‘Friendly kid ghosts may be something else…’

The ghost of a supposedly innocent child playing in your house – or the one roaming around your office or playing in a nearby park – might not really be a kid’s soul but an evil spirit, a paranormal expert warned.

In an interview with the Manila Bulletin, paranormal investigator Jade Martin said evil spirits usually pose as innocent children to appear harmless.

“In more than three decades of being a paranormal investigator, I started at the age of nine, I often notice that in most places I’ve investigated, there are certain spots where a ghost of a child is prevalent. Whenever I hold tours and give lectures I would always tell people that I am skeptical when it comes to ghosts appearing as kids,” Martin said.

“Children appear harmless, they easily get sympathy and we often see them as angels. But always remember that evil spirits can disguise themselves as angels of light to deceive people,” she explained.

And when the evil spirit posing as a kid has finally got the sympathy of its target, it will attack anytime soon.

“’Yong iba naghaganap ng mabibiktima. Probably, para i-drain, ‘yong iba i-possess (Others are looking for victims. Probably, to drain their energy or to possess them),” Martin said.

Some of the evil spirits, on the other hand, just want to play and scare people.