The Mysterious Cave

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2 years ago

Just off the southern part of Mindanao lies a tiny island that is made mostly of a huge rugged rock in the middle of the ocean. Here, there are tell tales and myths from the locals that centuries ago this island has been visited by pirates and left legends of buried gold in their wake.

Long time ago, some have been trying to find out the what lies at the end of the mysterious cave. Using picks and shovels, local treasure hunters would pretend an overnight outing in the island to explore for treasures and gold. My grandmother told me that there were indeed scraps of antiques taken from the cave from some curious fishermen that prowled the area, thus magnifying their belief that something could've been hidden inside for centuries.

A family once take ownership of the island and built a small house. The father and his two sons, Jack and Tom (not their real names), ventured into studying the cave, still for the purpose of finding treasures and gold. A few weeks after, a couple more men came, believed to be relatives of the husband. All five men began digging at one spacious area in the innermost part of the cave. For few days and nights, they worked hard through the dark pit. However, when the digging was seemed so close to success, torrents of water have suddenly surged into the cave and down the pit drowning their hopes, Jack, his father and another man died in that ravagely tormenting water. And was later on known that the cave has been protected by the fairies in the island.

Tom, the eldest son, continued exploring the cave a year after, and was surprised to see that the pit they made was covered again as if nothing happened. He sought help from the local fishermen passing the island, but no one else would even step in the shores of the island. An old man warned him that the island was haunted by the ghosts of the pirates buried in the cave. Tom, however, was persistent, he began drilling on cave edges and walls that he believed were markings of the treasure chest, and madly destroying the nature that inhabit it. Not long after, he was seen dead and floating in the depths of the ocean by some local fishermen, and his mother had gone crazy walking and living in the streets of a nearby city.

A sad story, I'm not even sure if this is a fact or just a myth, this was narrated to me by my great grandma after we play sungka when I was a kid. That was my first time to hear about pirates and thought that they're wealthy like kings, lol!

Anyway, true or not, the question remains the same for the people living nearby, is there really a treasure hidden inside the mysterious cave?


I just want to pull out a lesson from this story.

Life can be great and rewarding if we go through a scavenger hunt, there is nothing wrong in pushing for our dreams to work. But, if in the process, we begin to be selfish, self centered and destructive, then everything is just so wrong.


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2 years ago

I want to believe that to be true. Not because of fairies or some elementals but maybe the technique and limited resources then. Now that we are more advanced, given the right equipment digging now would be a success and prove once and for all if there is treasure there or not.

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2 years ago

Maybe that's actually a trap for those people who has a sin of greed. Maybe it's the pirate who owns the treasure doesn't let anyone to steal his things. Who knows

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2 years ago

People get carried away by greed and I think that leads them to meet their own monsters. I wouldn't want to look for treasure where they say there are ghosts because I know that "they fly they fly".

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2 years ago

Very interesting. Must be there was treasure guarded by the so called pirates. Good read.

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2 years ago

It will always be a legend, that will pass from generation to generation. I liked your article. Greetings friend.

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2 years ago

Don't we have the right to use free pictures here ?

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2 years ago

Yes we can. Free images from unsplash, pixabay etc. Omg! I reviewed the comment I made in your article. Sorry about it. I edited it. Wrong use of a word. Again, my apologies.

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2 years ago

Who knows if there is actually a treasure. But the excessive ambition ended with the family. The poor woman went crazy for a good reason. :(

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2 years ago

I believe it is real. I've heard similar stories from my grandparents before about hidden treasures. The only difference is that in your story someone died but in my grandpa's story, two best friends turn into enemies.

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2 years ago

oh..I guess di pa uso ang katong tool para makadetect if naay gold..hehe and pirates are not wealthy, they are thieves ..hehe

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2 years ago

Hahah! Mao jud sis gamay pa mn gud ko ato abi nko mura sila prince og king hahah! Kawatan mn diay. 😂

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2 years ago

hehehe mao jd sis... manaka pa jd na silag mga barko then mangawat..then usahay manghostage..

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2 years ago

wow iba talaga ang ganda ng Pilipinas ata talaga daw may mga treasures dito pero hangangang ngayon walang maynakakakita,

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User's avatar Amz
2 years ago

May iba na nkakita na, minsan na feature sa KMJS.. Totoo cguro, swerte2x lang din

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2 years ago

Ang gaganda nanaman ng shots mo.. Ang vivid grabe napaka pro parang c @ARTicLEE.. Malay natin meron tlgang treasure jan.. Greediness tlga minsan ang panira e hehehe

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2 years ago

Greed nga at wala ng direksyon na maayos makamit lang ang gusto.. Btw, salamat, galing ni idol lee..

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2 years ago

I would believe that there is. If not treasure it sure more than that. There's nothing harm happened if we will believe though.

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2 years ago

Yep meron nga cguro pero kwawa lang ung mga taong nabibiktima sa misterio..

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2 years ago

Oo nga naman

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2 years ago

I've heard similar stories here in our place too. Some people turning out insane after trying to hunt for treasures in places that are said to be forbidden.

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2 years ago

Uu nga yan kwento nila dun sa baliw na gumagala dati sa lugar na un, nanay da un at namatay buong pamilya nya dahil sa paghahanap ng gold.

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2 years ago

We never know but there maybe some truth to it...

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