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La OFRENDA Rota - Historias De Terror - Voces De La Noche · Niebla en el bosque con Evelith von

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Next story. It' s not mine, but it was something my grandfather
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told me and I found incredible and very interesting. Day of the Dead is
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a Mexican celebration in which the dead are honored with food, altars, dances,
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etcetera. We know that our dead come to visit us that day and
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that' s why we put the best food on our altars. They liked
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his pictures and lots of flowers. But many people do not believe that the
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dead return and their loved ones who come from the afterlife come back empty-
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handed and sometimes disrespecting such an important celebration has consequences, and that' s
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what happened to my grandfather' s best friend, Salvador, was a very
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hard- working man who lived on a ranch on the outskirts of Puebla,
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dedicated himself to the countryside and was very harsh his seriousness cooled the heart of
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whoever saw him. He had married, but even his wife. It was
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very serious and unloving. The reason was that just a year earlier his mother,
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father and brother had died in the same accident and had been something that
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had left him totally marked. Salvador bore with him a deep sorrow since the
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tragic loss of his mother, father and brother in that devastating accident. His
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face reflected the bitterness of his wounded soul and his seriousness had become his protection.
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Life on the ranch outside Puebla was hard, but his hard work in
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the countryside was his refuge. As the day of the dead approached. His
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wife tried to soften his wounded heart, urging him to participate in the holiday
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and honor his loved ones, but Salvador kept in his position that he did
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not believe in those things, in the idea that the dead would return to
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visit. He refused to make an altar for his family and to join the
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celebrations. He said that he preferred to put himself to work, to waste
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time and money on that kind of thing, that it was clear that the
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dead would not return, nor would he ever do it, nor should he
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accept it and move on with his life. Anyway, my grandfather says he
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also persuaded him to put an altar to his deceased. I told him it
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was very important, but Salvador said no. Since they had been best friends
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for more than twenty years, they had a lot of confidence and Salvador told
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my grandfather that he felt very bad, that he didn' t want to
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know about it, because he remembered everything about his family. My grandfather had
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already realized that Salvador had changed a lot since the death of his family before
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that tragic accident. He was a nice guy, always with a smile on
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his face and liked to share a good tequila with friends and family on cool
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ranch nights. He always went to the ugly dead- day activities in the
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middle of the ranch. He put up altars and was always willing to feed
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tradition. He looked after his wife and was loving to her. My grandfather
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says that basically before all bad, Salvador was a happy man. My grandfather
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spoke to Salvador and told him that everything was going on for some reason and
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that in the end we have the option of acting in a good or bad
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way with our pain and that it seemed to him that Salvador should not continue
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to play fort, ignoring anything that was for his sake. He also said
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that he should be kinder than he used to be and loving to his wife,
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as such things would make his family happy in the afterlife. Sometimes people
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can' t rest if you hang on like that. To them, Salvador
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told him that it was very difficult for him and that he knew that he
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could no longer change and be himself from before. There was no way.
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His family had given up this world and to finish it he confessed to my
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grandfather that he could not have children, so all he had left in the
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world was his wife and my grandfather, his best friend. That' s
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why my grandfather told him that just for that reason he should be good to
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his wife. And finally, Salvador said he would try. Even though I
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didn' t promise much. Salvador continued his life on the ranch. Although
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it was not an instant change, he gradually began to be a little more
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kind to his wife. My grandfather continued to support him, inviting him to
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the feasts of the day of the dead and encouraging him to build an altar
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in honor of his family. As the days passed, Savior began to realize
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that he remembered his loved ones in a more positive way as on the feasts
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of the day of the dead. Helping him heal a little, he began
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to smile from time to time, sharing pleasant moments with his wife, and
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although the pain was still there, it seemed lighter. One day before the
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day of the dead, Salvador, together with my grandfather, built a beautiful
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altar for his mother, father and brother. He put pictures of his family,
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his favorite meals and many flowers of Zempasuchili. While doing so, he
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recalled the joys they shared together before the tragedy and a tear of gratitude rolled
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down his cheek. Everything seemed to go great in Salvador’ s life and
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that made his wife and grandfather, his best friend, very happy. But
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that only lasted a while, because just the next day, in the morning,
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something rather sad and disappointing happened. In the morning of the day of
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the Dead, my grandfather went to Salvador' s house to agree on the
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time when they would go to the center of the Ranch to celebrate the celebration.
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Upon arrival, however, he discovered that Salvador had not yet risen.
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Salvador' s wife, noting my grandfather' s visit, kindly offered to
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have breakfast together as they waited for Salvador to wake up. While sharing breakfast,
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my grandfather and Salvador' s wife were livelyly chatting about the preparations for
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the holiday and the importance of honoring loved ones, in addition to saying that
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they were very happy about the change in Salvador' s mood. However,
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his conversations were interrupted by a loud tumult the door of Salvador' s room
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had been whipped with Fury and when he finally left, he was completely enraged.
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Salvador' s face showed a rage that seemed to have been repressed for
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a long time. His wife and grandfather were surprised by the unexpected explosion of
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anger. Savior in sobs. He confessed that he had had a dream during
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the night when his mother, father and brother visited him, but instead of
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seeing them happy, they began to mock him for being so weak. My
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grandfather and Salvador' s wife were totally surprised. Salvador' s wife gave
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him a strong hug and told him that it had only been a dream that
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he did not worry, that surely his loved ones were very happy because he
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had set them an altar to honor them. My grandfather also told him that
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that dream meant nothing, that at night they would go to the center of
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the ranch to celebrate the dead and that he was sure that his family would
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be happy to see them happy to celebrate. But Salvador seemed to ignore any
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of his friend’ s words or his wife’ s words. He was
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completely furious and told him that all his effort had been futile and his family
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would not really return, that all those celebrations were useless and that the fact
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that he was more kind was not helpful at all. My grandfather and Salvador
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' s wife were very disappointed in his attitude, because a few days ago
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he behaved in a totally different way and could not believe that for a simple
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dream he would change all that advance he already had at that time. Salvador
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went to the altar and began to throw everything on the floor, breaking the
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dishes with food and throwing the candles with fury, while tears of pain and
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courage fell in his eyes. My grandfather and Salvador' s wife were totally
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surprised. They did not understand how that dream had ruined everything, in addition
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to that situation being a complete disrespect for the dead, because even on the
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altar were the photos of his wife' s relatives who were no longer in
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this world. Salvador' s wife began to yell at him to stop,
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please, from throwing everything away, and even a few tears broke out.
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Seeing that scene, my grandfather didn' t know what to do at the
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time. He tries to calm his best friend, but he ignored it.
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He kept pushing things to the ground, stepping on the zempasuchili flowers, breaking
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the glass of the candle glasses. My grandfather told Salvador' s wife not
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to worry that they would make a new altar, but she told him it
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was impossible because they had already spent a lot of money and could not afford
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to spend more. My grandfather, although he wanted to help them, could
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not because he was also very poor and it had cost him a lot to
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get the money for his own offering. But he told Salvador' s wife
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that he could put a picture of his relatives on his altar so they could
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take something from the world of the living. She thanked him with tears in
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her eyes. Finally, exhausted by fury and sadness, Salvador stopped and fell
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to the ground, surrounded by the shattered remains of the altar. At that
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time, my grandfather knelt beside him and reminded him that the Day of the
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Dead was a celebration of love and respect for loved ones who were no longer
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in this world. He told her that what mattered was the feeling and intent
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behind the offering, not the material things. Deep down, Salvador was sorry
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for what he had done, but he continued his position of not celebrating the
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Day of the Dead. My grandfather decided to go home so he wouldn'
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t cause any more tension and then thought that maybe his friend' s anger
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had already gone away and wanted to leave him alone at home to reflect on
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what he had done. Later, in the hope that Salvador would be better,
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my grandfather invited him to the celebration in the village, where everyone would
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come together to remember their loved ones. Savior refused once again by clinging to
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his bitterness. It was a dead day and as the church bells rang in
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the village, Salvador decided to work in the countryside. As always, he
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ignored traditions, but his heart was restless. He recalled that his wife had
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begged him to accompany her to the celebration at the Rancho Center, but he
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for not wanting to disappoint his deceased relatives for his weakness decided to continue working.
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In fact, he got to think about all the money he' d
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lost. When he threw down the altar, he repented a little and thought
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it best to remove it and not throw it all away. But it was
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no longer time to repent. While working alone in the camp Salvador felt lonely
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and full of remorse. As the sun went down and the day of the
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dead progressed. The ranch was filled with laughter and music from the village,
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where the holiday was in full. The silence in the field reminded him of
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what he had lost and how his attitude had wounded his wife and best friend.
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A deep sadness took hold of him and finally realized that he had made
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a big mistake by ignoring traditions and disrespecting his loved ones, so he decided
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to go downtown and celebrate with his wife and friend, as well as apologize.
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But just as the sun was about to go away, it was hiding.
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He walked for a long time between the plots, thinking about what he
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would tell his wife and friend also how he could get more things to put
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in a new offering. But that' s when he realized he was walking
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in circles and couldn' t find his way out. That made no sense,
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for he had worked those lands for years. Salvador felt lost in the
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countryside, just like when he lost his family. The rage and sadness had
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caught him. Already now he was literally lost among the furrows that he himself
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had sown the sun was hiding on the horizon and the darkness was beginning to
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wrap. The Salvador ranch was alone in the midst of shadows and distress.
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He realized that he could no longer escape from his emotions and the traditions he
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had previously ignored. It didn' t make any sense that I was lost.
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So despair became present and when night finally arrived, he began to hear
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steps between the plots. He thought that maybe it was his wife who had
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gone looking for him, said his name several times, but no one answered
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suddenly. As he adjusted his eyes to the darkness, an object fell very
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close to him and realized that it was a very large stone. He kept
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thinking about who had been able to throw that stone, as it was very
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heavy. For someone normal to hold on to. I looked everywhere for an
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answer, but he saw no one. He wanted to leave that place now.
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He wanted to be with his wife and best friend, wanted to see
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if he still found anything to put in the offering. I was sick and
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tired of being there. So he kept walking, trying to find the right
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way, though it seemed like he was in a maze. Something made it
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stop dry. He began to hear voices They were like murmurs, but many
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people were heard. He turns around to see who was making sounds, and
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when he realized it, he almost fainted. He saw many people walking between
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their plots. They all carried pots of food, flowers, bread wells,
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full of hot chocolate. Everyone looked very happy, but it made no sense
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that there were people at that time on their plots. In fact, I
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' ve never seen so many people together, not even when all the people
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in town went to mass on Sundays. Suddenly he began to feel fear and
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deep sadness, and it was there that he realized that these people were not
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alive, because he recognized several people from the ranch who had already died,
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covered his mouth with his hands not to scream and that they did not realize
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his presence at that time. In between the multi. He realized that there
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were his parents and his brother walking. They carried in their hands pieces of
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bread, broken candles and an empty pot with no food. When he saw
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it, he realized it was the things he had thrown on the ground.
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That very morning and then something in his heart broke. He yelled at his
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mom and dad He also yelled at his brother' s name. Then they
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turned, but instead of being happy to see them their faces denoted disappointment and
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deep sadness. Savior knelt before them with tears in his eyes, desperate to
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explain that what he had done that morning did not reflect his true feeling.
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He begged them to forgive him and to understand that he was struggling with his
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pain and bitterness, but instead of answers, he only heard murmurs sounding to
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lament. Then his father approached him slowly with a grimace of pain and sadness
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on his face and said to him with a voice that seemed to come from
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the depths of his soul. That it was too late, that his selfishness
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and anger had changed him a lot and that he had neglected his wife and
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family, even though they were no longer there. They needed to be honest
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and remember their lives with love and celebration, but they had none of that
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in them. Savior could not contain tears, he was overwhelmed by sadness and
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guilt. He promised his loved ones that he would change, that he would
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honor his memory in the right way, and that he would never again disrespect
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the traditions of the day of the dead. But his father told him it
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was too late. As his loved ones slowly moved away, Savior found himself
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only in the middle of his plots with a broken heart, but determined to
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correct his error. He knew that he had a lot of work ahead to
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heal his heart and restore the connection with his loved ones to be the hereafter,
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if it was still possible. After that horrible and sad experience, he
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was finally able to reach the center of the ranch and then saw his wife
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and friend there, who were celebrating the Day of the Dead along with all
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the other people on the ranch. When they saw him coming, they were
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surprised, but even more so when they saw his face full of sadness,
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repentance, and tears. His wife immediately hugged him and asked him what was
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wrong with him. Salvador told her and her friend to accompany him to the
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house. Please tell them something and it was so that he told them everything
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that happened to him on the plots that he had been lost, that someone
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had thrown a very, very large stone at him, that he had seen
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the faithful dead walking between their plots and the main thing, that he had
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seen his parents and his brother with all the things, that he had broken
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in his hands in the morning, that although he was totally re- repentant,
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his relatives had not forgiven him for the disrespect he had committed that morning.
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Both listeners were completely surprised and comforted Salvador by telling him that it was
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surely a hallucination because of the guilt, but that could be corrected. His
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wife took out some coins she kept and went to buy some things for the
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offering. Thanks to heaven, some shops are still open for the holiday,
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so he bought as little as he could and took him home. He told
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Salvador that they would put the offering back and that his family would surely be
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happy. So, Salvador felt more at ease and when his wife brought things
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in, she helped her put things in. Everything seemed to be going well.
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Again, the three of them were very happy. They partyed for a
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while telling anecdotes about their relatives and then my grandfather left and Salvador and his
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wife went to sleep. But the next morning something happened that no one would
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ever imagine in their worst nightmares. When Salvador' s wife woke up,
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she saw him sleeping quietly and then she went to make breakfast. But at
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noon she noticed that her husband had not yet woken up, so she went
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to see if everything was all right. When he entered the room, he
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realized that Salvador was still there, so he spoke softly to wake him up,
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because he had to go to work, but Salvador did not move.
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Then his wife moved him but nothing, so with her heart in her hand,
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she took the pulse from her husband' s neck and realized that Salvador
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was dead. A cry of terror came out of her, knelt down and
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tried to move her husband again, but he was no longer breathing. My
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grandfather says that his relatives, who are no longer with us, took him
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away for disrespecting the tradition of the day of the dead, and that was
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a very sad thing for his wife and for his friend anonymous account.