Urban Legends: Lore, Lies or the Truth

[~*~Kit_The_Kat~*~]

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If you see the Chupacabra or Goatsucker CALL 1-800-MEMORON.


Get it, Me....Moron. Needless to say, this story is a hoax, but a well done hoax at that.

[libra254]

well, like probably most of us, I too have heard of Bloody Mary.
Also, theres a ton of them I remember hearing when I go to Mexico (I"m Mexican-American and go down to my mother country every year). Anywho, the most popular is one they call , "La Llorona" or the crying lady. Supposedly, (from the version i was told) there was this woman who had I think 3 kids. Well, one day she took her children to the river, drowned them, and threw them in. When she realized what she had done, she stared crying b/c her babies were gone. Now she wonders late in the night crying, crying, crying..b/c she lost her babies.

[~*~Kit_The_Kat~*~]

La Llorona a.k.a. Sofía lived in a town where if you weren't married by the age of fifteen you were considered an old maid. Sofía was nineteen, single and extremely beautiful. But she was also considered selfish and egotistical, with some people even claiming she was a witch.

Sofía's reclusive life changed after meeting Luis. His physique and charm dazzled all the women--including Sofía. They soon became lovers, and within a year she gave birth to his son. Only a few days after the child's birth, Luis disappeared. Despite Sofía's agony, everyone blamed her.

One afternoon she overheard two men joke about having seen Luis in a nearby town with another woman. Sofía's sadness turned into uncontrollable rage. She ran to the lake and submerged her baby in water until there was only silence. When she realized what she had done, she let out a horrifying cry. Sofía stayed at the lake crying for days until she finally passed away. Since then, several children playing near the lake have mysteriously disappeared without a trace.

That is one explaination of La Llorona as a witch... there are several others describing her as other things... such as a siren.... with the name of Laura...

Laura was an attractive girl from an extremely humble background.

Almost as soon as she could walk, she began working to help support the family. When she was sixteen she landed a dream job as a sales clerk. Within a few days on the job, she met Miguel, a well-to-do man who relentlessly pursued her until she finally agreed to go out with him. One evening after only a few weeks of knowing each other he asked her to marry him. Laura accepted, and that night she made love for the first time.

After their passionate night, everything changed. Miguel refused to see her. Laura soon discovered she was pregnant and struggled to hide it as long as she could.

When her parents finally found out, they threw her out of the house. Her baby was born sick and undernourished. With no other place to go, Laura turned to Miguel and begged for his help. He told her to stay out of his life.

Laura wandered to a nearby lake and slowly walked into the water until both she and her baby were consumed.

A few weeks later, Miguel mysteriously disappeared. Since then, men who have been out drinking or cheating on their wives have also disappeared, all having last been seen following a mysterious woman through the winding streets of the dark city.

[~*~Kit_The_Kat~*~]

another such tale of La Llorona is that of her as a harlot named Linda:

Linda grew up in a tough part of town. She had learned from a tender age to use what she had to get what she wanted. A single mother, she worked as a waitress and was growing tired of her dead-end life. On one of her evening shifts, she met Alejandro, a sexy man with a decent job who was an easy target. Linda knew how to please men and easily seduced him.

She soon brought up the idea of getting married. Alejandro told her he couldn't marry her because there were prying eyes. Since Alejandro had always avoided being around Linda's baby she immediately thought her child was standing between her and a new life.

One week later her baby's body was found in the river. Shortly after the funeral, Linda again asked Alejandro about getting married -- now that she had "taken care of things." Alejandro was horrified and told her that it wasn't her baby that had kept him from marrying her, it was his mother. Linda started screaming like a crazed animal, grabbed a knife, stabbed Alejandro and then killed herself. To this day, children playing near the river hear her cries and run from her screams. And finally the last story of La Llorona that I have heard is the one of her as Maria the virgin... :

María lived with her parents in a small, conservative community. She was innocent, sincere and, above all, her father's pride and joy. When she was only fifteen, something unusual happened. María gave birth to a baby boy. No one had even suspected she was pregnant. Her parents - especially her father - felt disgraced and betrayed. A shotgun wedding was the only solution. But when asked who the father was, María claimed she had never been with a man. Finding this hard to believe, María's parents struggled to keep the baby a secret.

One night when María was sleeping, her father quietly entered her room and took the child.

He carried the helpless bundle to a nearby river and threw him into the water. María woke up screaming, sensing that something terrible had happened. She ran out and saw her father heading back to the house. By the time she reached the river, it was too late--not only for the baby, but also for her. Blood was pouring out of her body.

María left only a trail of blood beside the river. Shortly after her disappearance, people in the community started seeing apparitions of a young girl holding a baby, weeping beside the river. These sightings continue to this day.

[triquetra123]

~~*~Kit_The_Kat~*~~ said:

After looking several places I couldn't even come across this story, but I'll continue looking.

I saw something about this on TV today. It was an "Unsolved Mystery" story. Kinda freaky and I'm not sure what to think about it.