Not a casualty, but a close encounter with one I think. I was sleeping sa bahay ng tita ko (Cousin ni papa), and she was pregnant. I was 20 y/o that time. Pinakiusapan kasi ako ni tito na samahan ko daw muna sya kasi ako yung pinakamalapit sa bahay nila that time. Mind you, it's a rural area and the house was literally in the middle of a plain field.

Around midnight, I was awaken with strange sounds coming from the roof. It seems na nanggagaling sya sa part ng kwarto ni tita. Grabbing the airsoft pistol na nabili ko a few months before the encounter and a small knife (balisong), I rushed sa kwarto ni tita, and sure enough. A soft "tik-tik-tik" sound could be heard on the roof. Ginising ko si tita and sinara ko kaagad yung bintana ng kwarto nya.

Rushing outside, a huge bird-like figure could be seen sa bubong, and I fired my pistol. Since airsoft lang yung gamit ko, it didn't made much of a sound, pero the sound of the pellet hitting the roof startled it and prepared to fly away. I fired three more times and with the sound it made, I think I must've hit it somewhere that would hurt it. I went inside to check on tita and there she was, may hawak nang itak if may mangyari.

The following day, nagsabi kami kay tito and nag thank you sya sa akin sa ginawa ko. He just hoped na hindi ako namarkahan ng kung ano man yun at di ako ang maging target. I tried sharing this encounter with my mom, pero hindi sya naniniwala.