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Ojos De Serpiente Historias De Terror - Voces De La Noche · Niebla en el bosque con Evelith von

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From my birth until I went to the University, I lived in an area
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relatively close to the Lacandona jungle, although close is a saying, because it
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was about thirty or forty minutes walking to start finding traces of the reserve.
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Although it could be said that if the family wanted to visit her, it
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was not so difficult. Our parents worked long hours, leaving Laura and me
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alone for most of the day. Laura always was I don' t know
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how to say it differently. She didn' t like being locked up.
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I hated school because I said they didn' t teach important things. She
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always said that there she felt like a caged bird and that she would love
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never to come back, although to tell the truth, everyone in the family
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was convinced that the only reason Laura used to say all those things was because
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the other guys laughed at her and often made jokes that bordered more on school
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bullying. In fact, even though she never told us directly, I remember
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hearing her being nicknamed. Laura the nutcase and honestly didn' t understand why.
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Well, while it was true that sometimes Laura could be a little dreamy,
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she was always kind to everything without very loyal. Besides, he had
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an almost natural talent for drawing. Also, it was pretty good, at
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least in every sport I saw her try not to mention the deep love she
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seemed to have for all the animals, from the largest to the smallest.
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However, all these qualities that could clearly function as a magnet of friends to
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Laura, simply did not serve. On the contrary. After his seventh birthday,
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when not a single child arrived, he said he didn' t want
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to have another birthday party again. As an older brother. I was trying
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to include her in my group of friends, but because by the time this
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story starts, Laura was nine and I was fifteen, well, I think
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it goes without saying that she didn' t always fit into my group of
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friends. It was the stage of our lives where we wanted to sneak in
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on alcohol or smoke our first cigarette, but thanks to Laura we couldn'
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t do much more than be outside or go to the machines to play.
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And even though my friends were too kind to treat my sister badly or tell
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me that it was best for her to leave, for I knew it was
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what everyone wanted, not rather what we all wanted one day. I remember
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that Rubén, one of my best friends, at that time, his grandfather
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had given him a very great rifle of compressed air, which we all wanted
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to try that same day, so we went to a vacant lot. In
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that we put together all the glass bottles we found and put them in rows
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on an improvised shelf that we made with some stones and partitions, along with
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a half rotten piece of wood that was abandoned. Everything seemed to be going
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pretty well around there. They even let Laura shoot a couple of times and
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she seemed to like it. However, at one point a cat passed by.
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He was a little curious about what we were doing, so he stood
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there looking at us for a moment. I don' t remember me realizing
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his presence until Bruno, one of the cousins of a boy in my group
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of friends, who brought the rifle At that time he told us there was
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a cat there. We all turned around to see him, but Bruno had
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a different idea of what he wanted to do with him. He pointed the
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gun at him and said he was betting a fresh challenge on him. I
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don' t think I' m the only one in the group who thought
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that wasn' t a good idea. However, before anyone could say anything,
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he pressed the trigger, which caused one of the lead pellets to be
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fired. Luckily, he didn' t just crash into the floor, raising
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a little dirt and scaring the bruno cat cursed his shot and tried to do
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it once more before the cat left our visual field. However, at that
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time Laura tried to stop him by unwittingly putting her hand right in the rifle
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mouth, causing the balin to crash into the palm of her hand. He
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was stuck to his hand for a few seconds and as soon as he fell,
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a few drops of blood also made him a small but a little deep
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wound. First there were a few seconds of silence because of how fast all
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the hons had been. But quickly the silence broke because of my sister'
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s crying. I immediately received reprehensible glances that told me without opening my mouth.
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It' s your sister you take care of. I should have been
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a good brother. I always thought we could avoid a little pain if I
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had just been a good brother and took her home to try to cure her
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or at least defended her. I would have told Bruno it was his fault
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and apologized to my sister or something, but I didn' t. It
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' s not to justify myself, but I was very young. Seeing me
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great in front of my friends was important to me at the time. Besides,
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even if it hurt to admit it, I didn' t want it
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stuck with me all the time either. She was my sister and obviously loved
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her, but I really wanted to go out with my friends without worrying about
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taking care of her or caring for her, not doing something that later Laura
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could tell my parents by accident, because, although she was not a snitch,
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she was still a little girl who sometimes could talk a little bit more,
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so that day, instead of defending her, I treated her like it
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was her fault and told her to go home. She told me she didn
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' t want to come back alone, but I told her I wouldn'
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t leave, but she did have to leave, so, without knowing what
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to do, she left the vacant lot after a while. I did feel
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a little guilty, but I almost missed it right away. After all,
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it was a somewhat simpler time. There wasn' t that much news about
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kidnappers, and besides, I was more than sure that Laura knew how to
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come home. However, when I returned home later, a chill ran through
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my back as I realized that Laura was not there, The worry quickly seized
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me and I began to look for her in every corner of the house.
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I ran to the neighbors and asked them if they had seen her, but
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none of them had any idea where she might be. Fear and guilt began
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to invade me how I had left Laura alone. I knew I had to
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find her as soon as possible. I took my bike out of the house
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and started looking around. I called his name over and over again, hoping
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he' d show up and go around the neighborhood. I felt responsible for
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Laura' s safety and I couldn' t help but think that something very
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bad could have happened to her and that it was all my fault. My
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mind was filled with disturbing images, but I refused to give up after I
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left the neighborhood and asked about it, even with people who didn' t
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know us, I decided to go home. I didn' t even know
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what I was gonna tell my parents. Laura was my responsibility and I had
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ruined it. However, when I turned my street on my bike, Laura
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was standing on a pretty quiet corner, looking both sides before crossing the street
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to go home. I hadn' t even seen myself. I quickly pushed
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my bike aside and hugged it tightly. However, my relief turned into anger
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and I asked her where she had been all that time, and she replied
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to me that with a friend. I told her I couldn' t leave
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for so many hours with anyone, because I was supposed to take care of
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her and if my parents came and she wasn' t in the house,
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then I would have a lot of trouble. I didn' t even care
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if Laura made a friend. The only thing I wanted at that time was
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to get home and warm up the taper so that when my parents arrived,
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everything would calm down and that distressing and horrible situation would just be forgotten.
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When our parents arrived, we started dinner and they asked us how we had
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gone in the day. At that time I was a little scared because because
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of everything that had happened, I had completely forgotten the subject of the rifle
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and that, thanks to one of my friends, she had a wound in
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her hand. I remember looking at Laura to tell her with the look that
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she wasn' t going to say anything. However, Laura smiled and told
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them that she had made a new friend. Our parents were happy knowing how
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difficult it was for her to be friends at school. They asked her if
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she was someone in her class, but Laura denied and told them she was
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an adult. For obvious reasons, our parents worried about the situation, as
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no normal adult would like to spend time with a child who is not his
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or her own or family. But as Laura began to describe her new friend,
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they both calmed down. According to her, he was a sorcerer who
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always wore sunglasses because he had snake eyes. He told our parents that,
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because of a bad spell when he was a child, his eyes had stayed
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that way every time he was in his normal form. He also told him
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that the sorcerer had the ability to become any animal and could teleport himself.
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Although we all considered that Laura was already too big to have an imaginary friend,
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the three of us agreed that it could be because she couldn' t
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be real friends and because she didn' t hurt anyone at all, my
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parents simply let it go by believing that in a few days she would only
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forget it as it usually happens with the imaginary friends of the children. As
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for me, the situation seemed wonderful to me, because as I went through
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the days, Laura just wanted to go where her friend was and no longer
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wanted to be with me. And my group of friends I guess we all
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had to be more attentive to what Laura did whenever she went with her friend,
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because as far as I know neither I nor my parents were aware of
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where Laura was going when she was going to visit her friend. I know
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why one day, when I was bored, I went to see what Laura
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was doing in her room and saw that for almost all her walls there were
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several drawings of the same person, long- haired brunette and sunglasses. In
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some I didn' t wear glasses and I could see the snake eyes that
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my sister was talking about so much, although the strangest thing was leaves full
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of drawings with weird symbols and weird words, so I knew my parents weren
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' t aware of that, because it was really very strange. Intrigued.
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I asked Laura what those symbols and words meant. She smiled mysteriously and told
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me they were spells. He added that his friend had told him that,
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with enough practice, he could learn how to do them. I also mocked
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her, thinking it was only the product of her childish imagination. Then Laura
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decided to prove to me that her friend and his supposed powers were real.
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He took out an old notebook from his backpack that he used to use as
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a diary and sat on his bed. He read something quietly, but I
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couldn' t understand the words. Then he closed his eyes and began to
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concentrate intensely. My skepticism grew even more as I watched my sister try to
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prove something that I considered impossible. However, at that time a strong door
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slammed from the bathroom. Laura opened her eyes and looked at me triumphantly,
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assuring me that she had been responsible at the time I told her to stop
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telling lies, that no one could do that, but she replied that,
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of course, she did what her friend could and that one day I would
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teach her all her magic secrets and, since I didn' t know what
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else I let go of her, even though I told my parents, who
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told me it was just Laura playing with her imagination and letting her be a
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child. On one occasion, Laura returned home visibly affected. Her eyes were
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reddened for crying and her hair looked distraughtly cut between sobs. She told me
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that some girls at school had done that to her, intimidated her and cut
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her hair mercilessly. Our parents, full of indignation, went to school to
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claim this disturbing incident. However, the school' s response was disappointing.
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It seemed that they did not give it the importance it deserved and hardly took
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action to address the problem. The impact of that bullying episode on Laura was
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devastating. I remember I heard at school that Laura said she had a warlock
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friend and that' s why she had her hair cut. Those girls had
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told her that if her friend could do magic, then make her hair grow,
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and that had caused everyone to laugh even more at her. Despite our
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constant support and comfort, their trust in the school and their companions was further
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damaged. The next day, something unusual happened. The girl who had led
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the harassment and attack on Laura did not attend school and the news quickly spread
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that she had been attacked by a jaguar in her own backyard, which had
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almost completely ripped off her scalp. The news spread quickly throughout the neighborhood,
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generating a great stir and concern among residents. So much so that a search
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party was formed to find the supposed jaguar, but their efforts were in vain.
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They found no trace of the feline, leading to speculation that he had
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returned to the jungle where he belonged. I remember that when Laura found out
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what had happened to her, that girl said bad people get bad punishments for
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the delicateness of the situation, My mom decided that Laura would miss school for
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a month, because she had the belief that so her hair could grow a
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little more and try to match it a little bit. But since Laura was
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only at home and the times she went out she only did it to play
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with her imaginary friend, my parents thought they should spend more time with her,
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maybe teach her to socialize a little better, so that in that way
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she could be real friends and completely forget about that imaginary friend, who they
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considered had already stayed too long. Therefore, that weekend, my parents decided
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to send us for a walk in the busy square of our town. The
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bustle of the crowd, the aroma of food stalls and live music created a
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festive and lively atmosphere. As we walked together enjoying the lively atmosphere, Laura
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suddenly exclaimed excitedly. There' s my friend. Immediately we all turned to
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where Laura pointed enthusiastically. Among the crowd we were able to distinguish a tall
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man with black hair and long brown skin, a blanket shirt and sunglasses seemed
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to fit perfectly with the description that the rra had given of his imaginary friend
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and also that of all his drawings. His presence stood out in the crowd
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as if he radiated a special energy. However, before we could approach or
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even fully assimilate what was happening, a multitude of people quickly passed in front
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of us blocking our vision. When we finally managed to make our way through
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the crowd. The mystery man was no longer there. He was missing without
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a trace. After the strange encounter in the square, my parents became very
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concerned when they realized that the man was real and a complete stranger to them.
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Despite his attempts to find him in the vicinity seeking answers or at least
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to ascertain his intentions, it was impossible to find his whereabouts. I remember
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clearly the Council that gave us a concerned neighbour. It could be someone from
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the Lacandon tribe. It' s not safe that Laura' s dealing with
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people like that. We are not sure of all their customs or intentions.
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With those words, resounding in our minds, my parents made the decision to
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forbid Laura from talking to that man again. They removed all the drawings and
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notebooks Laura had received from him, hoping that his strange friendship would end.
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However, Laura' s reaction was heartbreaking, full of anger and sadness.
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He told us he hated us and he didn' t want to live there
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anymore. At that time we thought she was just a passing tantrum, but
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when we woke up the next day we realized that Laura was not in her
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room. The panic took over us. While we were frantically looking for her
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all over the house, we asked the neighbors, we checked every corner,
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even the police got involved and looked on for a long time, but Laura
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had disappeared without leaving a trace and, as usually happens, in most of
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these cases, my sister only turned. A man on a long list more
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stopped looking faster, just because the fight of the previous day said he had
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fled on his own foot. The pain and uncertainty became constant companions in our
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lives, having no clue as to their whereabouts. Years later I went to
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college and though it took me a lot, I managed to make a life
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in the city. I didn' t like to go where I grew up
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because everything reminded me of her, so I usually paid my parents tickets to
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come visit me. Although that changed recently, my father died two years after
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my mother did. So, being the only heir, I went back to
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the old family home. My o o o o o o o or objecti
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or was to sort your belongings and decide what to do with the property.
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But as I entered the house I was overwhelmed by a sense of nostalgia and
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melancholy. That' s when I saw a woman standing back in one of
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the rooms, I firmly told her I couldn' t be there. But
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before I could say anything else, she turned around. Slowly. My heart
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stopped for a moment as I recognized her face was Laura. It could be
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a hundred years and I could recognize it the same. He looked at me
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with a combination of nostalgia and happiness. He told me he couldn' t
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stay long, but at least he wanted to say goodbye to our parents.
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I tried to ask her a thousand questions and I think I also yelled at
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her a little by asking her for everything we' d been through in her
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absence, but she told me she couldn' t tell me much. He
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assured me that he was fine, that he lived in the Jungle and that
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he had been fine all that time and although he was also not surprised,
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he never doubted that he had made the right decision, but that he could
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not stay and that he still liked to see me again, as he did
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not know what else to do. I just hugged her and told her to
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take care of herself while writing. This is still hard for me to believe
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that that was real. I think maybe I' m so immersed in mourning
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for losing all the members of my family and I just figured it out to
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put some kind of closure on my sister' s disappearance and just to feel
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better about sending her home alone that day. I guess I' ll never
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know. Story written and adapted by Lisa Hernández