Talk:M.I.A./@comment-24885123-20140430185642

It's a common folk story in the Philippines. Forests (actually Jungles) are home to supernatural beings that play with men. What happened  was that an "engkanto" trapped them in the jungle for 50 years, where time slowed and no one aged. The incident with the shack was the "engkanto" preying on the hapless soldiers and when it was satisfied, it released them from the trap.