It is like the attack of Freddy Krueger on nightmare on Elmstreet when
11 Filipino sailors died due to a nightmare.
It was 1960 when the US Naval Hospital found in Guam summoned Dr.
Gonzalo Aponte to investigate the bizarre death of 11 sailors. These 11 Filipino sailors are said to be
complaining about nightmares before they died inexplicably on their sleep.
This is the time that Aponte found reports about SUND (Sudden Unexpected
Nocturnal Death) that can be traced back to 1917. Though Aponte was able to connect the bizarre
death of the 11 sailors he was unable to form a concrete conclusion about their
deaths caused by nightmares.
During the Early 20th century, an American anthropologist
wrote about a creature that is quite similar to an Alp.
A Lim-um can cause a person to experience nightmare by sitting on their chest
and stomach causing suffocation. A
similar English vampire creature known as mare is also believed to suffocate
their victims while sleeping.
The case that happened to the 11 Filipino sailors is somehow similar to
the vampire attack that happened during the medieval period. They said that they have been experiencing
nightmares for a number of nights until they finally died during their
sleep. Most of the Eastern vampire would
drain the energy of their victim while they were sleeping. These victims would complain about nightmares
and the vampire creature would return every night feeding on their life energy
until they die.
The case of the 11 Filipino sailors is not the only case of death due to
nightmare. In 1980, 18
Laotian refugees died under the same circumstances.
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