CARAMOAN │Matukad Island's Mystical Bangus

Matukad Island Lagoon.

Caramoan has so many hidden beautiful Islands but there's a mystery behind one of it. The most beautiful and the first Island we visited was Matukad Island which has the finest sand and beautiful sedimentary rock formations, but behind these rocks lies a huge mystery.

Another view of the lagoon.

 Unveiling the mystery isn't that easy, you should climb approximately 20ft. high rocks to see the lagoon that houses it.

We have to pass this challenge to know the mysterious thing that made people amazed and elude at the same time. It's not that hard to climb these beautiful rock forms. It's not that sharp and there are plenty of branches that you can hold on to. Actually it's an advantage for rock climbers and mountaineers, but if you have the guts, muscle strength and endurance you'll definitely reach the top!

"That's the lagoon"

Finally we're at the site where we saw the mystical creature. The area was full of rock wedges with trees around. Actually, we weren't able to get really closer to the lake because it's really hard, "buwis-buhay" event, so we just waited and enjoy view from afar.

Bangus silhouette. 

Mystical creature up close.

 Here's the story about the milk fish. According to our tour guide, the story behind this 6 kilos mysterious fish happened  about 20 years ago, where 2 Bangus "milk fish" with unknown origin lived in this lagoon. During that time a man with his son went out to search for food for their family. Unexpectedly, they found the said lagoon hidden above those huge rocks. They saw the 2 milk fishes, caught 1, brought it home and ate it. The day after, the whole family died. Since then, no one ever tried to catch the Bangus left anymore. No one also did know what's the gender of the said fish.

The milk fish from lagoon.

I ask our tour guide, why shouldn't they put a couple of Bangus there so it will have some friends hehe, plus they can breed that bangus to other bangus and it will live happily ever after!lol. Well, They just prefer to leave it like that to share the story to tourists.

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