Does anyone know a few Hispanic urban legends?

Question

Does anyone know any such as "La Llorona" or "El Chupacabra"?

Answer 1

There is an urban legend called La Pascualita concerning a mannequin in the window of a bridal gown store in the city of Chihuahua.

Local rumor has it that the mannequin is really the embalmed body of the former store owner's daughter. The former store owner was called Pascuala Esparza. La Pascualita means 'Little Pascuala' (i.e. her daughter).

According to the legend her daughter died from the bite of a Black Widow spider on her wedding day, so Pascuala embalmed her and stood her up in the window of the store.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

you know what?! i dont know if its classified as hispanic urban legend but it sure is san antonio urban legend...

the story goes that there was a field trip, & of course there were some kids on a bus... while rididng to the field trip or coming back (im not sure) their bus got stuck somehow over some railroad tracks... well, a train came by while they were stuck on the tracks & none of them survived. but what makes it spooky, is that if u go to those tracks now, turn off ur car & put it in neutral, u will start to move over the tracks. its said its bec the ghosts of the children dont want anyone else to get hit by a train there & theyre the ones who are supposed to be moving ur car... some people put baby powder or something of that nature on their car because they swear after u go over the tracks, u'll see handprints from the pushing children...

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Does anyone know a few Hispanic urban legends?
Does anyone know any such as "La Llorona" or "El Chupacabra"?

Answer 5

"Los cheneques" little elf looking creatures that are known to be seen only by small children there are many sayings about these creatures, like in Oaxaca Mexico they say the women put the shirts backwards on the infants because these creatures will try to steal them and take them far and do bad things with them.I don't know what good the backwards t-shirts do but it keeps the baby's safe. In other places there has been allegations that these creatures called "chaneques" play with some children but insist they miss behave. Bottom line, they are bad.

There is another one I know from Tijuana Mexico, it goes like this; "La leyenda de Juan El Soldado", It's about a soldier that got falsely accused by people back in the war in Mexico, they say he raped a young girl, but later after being hung found the real killer.After him being hung and dead people started praying near his burial and strange things started to happend to these people, like many say miracles and other say nice events after praying near his burial. He is buried there in Tijuana Mexico alot of people can even take you where he is at.

Answer 6

I have seen la llorona is very scarry. I remembered one day when I saw the legend on the history channel and I was like, Holy **** it is scary. I also heard of La Casa Matusita. Oooh, that's a creepy one.

Answer 7

I have heard of "LA Llorona". That was one scary story mind you. There is a creek on the way to San Antonio on I-10 called, La Llorona creek. I have seen it many times. I don't remember where exactly it is but It is en route to S.A.

Answer 8

I have heard of both. La Llorona was a very scary told to me as I was walking home after dark one night. I was told to stay in the light so she couldn't get me.

El chupacabra is the "goat sucker"!

Answer 9

I don't know who those people are, but my nieces great ,great
and I don't know how many great grandfather was a President
from Mexico and was killed by someone else famous. But I do
know The last name is Carranza. It was from her DAD BEAT DAD side. I wish I remember all the names. She was look up
her family history and made a family tree and the man looked
like her dad, it was pretty trippy.

Answer 10

The Weeping Woman
(La Llorona)

by Joe Hayes

This is a story that the old ones have been telling to children for hundreds of years. It is a sad tale, but it lives strong in the memories of the people, and there are many who swear that it is true.

Long years ago in a humble little village there lived a fine looking girl named Maria Some say she was the most beautiful girl in the world! And because she was so beautiful, Maria thought she was better than everyone else.

As Maria grew older, her beauty increased And her pride in her beauty grew too When she was a young woman, she would not even look at the young men from her village. They weren't good enough for her! "When I marry," Maria would say, "I will marry the most handsome man in the world."

And then one day, into Maria's village rode a man who seemed to be just the one she had been talking about. He was a dashing young ranchero, the son of a wealthy rancher from the southern plains. He could ride like a Comanche! In fact, if he owned a horse, and it grew tame, he would give it away and go rope a wild horse from the plains. He thought it wasn't manly to ride a horse if it wasn't half wild.

He was handsome! And he could play the guitar and sing beautifully. Maria made up her mind-that was, the man for her! She knew just the tricks to win his attention.

If the ranchero spoke when they met on the pathway, she would turn her head away. When he came to her house in the evening to play his guitar and serenade her, she wouldn't even come to the window. She refused all his costly gifts. The young man fell for her tricks. "That haughty girl, Maria, Maria! " he said to himself. "I know I can win her heart. I swear I'll marry that girl."

And so everything turned out as Maria planned. Before long, she and the ranchero became engaged and soon they were married. At first, things were fine. They had two children and they seemed to be a happy family together. But after a few years, the ranchero went back to the wild life of the prairies. He would leave town and be gone for months at a time. And when he returned home, it was only to visit his children. He seemed to care nothing for the beautiful Maria. He even talked of setting Maria aside and marrying a woman of his own wealthy class.

As proud as Maria was, of course she became very angry with the ranchero. She also began to feel anger toward her children, because he paid attention to them, but just ignored her.

One evening, as Maria was strolling with her two children on the shady pathway near the river, the ranchero came by in a carriage. An elegant lady sat on the seat beside him. He stopped and spoke to his children, but he didn't even look at Maria. He whipped the horses on up the street.

When she saw that, a terrible rage filled Maria, and it all turned against her children. And although it is sad to tell, the story says that in her anger Maria seized her two children and threw them into the river! But as they disappeared down the stream, she realized what she had done! She ran down the bank of the river, reaching out her arms to them. But they were long gone.

The next morning, a traveler brought word to the villagers that a beautiful woman lay dead on the bank of the river. That is where they found Maria, and they laid her to rest where she had fallen.

But the first night Maria was in the grave, the villagers heard the sound of crying down by the river. It was not the wind, it was La Llorona crying. "Where are my children?" And they saw a woman walking up and down the bank of the river, dressed in a long white robe, the way they had dressed Maria for burial. On many a dark night they saw her walk the river bank and cry for her children. And so they no longer spoke of her as Maria. They called her La Llorona, the weeping woman. And by that name she is known to this day. Children are warned not to go out in the dark, for, La Llorona might snatch them and never return them.


El Chupacabra

Named because of the way it sucked all the blood from Puerto Rican goats, the Chupacabra has been leaving fear in its tracks for many years now.

First spotted in Puerto Rico in 1994, the Chupacabra has since migrated off the island and has recently been spotted in many locations including South America as well as the US. Although it was named because of its choice of goat-blood as a meal, the Chupacabra has reportedly attacked and devoured the blood of a wide variety of animals including dogs and sheep. As far as we know, there have yet to be any human fatalities.

Due to the distinct technique the strange animal has of killing its prey, it is very easy to tell if the Chupacabra was involved in an animals death. Animals are found with puncture wounds in their neck and most of their blood removed. Often, the victim's organs have disappeared even though the only wound is a small hole in the animal's neck. Reports of laser-like cuts on the victim's ears are also common.

Although some people say they have seen the Chupacabra's tracks, in many cases there are no signs of blood or tracks around the dead animals.