PRESIDENT MARCOS SHARES EERIE EXPERIENCES AT BAGUIO”S THE MANSION

FOR generations, stories of unexplained encounters have surrounded the Baguio Mansion House, with some accounts tracing these mysterious experiences to the city’s tragic past during the war.

Recalling his childhood visits to the mansion, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. shared that he and his companions sometimes felt an eerie sensation that was difficult to explain.

“Noong bata kami, pumupunta kami doon ‘pag Holy Week. Siguro, hindi ko alam, baka imagination lang namin, pero talagang para kaming may nararamdaman,” President Marcos recalled.

The President said such experiences were not limited to visitors, noting that even people who lived and worked in the mansion, particularly its caretakers, had shared accounts of strange occurrences, including inexplicable sounds.

“Yung mga tumira doon, lalo na ‘yung mga bantay doon. Sila mismo nagsasabi na talaga meron silang mga nararamdaman, may naririnig, may mga pangyayari na hindi nila masyadong ma-explain,” President Marcos said.

The President suggested that these accounts could be linked to Baguio’s history during the war, when fierce fighting took place.

“Maraming na ano diyan noong giyera, noong panahon ng giyera, ‘yung labanan, matindi ‘yung labanan sa Baguio, paakyat ng Baguio. Kaya’t maraming sundalo diyan ang nasawi, maraming casualty diyan na Amerikano, Pilipino, Hapon,” President Marcos said.

The intense fighting resulted in numerous casualties among American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers.

For the President, the possibility that some of those who perished during the war may have remained in Baguio offers one explanation for the stories of unexplained encounters in the mansion.

“Kaya’t siguro ‘yung mga iba doon ay naiwan na sa Baguio at nakikibisita sa atin pagka tayo ay nakikibisita doon,” President Marcos said.

The Baguio Mansion House was originally built as the summer headquarters for Governors-General during the American colonial period, eventually becoming the official summer residence of the President of the Philippines.

On September 8, 2024, the Baguio Mansion House reopened as the Presidential Museum, welcoming visitors to this historic site in the country’s summer capital