The Legend of Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president, for me, is a lifetime famous influential politician not only in the Philippines but, perhaps, all over the world. Influential in a sense that he opened the minds of Filipinos for another unity (well the first was against Spaniards), although they always refer it to Aquinos, which also caused other countries to begin their protest against their own dictator or the like. Being a dictator for almost 21 years (1965 - 1986), he became the most powerful in the country. His wife, Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, became as well an influential first lady, known with her hundreds of pairs of shoes and sandals collection.

However we're not focusing on his own life as a leader, but we're going to talk about urban legends connected to him.

There was this legend that still persists in Ilocos Norte:
  • That Marcos is alive.

  • That he is kept living by embryonic fluid in some secret facility.

  • That his skin is nice and fresh and that he walks among us but does not look at all like the original Marcos.

  • That the "corpse" in Paoay is really just wax.

  • That his gold certificates are still being encashed, etc., etc.


  • Ferdinand Marcos is ALIVE?!



    It was rumored that Ferdinand Marcos was still ALIVE. It was very outrageous! His devotees were making stories hoping that the dictator is still alive till now.

    The wedding depicted here is unknown. I don't know who the persons here were.

    [Taken from E-mail:]

    A Woman in her forties was invited to stand as the principal sponsor in a wedding to be held in one of the big churches in Manila. The bride and groom had told her not to be shocked when she sees one of their special guests, who was supposedly a long lost kumpadre. So she went to the wedding and there she saw the man, walking very oh so slowly along the aisle. She thought then that if the man were really alive, she'd at least expect him to be confined to a wheelchair, either because of old age or his reported illnesses or both. But the man was walking all by himself, albeit a cane and some bodyguards surrounding him. Then came the signing of the marriage contract, and the woman had thought of checking if the man and his famous signature would match. They did. She later learned that his being alive is top secret and is known only among the man's followers. The man is none other than Ferdinand Edralin Marcos.


    Ferdinand Marcos is made of WAX?!





    The corpse of the once powerful dictator now lies inside a refrigerated glass coffin in a mausoleum, wearing a barong Tagalog and black slacks. He will remain there unless the government will sponsor a burial with military honor.

    Anyway, in Filipino burial tradition, a corpse must not wear shoes, however, previous Pres. Ferdinand Marcos wear black shoes, as if, it's covering something. His whole body look like not a real biological body but a body made of WAX.

    It was not true. His family claims that the corpse looks waxy because it has to be waxed periodically for preservation.


    We're aware that his time is full of complicated and conflicting stories. If you will browse the whole blog, you'll find other urban legend and/or hoax having his name (or family name) involved.

    Sources:
    http://spoonlagoon.blogspot.com/2008/10/pinoy-urban-legends-20.html
    http://lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/ferdinand-marcos-restless-corpse/
    http://ph.news.yahoo.com/philippine-urban-legends-093005285.html

    Image Source:
    http://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/imelda-kisses-coffin-of-ferdinand-marcos.jpg?w=300&h=227

    Comments

    1. Its true maraming tao nakakalam sa kanya specially mga ka APO niya..

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    2. Patay na sya, adik lang kayo? Dictator? San nyo napulot yan? Sa libro nyo nung Elementary?!

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      1. Dictator....galing sa word ng dictatorial,bobo

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      2. read between the lines> Stupid Yellow Bastard!!

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    4. I thought Mrs. Imelda Marcos is a devout Roman Catholic but what she and her family is doing is against one of the Catholic's religious practices which is to "bury the dead".

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    5. He is Alive and still is the sole signatory of all contested Global Collateral Accounts.(this is what I believed)

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    6. I personally saw the "body" of Ferdinand Marcos in Batac. What I can say is up to now, the Marcoses are making fools of the Filipinos by saying that it is the real body of the dead president. And also, we paid P50 per person to see it. As if what he plundered was not enough to maintain that "show".

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    7. mga bobong pinoy talaga, walang ibang magawa kundi lumikha ng mga gawa-gawang kwento, mga kwentong kalye, kwentong squatter

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      1. exactly only a fool can believe this article.

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      2. My gosh. Kaya nga URBAN LEGEND diba? meaning di sya totoo. i cannot contain your stupidity kaya nga urban legend kase diba gawa gawa lang sya. GOOOOSH I CANNOT.

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    8. Many said that he is dead. Is there a death certificate when he died in Hawaii in 1989. There should be a report from the hospital at least or from the doctor who's taking care of him at that time. If he is still alive, he about 97 years old. If he is still alive then their family and the media has fooled a lot of people not only the Filipinos and the whole Philippines but United States as well.

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    9. feeling ko wax na nga lang yun. ewan. di ko rin naman alam. pero feeling ko talaga wax nalang yun eh. hahaha

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    10. Possible its wax and there are lot of secrets with marcos family. but there are secrets that needs to be a secret.

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    11. His alive and I'm not joking ..

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    12. Sa tingin ko buhay pa talaga si marcos kasi may friend lolo ko na anak daw sya ni marcos sa labas at sabi nya na buhay pa daw si marcos...
      Hindi lang natin alam totoo..

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    13. With marcoses wealth i can say that Ferdinand Marcos may really be alive up to now. Imagine getting all the money from yamashita treasure. With money anything is possible na.

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    14. There are many pictures showing Marcos alive. Even his passport issued in 2005 is going to expire this 2015-
      The one who die to the Hawaii it was a barber, not the real.
      Now He is 99 old but seems around 70

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    15. Alive and in china.imelda always there in china.

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    16. Much better siguro na buhay pa sya. We all have lots of questions that he must answer. Especially those who are born when he was gone

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    17. Nag CoC si Marcos sali daw kayo sa clan nya lols mga gunggong! Bwahahh

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    18. buhay pa rin sya sa ala ala ng bawat filipino ..hahaha

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    19. I once had a chatmate and who confessed to be a psychic..these psychic have their own kind of frequency which they can communicate without seeing each other anywhere in the world..when they see one, they know one..and this chatmate of mine claims that Marcos was still alive (we chatted and met around 1997-98; was surprised with her revelation and that Marcos is just disguising himself when in public.. fact of the matter is, Jaime Licauco is a known psychic, never met or known Marcos but he was called by Marcos to go and meet him..Marcos knew. Jaime Knew.Marcos has got powers, very powerful inner powers

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    20. marcos did'nt get his wealth from yamashita's (maybe some of it) :) but his real wealth came from "someone's" gold...

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    21. but what I can tell you is that , he did not get his money from government funds or kick backs or from the Filipino people. He is not a thief. the thieves are those who replaced him!

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    22. marcos sr. is alive
      somewhere in cotabato protected by ........

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    23. Ferdinand Marcos SR. is alive somewhere in cotabato protected by armed people

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    24. Si bruce lee patay na

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