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Tikbalang (Tagalog), a.k.a. Tuwung (Negrito); Tayho (Visayas)
One of the more popular beasts is the tikbalang, a man with a horse’s head. It likes to mislead people by way of assuming the appearance of its victim’s friend or relative. If your tito smells like horse shit, run away.
What to do: Run away. If, again, adrenaline kicks in, mount him and snatch three strands of hair from his balding head. He will fly off, with you of course, hoping you’ll lose balance and fall off. So just hold on, until he gets tired and brings you home. He will become your faithful servant.

Kiwig (Aklan)
Taking the shape of a stooped dog, cat, or pig with fiery eyes and tangled, coarse hair, it bites humans’ necks, kills them, and then feasts on their raw flesh.
What to do: Wear your hair long and loose. Carry garlic, onion, lemons, and ginger.

DWARVES
Well, Disney got their dwarves quite right. Big eyes, ears, noses, and mouths, long and thin beards—they look like old men with a three-year-old kid’s height. They’re wealthy creatures with jars of gold in their underground homes. And at about noon or sunset, they visit people’s homes.

Careful not to hurt them because they will get back at humans worse how we’re hurt them, intentional or otherwise. An easy thing to do because dwarves are not visible to the human eye. So this is why elders tell us to ask for permission when passing by anthills, roots of trees, and warn them when we’re going to discard something that may hit them (like beer bottles, cigarette butts, and pints of piss).

Meet the little men you may find in your backyard: