Bonfire Tales

The Curse of La Llorona

(The tale of La Llorona is of Latin American origin)

"They say that La Llorona was once a poor young girl who loved a wealthy nobleman. The two would go on to have three children together. La Llorona wished to marry the love of her life, the wealthy nobleman. But he refused to marry her due to what she'd done. He said he would have married her if she hadn't birthed their three children out of wedlock. The sick bastard said he found it disgraceful," Suzanna stated.

"That's crazy. He impregnated her and yet he called her a disgrace for having his children. What a scum," Bill mumbled.

"La Llorona was indeed determined to marry the man of her dreams, you see. So, she drowned her three children to prove her love to him. Yet, he still didn't marry La Llorona. Instead, he married another woman, a younger woman. La Llorona walked along the river where she'd drowned her three children, weeping and calling for them. But it was too late, they were gone. Filled with grief and anger, she drowned herself. Instead of being united with her children, her soul was condemned to wander the waterways, weeping and searching for them till the end of time," Suzanna said. "Years later, two young men were carpooling home from work when they heard a terrible wail. They saw a glowing figure of a young girl dressed in all white weeping and wringing her hands in agony. They drove away as fast as they could. The ghost of La Llorona remained in the rearview mirror until they turned the nearest corner," she finished.

"But nothing happened to them, right? I mean it couldn't have since they didn't communicate with her lost soul," Bill stated while glancing at each of his friends.

"But something did happen. It might not have been the same night, but something happened," Ashley argued.

"Nothing happened that night so the two guys laughed it off and decided that they'd just imagined the whole incident," Suzanna said with a chuckle. Later followed was a sinister pause before Suzanna continued again, "The next night the same two men were heading home from work like the previous night. Yet, this time, their tire gave out. When it did, the car went crashing into a huge tree in the exact place they'd seen La Llorona. Both men died immediately from the crash."

"That's bizarre. I thought she only harmed children because she longed for hers?" Bill stated.

"Some say that she takes people's children, some don't. No one really knows the full story. Only thing we really do know is that she weeps and wails for her lost children near the river bed. After all, she was condemned there."