Loakan Road in Baguio and Balete Drive in New Manila are two of the most popular haunted roads in the Philippines, and they both involve a tree and a kaperosa or white lady.
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References:
Loakan Road
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loakan_Road
- https://lakbaybaguio.com/2012/10/baguio-city-white-lady/
- http://philurbanlegends.blogspot.com/2012/03/white-lady-and-haunted-tree-in-loakan.html
- https://www.baguiocityguide.com/scary-stories-5-haunted-places-baguio-city/
- https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/107288
Balete Drive
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balete_Drive
- https://opinion.inquirer.net/64301/the-ghost-of-balete-drive
- https://www.topgear.com.ph/features/feature-articles/admit-it-balete-drive-still-gives-you-the-creeps
- http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/the-white-lady-of-balete-drive
- http://philurbanlegends.blogspot.com/2012/02/white-lady-at-balete-drive-about-white.html
- https://yvettetan.com/2018/03/03/we-went-ghost-hunting-along-balete-drive-and-this-is-what-we-found/
- https://theghostinmymachine.com/2017/09/11/haunted-globetrotting-the-white-lady-of-balete-drive-the-philippines/
- http://www.ghoststoriesworld.com/haunted-places-in-philippines/haunted-balete-drive-stories
- https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2010/10/28/624511/have-you-met-ghost-balete-drive
- https://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2014/03/04/rubber-snakes/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171209052708/http://magandafilipino.com/the-story-behind-the-white-lady-in-balete-drive/
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
(Photo above via thebenildean.org)
