The Robinsons Galleria Scandal

The Robinsons Galleria of having a snake man once again blew up after the alleged disappearance of a 22-year-old girl named Jovelyn Galleno. She was seen in CCTV footage entering the mall but was never seen exiting on August 5, 2022. According to the news, the Galleno family received a text message from the girl asking for food for dinner and she failed to receive any salary from her work. The family, worried about the situation of her not coming home after several hours, went to the mall but it was closed when they arrived.

Since it has been weeks since Galleno was heard from her loved ones, some people assumed that she is already dead. But the question is, if she is dead, how? And if she is not, where could she possibly be?

There was an urban legend concerning a half-human and half-snake life figure roaming around the mall. Filipinos are always creative when it comes to mysterious things. However, I do make conclusions that these theories will not evolve anywhere if there is no 60% chance that they are true. But we will give the benefit of the doubt since this is the only time that someone is really missing and it involves an ongoing scare for the people who like to go to that mall.

There is a movie called Shake, Rattle and Roll XV. Shake, Rattle and Roll has been in the lives of viewers because of its collection of three different horror stories fixed into one film. During the 15th movie of the anthology, there is an episode entitled "Ahas". It stars Erich Gonzales as Sandra who is the heir to the Alegria Mall. She also plays Sarah who is the snake-life woman, living deep down in the mall. The plot of the story is actually great. It talks about the love between sisters, the love in partners as well as family issues.

Now, the movie also stars Alice Dixson. Her character is the mother of the twins. In the movie, she didn't like Sarah when she was born so the father, Alberto, played by Ariel Rivera, decided to bring her down to the mall and feed her. Sarah is considered lucky but as she grows, she starts to request bigger things as well. Until one day, one of the construction workers fell down and was eaten by Sarah.

Going back to Dixson, there is one incident involving her when she had a movie shoot in Robinsons Galleria. When she was changing in one of the rooms, "out of nowhere", according to her, "Tuklaw", which translates to (Snake) bite. She said that she was just being funny about it but it brought on the speculations about the alleged snake twin brother of Robina Gokongwei. They are the kids of John Gokongwei who was the owner of Robinsons. It is rumored that the brother was living there, in comparison to the movie.

In my calculations, since Dixson is considered a popular actress ever since then, these speculations were widespread and the people were just scared about it. The story might have added a lot of spice or taken a lot of bits, but the main idea of someone living down below is still the scary part.

The search continues for the missing Jovelyn Galleno as it was like approximately 22 days since she was seen. Some people say that Galleno might have changed outfits so investigators can't properly recognize if she did exit the mall. Some people are claiming that they had seen her somewhere in the neighborhood.

But if I were to be asked, this case shouldn't be a "long-term" thing because Robinsons is a big industry here in the Philippines. If Jovelyn isn't really missing, the owners can hire multiple people because news like this is not really a good thing for a business. Or maybe, she isn't really missing?