 Legends of female vampire @-@ like beings who can detach parts of their upper body also occur in the Philippines , Malaysia and Indonesia . There are two main vampire @-@ like creatures in the Philippines : the Tagalog Mandurugo ( " blood @-@ sucker " ) and the Visayan Manananggal ( " self @-@ segmenter " ) . The mandurugo is a variety of the aswang that takes the form of an attractive girl by day , and develops wings and a long , hollow , thread @-@ like tongue by night . The tongue is used to suck up blood from a sleeping victim . 
