Philippine Army Post arsenal in which he was
an active member of the Philippine Army Cadet Corp. It was late
on the night of October 15th 1999 when John Pogi and Benito Galvez
called all of their gang members together and revealed their proposed
plan to violently attack this tiki statue in the hopes of destroying
it to pieces. All of the gang members were friends of the late Marialuisa
Lota as well as her former roommate Josie Bienvenida as well as
with Teresita Compuesto.(Josie had now quit her job & moved away
from Manila and back to Cebu City to spend time with her family
there as she had also been very disturbed by what had happened to
her former roommate & close friend.) John Pogi & Benito Galvez called ever gang member together in a meeting in their club house located in an hidden alley somewhere near the shipping
& loading docks of Manila Harbor.It was here that they met with
all of the members who each had brought a gun, several rounds of
bullets, knives, sling shots, and at least one bow & arrow. John
Pogi had a small case full of hand grennades which he planned to
quickly arm them and get set up in an "attack" position when they
arrived at the sight of where the tiki stood. On the night of October
29,1999, Exactly one year to the day that Marialuisa ran off and
vanished there, the entire Pogi/Galvez Gang all climbed into John's
1980 Chevrolet station wagon and drove off to Sacrifice Valley.
The time was now 7:30 PM Friday night October 29th. "We vowed that
this thing was going to be totally destroyed tonight and will never
threaten anyone here again." Is what they all vowed to do before
they returned back home from Sacrifice Valley later that night.
Half-way to Sacrifice Valley, the Galvez Gang met up with a former "rival gang" known as the "Punno Warlords." These two gangs who
once met in a fearce rivalry in the alleyways of Metro Manila years
ago and some had been seriously injured in clashes with police as
well as each other but now they had vowed an alliance together to
lauch an all out attack on what it was that instilled fear and spread
rumors & superstitions throughout the Philippines! "TONIGHT THIS
DEVIL!TONIGHT THIS KAMATAYAN WILL DIE IN FIRE! was the battle cry
of both gangs as they all joined hands in friendship! Now 20 men
were proceeding in two stationwagons each man loaded with as many
pieces of dynamite, handguns, rifles, flares, cans of gasoline &
books of matches as they all vowed to blow this horror to pieces
and watch it burn in the largest "bon fire that they can ever build.
Ricco Punno along with his ten member gang shouted the battlecry.."
Dito se war ng war sa kamatayan! Patay se demonyo sa Sacrifice Valley!!
( This will be the war of wars tonight! We will kill that demon in Sacrifice Valley!! At those words all members of both gangs raised their hands and weapons and shouted their allegence
to this cause! By 9:00PM that Friday night, both gangs pulled into
the open area where that pathway leading down into Sacrifice Valley
began. Everyone quickly got out of the cars and got all of their
weapons together, laying them all on the ground. Benito along with
John set up two large battery powered flashlights and annouced just
exactly how the attack was going to be carried out. Ricco Punno
then announced that he would lead his ten man team down into the
valley while the Galvez gang would follow right behind them with
their flash lights and to give them needed support. "Ok, When my
gang gets down there close enough to the "tiki statue, we will follow
plan "A". I want everyone to spread out at least 4 feet apart in
a semi-circle. Stay at least 30 feet away from the tiki because
when we start firing at it we don't want anyone here to get hit
by pieces of stone flying off the statue or any ricocheting bullets. Guys this is going to be a massive all out attack on this
thing that is down there and I want everyone here tonight to come
home safely! then John Pogi got up and made his pre-war announcement..."Sigue
comrades! (Ok guys you heard what Ricco said, we are going to get
this thing destroyed and we all are coming home together. Marialuisa
will smile at us all from Heaven when we destroy what destroyed
her!" At that moment a loud cheer of total support came up from
every man there as they cheered and waved their guns in the air!
Then Benito Galvez said, "Ok guys lets get our guns loaded, all
of our weapons ready and when Ricco gives the order, we'll follow
right behind his men and carry out every step of attack plan "A"
For the next moment, a brief prayer was offered for the success
of this war mission as well as for Luisa's spirit to rest in love
& peace then for the next couple of moments the area was a scene
of loading rifles, hand guns, lining up of numerous hand grenades, etc along with making sure the one gallon cans of gasoline was ready to be spread out on the tiki statue where it would
then be set on fire! Not more than five minutes later, everything
( & everyone) was ready to procede on down the rocky pathway loaded
up with all of their weapons for this what was hoped to be a final
fiery "show down" with Tapuyan! Then came Ricco's order.. "Sigue
men, aalis na kayo.( Lets go!) Quickly every one stood up and hoisted
their guns, and other weapons over their shoulders and formed in
a line right at the entrance to the pathway. Benito & John quickly
turned on more flashlights as the Punno gang followed their leader
down the steep rocky path with flashlights shinning everywhere.
The tropical night was mildly warm & humid. It was clear night with
stars but only a sliver of a moon.Like a year ago, the deep shroud
of mystery hung over Sacrifice Valley like a dark & misty curtain
but with 20 men present, an overwhelming sense of adventure dominated
the night as the silence would soon be shattered by the rapid sounds of gunfire, flaming gasoline, explosions, etc. Slowly
& carefully climbing down over the rocks which unlike that horrible
night a year ago were dry, both gangs carefully followed their leaders
as the flashlights shined ahead of them creating numerous ominous
looking shadows. A half hour later Ricco announced that he had reached
the level area at the bottom of the pathway which marked our entrance
into Sacrifice Valley. Here he, along with all the men stopped and
carefully checked to make sure they all knew just which path lead
off to Sacrifice Valley and which one lead to where the tiki statue
stood. (Chris then added that the reason why Luisa followed the
exact path to the tiki was that she was under the control of the
power of Tapuyan.) Ricco then carefully studied the pathway and
then remarked, " Guys, this is a little confusing here. I'm not
sure which path goes where but what we'd better look for is where
there is a line of brown vegetation. It may be pretty well overgrown by now because it has been a year now since Luisa's mysterious disappearnce happened but there still may be
something that looks brown. when you find anything, let me know
because that may be a part of that line of burned grass which that
old lady said she followed and which lead right up to it." For awhile,
all of them stood around and checked the ground as they all kept
an eye out for any sign of old burned grass. suddenly one of Benito
Galvez's members spotted some of it and yelled. Ricco along with
two of his members checked the grasses.Sure enough, this was what
they were looking for! Spotting more browned grasses he then followed
what was left of the old line. "Sigue, This is it guys! Here,it
seems to be heading off down this pathway. Yes this is it alright!
Ok lets get ready & go. They all followed down the second pathway
which lead deeper down into another valley. Chris then went on in
his letter "On that night that we were following Luisa, we only
had one flashlight and in the darkness, we did not see this split in the paths as we kept our eyes on Luisa." As Benito Galvez's
Gang followed right behind Punno's Warlord Gang as they all slowly
walked that second pathway which followed what was left of the line
of browned vegetation. Suddenly off in the darkness, the lights
caught sight of what was a barbed wire fence! Ricco as well as Benito
carefully studied it over."This fence was just put up here recently.I
think that either the police put this up or someone who was on the
investigating team who handled her(Luisa's) disappearance. I'm not
sure just how much further it is but I've got a feeling that its
not too far away now." The next few minutes were spent carefully
laying down weapons on the ground as everyone of the men carfully
crouched down & crawled under the fence. When everyone had climbed
under it,they picked up their weapons again off the ground and reformed
a single line behind Ricco & Benito as they all continued walking
on. Ten minutes later Rico yelled out "Stop!" I think I see something out ahead of us! Shine your lights! As all of the lights focused directly in front of them, there stood
a large stone statue. It had to be at least 25 feet tall (maybe
taller) as it was nessled among a thick grove of acacia & bamboo
trees as many vines, moss& lichons covered it now.) As all of the
gang members slowly approached it and the lights illuminated the
tiki statue, Ricco stopped to get a closer look at what it was while
everyone slowly came up behind him to get a look at it also. "This
is it alright! It definately resembles a tiki statue. Guys,They
say that this was built well over 20,000 years ago by an ancient
civilization of aboriginals. this was an image of their God whom
Manoy found out was known as "Tapuyan." "Ricco, Benito & John continued
to carefully study the tiki while the others looked on. Where the
head had been (when it got blown off by the lightning a year earlier.)
only one "eye" was left above what appeared to be the neck. It was
a "ghastly ugly" looking statue!It definatly had a "monster"look to it! Everyone all agreed. They all then looked at what
appeared to be the large stone arms, which rested on the knees of
its legs. "Compadres,see those arms up there.(Yes)they all replied.That
is where they say Luisa was lying up in those arms totally naked
when she suddenly vanished that night.She was crying there too and
was very frightened!" Curiously John Pogi asked, "You know I am
a little curious, I am wondering if this statue is all solid rock
right through or is it hollow inside? You see the reason why I'm
asking is that if this statue has a "hollowed out" interior,then
there is an outside possibility that Marialuisa may have simply
fallen down inside it! when she was lying up in the arms when they
say the lightning hit and I'm just wondering if what's left of her
body, might just still be in there somwhere." Ricco replied, "Well
that has always been one theory but from what Chris's friend,Manoy
found out from his studies that this is all solidly built right straight through. In fact I can tell by the structure of this statue, that it is built of solid rock all the way through." Ricco
then asked that the members of both gangs find a level spot well
back away from the tiki where they would have a clear sight of it
and get their weapons set up to shoot at it upon Ricco's order.The
men walked back into the jungle to get set up for the attack while
the three gang leaders continued to carefully study the tiki statue
as their flashlights continued to shine on it. "Well what do you
think?" John asked Benito & Ricco, " Well I'm not really sure. It's
going to take a few maybe even several dynamite explosions to destroy
this whole tiki statue to pieces, this is one huge "tiki" but we
are not leaving here until we do it and I won't be satisfied until
I see this thing lying in pieces & burning in flames !" Ricco answered.
Putting his hand on his chin, he(Ricco)then remarked "You know right
now, I am interested in what that "eye" is made out of. This is
very interesting. It seemes to be made of some type of thick, solid glass or maybe even quartz." John Pogi then
remarked, " Ricco,You know what I had heard about that eye?" "What
is that?" He asked in return. "They say that on the night Luisa
vanished here, they all claim to have seen what appeared to be a
dark & strange "glow" coming from the eyes! They all described it
as a mysterious, green color."Are you serious?" Ricco remarked with
surprise. "That's what Chris Deleon along with the other few guys
who were with him claimed to have seen when Luisa approached it
and then climbed up into those arms before she(Luisa)suddenly vanished
when the lightning hit!" "Guys, this whole thing is beginning to
really scare me now!" Benito explained. "Me too" Ricco remarked.
Looking back at where the other men were "hunkered" down in the
jungle and getting set up for the attack, both Ricco & John Pogi
then looked back around at the tiki and said, " Well Guys I think
we'd better plan on getting this over with as quickly possible and get out of here. I think that we'd better blow this thing to pieces and then we're going to throw the biggest "victory party" we
ever had! I can really "sense" something here which I don't like
at all." "We both agree!" Benito & John answered. "OK Guys, Lets
get to it!! Ricco then stepped back into the jungle where he had
ordered his gang members to get set up for the attack and wait,while
John & Benito followed closely behind and then joined up with their
gang members also. " Sigue, Benito & John, Let me know when your
men are all in place & ready!" Ricco ordered to Benito Galvez while
John Pogi quickly went around inspecting every man, making sure
that each of them had his rifle set up,loaded and was ready to fire
on command."OK Guys Here is how were going to do it! I'm going to
shoot first at that big "eye" you all see on top of what was once
the neck. If that is made out of some kind of glass that should
shatter it!" Then I'll yell "HOY" and everyone fire one shot at
once at the head and what appears to be the "nose & mouth." Ricco along with the other gang leaders completed their check of everyone
and then took up their own positions and waited. Then suddenly Ricco
aimed his pistle at the eye and fired one shot with a loud BANG!
Instantly, his bullet hit the eye shattering it into pieces all
over the huge stone shoulders. Cheers rang out as the gang members
all watched. We waited for another second with our guns aimed at
every part of the tiki's head. Then suddenly with the word "HOY!"
The nightime silence became a fireworks scene as twenty guns fired
all at once as their bullets hit and broke off several large pieces
of the nose & mouth! (THESE GUNSHOTS HAD AROUSED TAPUYAN'S HORRIBLE
ANGER!) Ricco then ordered to "cease fire" & wait while he slowly
approached the tiki to get a better look at what damage had been
done so far by the gunshots! "OK Guys Sigue we've done something
here but this is only the beginning, Now lets go to the next phase,
John get a few of your men together and get as many dynamite sticks planted all around and on those arms, while I'm going to get my hand grennades ready to throw at it. Meanwhile John,
You get a couple of your men to spread the gasoline all around the
tiki and make sure those arms & legs are saturated because I am
then going to throw a match on it when we're ready." The men quickly
& eagerly carried out Ricco's right order to the letter! A few moments
later, Ricco & Benito checked to see that all was ready for this
next phase of the "Plan "A" Attack, before returning to their positions
again to begin this next & more violent phase of the attack on the
tiki. Ricco then got ready to light a match to the gasoline covered
statue. Screaming obscenities in Tagalog to the tiki, he then lit
the match. Almost instantly the tiki statue was engulfed in a huge
wall of fire! as more screams of rage came out from all of the gang
members. Suddenly the first dynamite explosion rocked the giant
statue as the flames set off one of the charges. More large stone
pieces fell onto the ground as the "ear & what was left of the neck came crashing down and broke into pieces on the
ground!(NOW TAPUYAN WAS ABOUT TO MAKE HIS GHASTLY RETALIATION ATTACK
ON THE GANGS!)Flames ravaged the statue as the gasoline burned in
an "out- of- control" conflagration! Another dynamite stick blew
up as the fire set it off! Again the tiki violently shook as now
one huge piece of its arms broke off falling to the ground with
a thundering crash spreading the wall of flames. (TAPUYAN NOW BEGAN
HIS ATTACK IN RETALIATION!) Suddenly above the noise of the flames
& explosions one of the gang members screamed that he saw in the
rising billows of smoke from the burning gasoline form into the
huge frightening satanic face of tapuyan! He had huge horns, his
eyes glowed firey red & green with anger! "The member screamed in
horror, "DEMONYO DEMONYO! I SEE HIM! I SEE THE KAMATAYAN! I SEE
HIM TAPUYAN!" Then almost immediately something appeared in the
mouth of the tiki! It was the pointed heads of at least ten huge boa constrictor snakes! They all had to be at least 15 feet in length!
and quickly appeared in what was left of the "mouth" of the statue.
Upon seeing what had appeared, Ricco started shooting in rapid succession
at the serpents as they quickly slithered out from the mouth and
dropped down one by one on the shoulders & what was left of the
right arm of the tiki. Ricco shot twice,killing two of them at once
while more snakes appeared! The gangs members quickly opened continous
gunfire shots on the approaching snakes as one by one they killed
more of the approaching serpents as the remainder got roasted alive
by the flames. John Pogi, Benito Galvez now watched in horror along
with the rest of the gang members as yet another even more powerful
dynamite explosion violently rocked the tiki causing over half of
it to crack & split in two! TAPUYAN'S ANGER SUDDENLY EXPLODED AS
HE RELEASED A MAJOR ATTACK ON THE GANG!)For suddenly from out of
the huge crack in the now "split- in- half" shoulders of the statue
there appeared thousands of vampire bats along with a huge "swarm" of African killer bees! The locusts formed
a large "cloud" over the now broken statue as the gang members suddenly
saw this cloud of bats & bees and reeled back in horror at why they
were not driven back by the intense heat of fire & thick smoke.
Now frightened, every gang member dropped their weapons and ran
further off into the jungle in the hopes of out running this cloud
of bats & bees but they rapidly approached everyone! "OH MY GOD!"
John Pogi screamed, "THESE ARE KILLER BEES! THEY ATTACK IN SWARMS!
GUYS, YOU'VE GOT TO RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! WE'VE GOT TO GET OF HERE
NOW! All 20 men dropped everything and began to run as fast as they
could back to where the barbed wire fence was but the bees were
coming just too fast for them! One by one the painful screams of
the men could be heard as the "swarms' of bees landed on each man
covering them with hundreds of bee stings all at once!The killer
bees attacked the men while the vampire bats also landed on th!
em and the other men and began "ripping" at their faces causing!
blood to ooze from the bites. The men tried to run while swishing
away at the hordes of bees but they were swarming each of them too
quickly. One by one, the gang members fell down on the ground as
more bees swarmed and delivered a deadly series of stings on them!
The painful final screams of many of the men could be heard as one
by one they succumbed to the series of deadly bee stings & bat bites
but we could not turn back to rescue our fallen comrades!. We had
to run for our lives as we ourselves managed to get stung by several
bees. As they managed to quickly climb under the barbed wire fence
and back out to where the main pathway leading out of Sacrifice
Valley was. "We then heard a violent explosion as the tiki was shattered
to pieces! The cloud of bats & bees retreated back to where the
destroyed tiki now lay in pieces amidst the diminshing flames and
began feasting on the bodies of our fallen gang members before retreating
deep off into the jungle. Stung and bitten we somehow managed to get back out to where we left our stationwagons
and get back to Metro Manila where we immediately were all admitted
to one of Manila's best hospitals where several doctors tended to
our many sting welts & bite marks. Out of the 20 men who came with
us that night only seven survived! but the tiki is now lying in
pieces on the ground back there in that section of Sacrifice Valley.
To this day no one is able to get there as another even higher barbed
wire fence was erected across that pathway by the police. The mystery still goes on! 
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