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La Llorana - Bojangles - 08-05-2008
In the early 1500's, La Llorana was the prettiest girl in a small town somewhere in Texas. Every man in town wanted to marry her but there was one lucky man she hoped to marry. He befriended the family and courted her for a few years before they were married. In 3 years of marriage they had two sons.
One day before the oldest boys birthday, La Lloranaâs husband went out to "buy a present.â He said goodbye to his wife and children and left for town. He was never seen again. There were rumors in town saying that he had left his wife for a young mistress. Some say that he was murdered, but no one ever knew the true reason why he left his family.
Eventually, she got over the abandonment, and had her heart set on a rich farmer. They soon fell in love. She told her lover that she wanted to get married, but he said they could not. She was in shock, and asked him why, but he would not answer. Later, he confessed that he could not marry her because of her sons.
She was so furious she ran all the way home. She told her boys that they were going to go and take a bath down at the river. The boys slowly entered the shallow part of the Rio Grande, but she had other plans. She told the boys that they were now old enough to go in the deep end, and so they did. As she pretended to wash their hair she firmly pressed on their heads and pushed them under water, she didnât let go till they were dead.
After watching the lifeless bodies of her precious sons float away down the river, she ran to her loverâs house and explained what she had done. He couldnât believe it and was disgusted by her actions. He declared that he couldnât love a murderer and told her never to come to his house again.
Suddenly, she realized what she had just done to her family. She ran back to the river and wept at the bank. She stayed there and wept and did not eat or drink or sleep until she finally died.
Her soul now walks the rivers edge weeping and looking for her precious sons.
La Llorana - Dollin Downs - 08-05-2008
i remember my mom telling me this story and getting scared she was going to come for me....lol but its funny cause they are like 500 different stories about her in so many places its like where exactly where did it take place in other words if you have a river in your town La Llorana is there haha.....its basically a story that just goes from generation to generation but its a very interesting story
La Llorana - Thera - 08-05-2008
Is it like one of those stories that keeps the kids away from the river? lol
La Llorana - Bojangles - 08-05-2008
It could be. I don't think I've ever personally heard this one.
La Llorana - Thera - 08-05-2008
we have one in town.. but its just about some strange creature that eats people lol.
it definatly keeps the little kids away haha
La Llorana - Bojangles - 08-05-2008
Lol. There's definitely some creepy stories around here as well. Actually, I think someone did tell me the La Llorana story once. It actually wasn't that long ago. They referred to her as a lady in white, though.