Alice Dixson explains Taong Ahas urban legend: 'I want to set things straight'

Alice Dixson released her much-awaited vlog about the Taong Ahas urban legend late Saturday night.

The 15-minute video first explained what the Taong Ahas urban legend was, how Alice's name was dragged into it, her actual experience in the aforementioned mall, and several theories on how and why the urban legend came to be and survived all these years.

Sharing her experience, Alice said "I don't even recall why I was in Robinsons Galleria," the mall where the Taong Ahas allegedly lived. 

"And then someone close to me and even a couple of fans said or reminded me that the incident took place on a movie shoot," the actress continued.

According to Alice, it was already night time when she needed to change into her costume. "They directed me to the bathroom outside the department store."

She became specific: It was on the 4th floor, Alice said, and "may mga nag-oosyoso sa labas. And for some reason, while i was inside the bathroom, I said, 'tuklaw-tuklaw'."

On why she said that, Alice doesn't really know why. "Maybe because I was just being funny? I was trying to get a laugh sa mga kasamahan ko? I was being young and silly? Also because yung time an yun, my co-star sa 'Dyesabel,' Richard Gomez, had a movie that was called 'Tuklaw'."

Alice said just a few days after this incident, the gossip about her being bitten by a snake in a mall came out.

She narrates that a representative from the mall called her soon after. "I believe they wanted to ask me if I had made these comments and these accusations. But I dismissed it and went on with my business."

"However, the news did not die down. Months after, pag nakakausap ko yung mga Chinese-Filipino friends ko, they were saying, totoo nga. And of course, this was usap-usapan. Wala naming pruweba to this," Alice continued.

Actress believes this was when the rumour really started to build.

Being a graduate of mass communications, Alice hypothesized that a mass communication curriculum of an unnamed school must've used the story in a project "to see how far and how convoluted and how long information could spread."

But she also takes some of the responsibility saying, "Perhaps my silence was a contributor factor sa paglaki ng rumor na ito."

Still, Alice defended herself and said, "even before, when there is something false circulating, naniniwala ako na hindi ko kailangan patulan. I don't have to be defensive about it. This is one of the reasons bakit hindi ako nagkumento nuon.

"I really didn't feel the need to talk about it or defend myself," she added.

Alice said, she's telling about her story now because she had an agreement with a family friend that "after a certain point,  I would actually reveal my story, or I will tell my story."

"This is the time that I want to set things straight."

She refuses to say this is a denial, "because a denial is something you say when something is actually true — you deny the truth — but i'm not denying anything because what I'm saying is, that nothing really happened."

"Nothing really happened in the way that the urban legend or the myth dictates."

In the 80s, urban legend has it that Alice Dixson, while fitting clothes in a mall department store, fell down a trapdoor and managed to escape through an underground corridor that led her out to a nearby hotel.

She was allegedly paid P850M to keep quiet about the incident, and soon flew to Canada.

"Those things are all not true," Alice said in her vlog. — LA, GMA News