00:00The people that we love in life, are they really still haunting us every once in a while?
00:11Just like in Abra, where a 15-year-old grandmother was never given a chance to read a book.
00:23At first glance, it looks like an ordinary book that Melody picked up.
00:29Betty's aunt was peeling pineapples.
00:32Then I took a picture of her.
00:34But when Melody's mother, Melchi, saw this,
00:38she panicked when she noticed.
00:41I called her many times to see if it was really her.
00:45But it was really her.
00:46I called my mother,
00:48where were you all when you took a picture like that?
00:51We were all here at the grave, she said.
00:53In the picture, there was a different face.
00:57It looked like my grandmother was the one in the window.
01:00Yes, you started that.
01:05The old woman in the window was none other than their grandmother,
01:10Lola Uning.
01:12My mother's face was wide and dark.
01:15In the picture, her face was wide.
01:18What's fascinating about this is that their grandmother
01:22died more than a decade ago.
01:26She died and then she suddenly appeared.
01:33That's why I'm scared and nervous.
01:35If this is their grandmother, Uning,
01:38why does she look like this?
01:48Melody took the picture outside their house in Lagangilang, Abra.
01:54The window where the picture was taken
01:57was also the window of Lola Uning's room
02:00when she was still alive.
02:02This is my mother's room.
02:03She always looks out of this window.
02:09That's her usual style.
02:11Okay, mom.
02:12Okay, be careful.
02:14She doesn't do anything.
02:15She just sits in the window.
02:17When someone passes by, she makes fun of them.
02:19That's where I remove her white hair.
02:21If I need money, I'll pay for it.
02:26In 2009, their grandmother, Uning,
02:29died at the age of 75.
02:32She didn't get sick.
02:34When my brother fed her, she found out that she was dead.
02:38We thought she was gone.
02:40My brother hid something else.
02:45That's why I'm happy because I can see my mother's face again.
02:52I also remember my mother, ma'am.
02:56Because she always wears pink.
03:08Ever since the old woman passed away,
03:11she has repeatedly told them
03:18Mom?
03:20Melchie often dreams of her grandmother.
03:24She visits me.
03:26She asks me how I'm doing.
03:33While Beatriz, Ruben, is with her.
03:39Sometimes, I smell something.
03:42It smells like a woman.
03:45When I lie down here,
03:47I feel like my hair is standing up.
03:49I feel like I'm looking at someone.
03:59And the last time their grandmother visited,
04:02she didn't go home.
04:04She showed up in the picture of her great-granddaughter, Melody.
04:11That's why I'm scared and nervous.
04:14But why does their great-granddaughter feel nervous?
04:22I'm scared, ma'am.
04:24Their great-granddaughter used to be a comadrona.
04:27Maybe she felt nervous.
04:29She remembers me.
04:30She loves me so much.
04:32When my mother scolds me,
04:34she defends me.
04:36Maybe her great-granddaughter is worried.
04:39Especially Melchie's pregnancy.
04:42It's a bit problematic.
04:44I need blood transfusion.
04:47I'm anemic.
04:48Maybe she's watching us.
04:51I was crying when I found out.
04:53It's good to show your face, ma'am.
04:56It's like you're alive.
04:57To find out who or what really joined the picture,
05:01we asked an expert.
05:05What I can say is, it's not edited.
05:07It's edited.
05:10It's like they look alike.
05:12They just look alike.
05:16And in our team's further investigation,
05:19they discovered something.
05:23Betty's husband.
05:25He looks exactly like her, ma'am.
05:28It's not me.
05:29I left the house.
05:33And there's a possible truth
05:36that Ruben wasn't at their house
05:38when the picture was taken.
05:41On July 21, I met Ruben
05:43when he was on his way to the terminal.
05:46What's the truth behind the mystery in the picture?
05:51We'll find out when we come back.
05:56We'll come back.
06:00A picture taken from a house in Abra
06:03is now being brought by the police.
06:08The picture, which looks like an old man
06:11with a knife in his hand,
06:13was taken by their grandmother,
06:16who died 15 years ago.
06:19Yes, you started it.
06:20He died, then he suddenly showed up.
06:23That's why I'm scared and nervous.
06:26The picture was examined by an expert.
06:29When we enlarge the picture,
06:32you can see the sharpness,
06:35which is just the window.
06:36That's a ghost image captured by the camera.
06:38It should be dense.
06:40It should be blurry or have transparency.
06:42It looks solid, especially the elbow.
06:44There's no sign that it's moving.
06:47But it's crooked.
06:48It doesn't move.
06:51That's why it's a real person.
06:52It's something that the neighbors believe.
06:57It's not my grandmother.
06:59She's a small woman with long hair
07:01and a thin face.
07:04Her hair was long before
07:07and she didn't tie her hair.
07:09They thought that it was a picture
07:12of Betty's husband.
07:17There's no one else,
07:18but the one who's with Beatriz,
07:20Ruben.
07:21She's Betty's wife.
07:23She looks like her, ma'am.
07:26But Ruben defends her.
07:28It's not me.
07:29I left the house.
07:32She went to Bangued at that time.
07:34In the picture,
07:35the plate number is the same as yours.
07:38What can you say about this?
07:39I left right away.
07:41I didn't go inside the house.
07:43From July 21,
07:44in the morning,
07:45we were here in Mamasada.
07:46We were with her.
07:47When she came home,
07:48it was 5 a.m.
07:49She's like our mother.
07:50That's how we remember her.
07:53We don't lie.
07:55We can't get anything.
07:57In Filipino culture,
07:58there's a belief
08:01that people don't go far.
08:05It's easy for Filipinos to think
08:06that there's a mysterious event
08:09that's connected to people going far.
08:12When you speak of spirit,
08:14it doesn't have any shape.
08:16It doesn't have any appearance.
08:18When a person passes away,
08:21his soul goes to the person
08:23he's supposed to go to.
08:25This Friday,
08:26Beatriz visited
08:28the grave of Lola Uni.
08:31Mother,
08:34you always watch over me.
08:37Give me strength
08:41to take care of our grandchildren.
08:44I miss you so much, Mother.
08:48I miss you both, Father.
08:56Whether it's Lola Uni or not,
08:58what's in the picture
08:59is one thing for sure.
09:01The love of our loved ones
09:04who are no longer by our side
09:09will continue
09:10until the next life.
09:13I hope you're still alive
09:15so you can taste
09:17my efforts
09:19so I can pay you back
09:21for taking care of me.
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