Creepy Latin American Myths, Folklore And Ghost Stories
The Latin American culture has its share of urban legends, myths, folklore and ghost stories. Some are terrifying! But some other are stories...
By gable1939
Published 9 years ago in Creepy
The Latin American culture has its share of urban legends, myths, folklore and ghost stories. Some are terrifying! But some other are stories that try to convince people to behave in a good way according to local moral guidelines...
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Chupacabra, Many accounts suggest that the creature stands about four to five feet tall. It has powerful legs that allow it to leap huge distances, long claws, terrifying, glowing red eyes, and distinctive spikes down its back
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El Cucuy, Mexico's version of the boogie man or the monster in the closet or under the bed. Parents use El Cucuy as a way to scare children into obedience by telling them that if they are bad, El Cucuy will get them
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La Mala Hora, A creepy story from Mexico. The name means the Spirit of the Evil. La Mala Hora said to be a figure of evil spirit or a demon that roamed the streets of the town were deserted and attack those who was there alone.
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The White Death, A little girl that hated life and she wanted to get rid of every trace of herself off the planet. Soon, She killed herself and people found out. The people that found out died a few days later. Their limbs torn apart.
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La Llorona, A widow was sad after the loss of her husband she couldn't take care of her kids. So she threw them in a sack and into the water,drowning them. After a while of being alone with her grief. She became so regretful that she went looking for them, but couldn’t find them. So she jumped into the river and drowned. Now her soul wanders the water calling "Mis ninos" or my kids over and over
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La Casa Matusita, one of the most haunted buildings in Latin America, One day a husband found his wife in bed with another man and, mad with jealousy, he killed them both. Then he waited for his children to come back from school, killed them and then committed suicide
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La Sihuanaba, A shape-shifting spirit who has the body of a hot and attractive woman when seen from the back and is often naked, Men come upon her while she's bathing on dark nights. Not seeing her real face.... a horse face
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El Silbón, The tale of a son who cuts out his father’s heart and liver and then feeds them to his mother. Now wanders the land carrying a sack of bones over his shoulder. Described as being terribly skinny and extremely tall
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La Carreta Nagua, If you hear the clatter of La Carreta Nagua coming down your street in the middle of the night, you shouldn’t look out the window, or you’ll catch sight of the haunted carriage, driven by Death and being pulled by two skinny oxen one black, one white
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El Sisimite, A half-man, half-gorilla beast characterized as being very short but strong, with hair all over, it's said to have feet that are backwards. Therefore, when you see his footprints, it looks like he’s walking away from you, when in reality, he’s coming for you
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La Luz Mala, is not a person, but an evil light that is seen near swampy regions. Resembling wisps of light that float inches above the water, it’s said to lure people from the safety of the shore to the dangers of the swamp. Manybelieve that these lights are the crying souls of those who died before their sins were forgiven
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El Cadejo, is a dog of great size and penetrating gaze, Some people say that it represents an evil spirit which appears to people who wander late at night, persecutes and hypnotize its victims with its huge red eyes, similar to burning coals. According to the legend, if black cadejo hypnotize you, it can steal your soul
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El Duende, Seduces young women, wooing them with his sweet voice and beautiful melodies. Once they become bewitched, he stalks them and braids their hair. Under his spell, they become unable to eat or sleep...until, eventually, they die
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La Patasola, Appears as a beautiful and seductive women, tricks their victim deep into the jungles,reveals its true appearance as one-legged freak with ferocious vampire-like, attacking and eating the flesh or sucking their blood
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Lechuza, Is an owl with a head of a witch, if you wistle it will wistle back, you will wake up the next day with bruises on you and at night around 11:00 or 12:00 it will come and try to kill you.
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