In Season 3, Episode of Grimm, titled Mommy Dearest, the heroes destroy an Aswang, a monster from Pilipino mythology that sucks amniotic fluid from pregnant women and then eats the fetus.
From The
Culture Trip
“Deep in the darkest heart of the Philippines sits a
terrifying creature. As night falls it begins the hunt for human blood,
stalking its prey in the shadows of your town, neighbourhood and even your own
home.
“Its tongue drips in hunger, emitting a tick-tick-ticking
noise from the vast darkness. This is the aswang, the most feared creature in Philippine folklore.”
Nick, Hank and the cast eliminate the aswang in Portland, but
60 years before the Portland incident, an Air Force counter-guerrilla advisor
used the aswang to eliminate Communist insurgents.
As Wikipedia says: “…Lansdale
spread rumors that Aswangs, blood-sucking demons in Philippine folklore, were loose in
the jungle. His men then captured an enemy soldier and drained the blood from
his body, leaving the corpse where it could be seen and making the Hukbalahap
flee the region.”
That is called psychological warfare, but
these days probably falls under
“war crime.” There used to be a saying, “All’s fair in love and war,” but modern society has removed war from the equation.
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