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- 0:05When I was young, I lived in a small town in Oaxaca, where
- 0:09I worked as an assistant to a santera. The village witch was an elderly
- 0:14old woman, but the people of the village respected her and feared for her
- 0:18magical abilities. I enjoyed helping her, as the work was not difficult and
- 0:25the profits were very good for my age. That town was filled with superstitions
- 0:31and legends that were transmitted from generation to generation. Stories of wandering spirits,
- 0:38forest creatures and ancestral curses were told quietly on the dark nights, while adults
- 0:43gathered around the bonfire and the children listened with their eyes wide open. One
- 0:51of those legends was that of La Llorona, a woman condemned to wander forever
- 0:56along the banks of the rivers in search of her drowned children. It was
- 1:00said that if you heard her cry, the pain and despair emanating from her
- 1:04sobs could drive the listener crazy. As an assistant to the saint, I
- 1:11was in charge of collecting medicinal herbs, carrying messages to the inhabitants of the
- 1:18village and attending their rituals. But beyond these daily tasks, she also had
- 1:22access to knowledge, hidden and ancient, knowledge that the old woman shared with
- 1:27me, as she gained her confidence. It was then that I began to
- 1:33understand the true nature of the world in which I lived, a world where
- 1:38magic and the supernatural were as real as the shadows hovering over us on moonless
- 1:42nights. One afternoon after completing my day' s chores, the saint called
- 1:49me by her side. Her voice was grave and trembling, as if something
- 1:53disturbed her deeply. He told me that he had had a vision of a
- 1:59great evil approaching the village, an evil that could only be stopped if we
- 2:04carried out a protective ritual on the next new moon. He instructed me to
- 2:09collect certain rare and dangerous ingredients, such as the poison of a coral snake
- 2:15and the heart of a black crow. He also taught me an enchantment that
- 2:20I had to memorize and recite during the ritual. He warned me that I
- 2:24should not tell anyone about what I was doing, as those who did not
- 2:30understand magic could interfere and endanger our lives and those of the whole people.
- 2:36So, with the burden of that secret on my shoulders, I went into
- 2:39the woods looking for the ingredients. Night without sleep and days of hard work
- 2:46waited for me as I fought against the forces of nature and the unknown.
- 2:52Loneliness and fear were my only companions, as I faced creatures and spirits I
- 2:55had never imagined. Finally, the night of the new moon arrived the saint
- 3:04and I gathered in a clearing of the forest near the river, where it
- 3:07was said that the crybaby wandered that night. The air was charged with electricity,
- 3:14as if the atmosphere itself was holding its breath, waiting for the result
- 3:20of the ritual. The saint began to recite ancient words as I held the
- 3:24ingredients and repeated the enchantment she had taught me. As the moon rose in
- 3:31the sky, the shadows seemed to twist and move around us. However,
- 3:38more than something supernatural, I had the feeling that those shadows were the product
- 3:44of my imagination and the fear that seized me. The tension slowly dissipated and
- 3:50the night returned to its state of calm. The saint said that the evil
- 3:54had been contained, but I could not help but feel a certain restlessness that
- 4:00accompanies me in the following days. One day, the saint told me we
- 4:03were going to visit a nurse outside the town. She had been experiencing bad
- 4:10luck and had seen strange things in her house. The santhera wanted to be
- 4:15a clean woman and I had to help her. I accepted enthusiastically the idea
- 4:20of making even more money. When we arrived at the nurse' s house,
- 4:26we met a tired and frightened woman. His eyes were full of worry
- 4:31and sadness and it was evident that he had not slept well in a long
- 4:35time. The saint began to prepare the clean by mixing herbs and holy water,
- 4:42while I lit candles and smoked every corner of the house. While we
- 4:47were doing the cleaning, the nurse told us her story. Turns out he
- 4:51had been looking after a sick old man who lived alone in a nearby house.
- 4:57The man had recently passed away and the nurse had since experienced a series
- 5:02of unfortunate and inexplicable events. At first, she thought it was coincidences or
- 5:10bad dreams, but soon she began to suspect that something more sinister was at
- 5:15stake. In the course of cleaning. The Santera and I found several things
- 5:20that could have been contributing to bad luck and strange phenomena. There was a
- 5:28room in the house where the nurse kept personal items from the deceased old man
- 5:33and there we found an old mirror and a series of photographs. The saint
- 5:39explained that these objects could be holding the old man' s energy and causing
- 5:45problems in the house. After completing the cleaning and getting rid of the objects,
- 5:49the nurse felt an immediate relief. His house seemed lighter and his face
- 5:55reflected gratitude and hope. Although there was nothing supernatural about what we had done.
- 6:01The nurse was convinced that the saint and I had taken away a vindictive
- 6:05spirit. Leaving the nurse' s house I couldn' t help but think
- 6:12of the thin line between reality and the legends that had shaped our perception of
- 6:16the world. That night, when we were about to get home to the
- 6:21saint, the phone rang the nurse’ s trembling voice. On the other
- 6:28side of the line he informed us that peace had been ephemeral despite the cleanness.
- 6:33Again he started hearing strange things in his house. He mentioned that he
- 6:39had spoken to his neighbor, who revealed to him that the elder he cared
- 6:43for in life had been an avalanche, a being capable of becoming an animal.
- 6:47The neighbor suspected that the elder’ s soul had not left and instead
- 6:51remained at home. The santhera with a worried face. He asked us to
- 6:59go to the next day to investigate further and see if we could do anything
- 7:03else. I accepted even though restlessness and fear began to take over me.
- 7:11Upon arriving at the nurse' s house the next day we received an atmosphere
- 7:15even more gloomy and oppressive than before. The sunlight barely filtered through the windows
- 7:20and the shadows seemed to move furtively in the corners. A chill ran through
- 7:28my back as I perceived a sinister presence in the room, where we had
- 7:33found the old man' s personal belongings. The nurse told us that during
- 7:39the night she had heard unexplained noises and drowned whispers coming from that room.
- 7:46As the darkness deepened, the noises intensified into grunts and howls, as if
- 7:50a wild animal were trapped inside the house. In addition, he had perceived
- 8:00a nauseating smell, such as that of decaying flesh, which seemed to emanate
- 8:05from the walls. As the saint examined the room, I noticed that the
- 8:09old mirror we had removed the day before had returned to its place on the
- 8:16wall I approached cautiously and I could see that the glass was tarnished and the
- 8:20damp spots formed grotesque and twisted figures. That' s when something caught my
- 8:26attention. In the mirror reflection I could see a creepy creature, half human,
- 8:31half beast. Watching us from a corner of the room, his yellow
- 8:39eyes shone with malevolent intensity and his mouth full of sharp, dirty teeth.
- 8:45She twisted into a sadistic smile, the saintly one. Realizing my terror,
- 8:50he also looked into the mirror and his face paled as he saw the abomination
- 8:54that haunted us without wasting time, began to recite a protective oath and ordered
- 9:01the nurse and me to form a circle around him, as she drew mystical
- 9:05symbols on the ground with chalk and salt the atmosphere became even denser and heavier
- 9:11and the air was filled with a long- stiming and chilling groan. The
- 9:18creature in the mirror seemed to get angry. His image twisted and distorted as
- 9:22he spun gutural grunts. The room trembled under the influence of supernatural forces and
- 9:30objects began to move by themselves, rising up in the air and crashing against
- 9:35the walls in a cacophony of chaos and destruction. The saint continued to recite
- 9:41the spell with a firm and determined voice, despite the terror that seized us
- 9:46all. As his words resounded in the room, the figure in the mirror
- 9:52seemed to weaken and slowly dissolve in the shadow, the lastime moan became a
- 9:58lament of the desperate o' s and finally, in an inaudible whisper and
- 10:01suddenly, the air cleared up and the room returned to normal. The mirror
- 10:09on the wall no longer showed the image of the creature, but simply our
- 10:15own trembling and exhausted reflection. The saint assured us that the spirit of the
- 10:20navaal had been expelled and would not torment the nurse again. Thankful and relieved,
- 10:28the nurse hugged us and thanked us with tears in her eyes. The
- 10:33saint, though tired, seemed satisfied with her work and told us that it
- 10:39was time to leave. As we moved away from the nurse’ s house,
- 10:43I could not help but feel a mixture of amazement and fear for what
- 10:48I had just witnessed. He had first- hand experienced the reality of the
- 10:54supernatural world that he had hitherto believed only as legends. From that day on,
- 11:00my perception of life and magic would change forever. The next day I
- 11:05arrived at the santera' s house and saw an old woman outside. The
- 11:09woman had marks on her face and skin that seemed to be the product of
- 11:15unimaginable suffering. Their wrinkles were deep as if they had been carved for the
- 11:20same time in their flesh. His skin was covered with scars and dark spots,
- 11:26testimony to a life full of hardships and secrets. His countenance was cold
- 11:31and terrifying, as if it were the very incarnation of death. His eyes,
- 11:37sunken and surrounded by dark shadows, stared at me as if they could
- 11:43see to the depths of my soul, despite the sun shining in the sky,
- 11:48a feeling of cold and uneasiness invaded me, making me tremble involuntarily.
- 11:54I greeted him in the good afternoon, but she didn' t answer me.
- 12:00His mouth almost toothless and twisted in an unpleasant grimace, remained closed.
- 12:05However, I could perceive a low, guttural murmur that seemed to emanate from
- 12:11his throat, as if he were reciting some curse or spell in an unknown
- 12:18language, trying not to give importance to his behavior. I got in the
- 12:22car with the santera ready to go to the nurse' s house. The
- 12:26saintess, however, informed me that the old lady would accompany them. On
- 12:31this occasion she had called her to help with the nurse' s case,
- 12:35as her experience and skills were highly respected in the world of the occult.
- 12:41The old woman got into the car quietly and her presence seemed to fill the
- 12:46space with an oppressive and dark energy. As we approached the nurse’ s
- 12:52house, the atmosphere became more and more heavy, as if a storm was
- 12:56about to explode. Upon arrival, the old woman examined the house with her
- 13:03penetrating eyes and began to whisper quietly, as if she were talking to invisible
- 13:07beings. He then took out of his bag a set of foreign objects,
- 13:15bones, stones, dried herbs and a ceramic bowl. With an authoritarian gesture,
- 13:20he ordered the santera and me to follow her inside the house. The
- 13:24interior of the house seemed to have been taken by a dark and disturbing energy.
- 13:31The shadows twisted on the walls and the air was loaded with static electricity
- 13:35that raised the hairs of the back of the neck. The old woman moved
- 13:41with a clear purpose, stopping in each room and performing rituals with her mystical
- 13:46objects. As she entered the room where we had seen the creature in the
- 13:52mirror, the old woman stopped dry and her face was contorted into an expression
- 13:56of deep disgust. O O O O O O O O O O O
- 13:58O O O Ors feel an evil and threatening presence in the environment, as
- 14:03if the spirit of the Nahual had returned to revenge. The old lady asked
- 14:09the santera, the nurse and me to leave the house. Right away.
- 14:15He insisted that he should face the evil entity that inhabited the dwelling itself,
- 14:18since its power and knowledge were crucial to driving the spirit of the navaal definitively
- 14:24reluctantly. We obeyed his mandate, concerned about what might happen inside the house,
- 14:31but aware that we had no other choice. Once outside the house,
- 14:37the nurse and the anthers stayed in the car talking quietly about what had happened
- 14:41and what might happen. Their faces showed a mixture of fear and concern,
- 14:50but also respect and admiration for the old woman who had let themselves face evil
- 14:54alone. In the meantime, I decided to go around the house to stay
- 15:00busy and try to calm my nervousness. The exterior of the house was in
- 15:07a state of abandonment and decay, with the peeled paint and dirty and broken
- 15:11windows. The garden was covered with weeds and the dry and twisted branches of
- 15:18the trees seemed to spread their skeletal fingers toward the sky. The ground creaked
- 15:24under my feet as it advanced and the wind hissed through the dead leaves and
- 15:28thorny bushes. A chill ran through my back as I realized that the air
- 15:35around the house was much colder than normal, as if the evil entity had
- 15:39brought with it an icy and supernatural atmosphere. In my walk I noticed the
- 15:46sky getting dark quickly and the clouds swirling in an unusual pattern, as if
- 15:52they were being manipulated by invisible forces. A thunder rumbled in the distance and
- 16:00a sense of uneasiness seized me. The house seemed to be alive as if
- 16:06it could feel the struggle being waged within it. I stopped by a broken
- 16:11window where the torn curtain was shaking in the wind like a pale ghost.
- 16:17Through the opening, I could hear the sound of the old lady singing in
- 16:21a strange and ancient language. His voice resounded on the walls of the house
- 16:25as an echo of the past. His words seemed to contain immeasurable power and
- 16:30I found myself hypnotized by the sound almost as if I was being dragged into
- 16:37the house by singing. The air around the window began to vibrate and distort
- 16:41as if reality itself was being altered by the conflicting forces within the house.
- 16:49The tension in the environment became unbearable and I felt an increasing pressure on my
- 16:55chest, as if an invisible hand was pressing me tightly as I looked through
- 17:00the window I told the old woman, through an opening in the torn curtain,
- 17:07was taking off her clothes, revealing her body covered with scars and dark
- 17:11marks. I stopped to observe unable to turn my gaze away from what was
- 17:17happening and what I witnessed. Then he left me petrified and terrified. The
- 17:22old woman' s skin began to stretch as if invisible forces were pulling her
- 17:29in all directions. Her veins became visible under her wrinkled skin, creating a
- 17:34grotesque and terrifying pattern. His back began to bend and his bones creaked and
- 17:41realigned with a sound that iced me Blood was as if his body was being
- 17:45transformed into something non- human. His jaw became larger and disproportionate, tearing
- 17:52his mouth into a grotesque opening. Dark, rough eyes began to spring from
- 18:00her wrinkled skin, covering it in a thick, messy layer. With long
- 18:04and sharp millions appeared in his mouth, replacing his withered and yellowish teeth.
- 18:11His nose slowly turned into that of a flat, wet dog, while his
- 18:17eyes turned yellow and bright like those of a night predator. The creature in
- 18:23which the old woman had become was a frightening vision, a mixture of human
- 18:27and animal that challenged all logic and nature. His sharp claws tore the air
- 18:34as he moved with a surprising agility and his tight and powerful muscles stood out
- 18:41under his erect skin. As I watched with horror the creature lifted his head
- 18:47and smelled the air as if he could smell the fear emanating from me.
- 18:52His yellow eyes were fixed on mine through the window and for a moment I
- 18:56felt as if I was looking directly at the soul still confused and terrified by
- 19:03what I had witnessed, my heart was running towards the car beating strongly in
- 19:07my chest. On that I sat quietly, trying to process what I had
- 19:12just seen. I' ve never seen anything so creepy and monstrous and I
- 19:19didn' t know if I should tell the saint what I' d seen.
- 19:22I chose to keep my mouth shut, fearing that talking about it could
- 19:27bring more problems and dangers When the old woman left the house, she seemed
- 19:33to have returned to her human form. The three of us didn' t
- 19:37get in the car and the old lady told the nurse that she had gone
- 19:41all over her house and found spirit without bad energy. He performed a spell
- 19:45to make sure nothing else would happen in the house again, using magic to
- 19:51drive away the wandering soul with ease and precision. The nurse deeply thanked the
- 19:57old lady for her help and we all left. Upon arriving at the santera
- 20:03' s house, she paid me for my help and I said goodbye to
- 20:07return home. As I approached my home. The darkness of the night felt
- 20:12even denser and more threatening than usual and I could not help giving around me
- 20:17nervously. Almost home, I felt a cold, bony hand lying on my
- 20:23arm, stopping me dry my heart stopped for a moment and when I turned
- 20:30I realized that it was the old woman who had grabbed me. Her penetrating
- 20:36eyes looked at me with a mixture of warning and threat, and her trembling
- 20:41voice told me that I knew that I had seen her in her nahual form.
- 20:45His words were clear and forceful. If I revealed what I had seen,
- 20:49she would find me wherever I was and make me pay for betraying her
- 20:56secret, fear and fear seized me and I nodded in silence, promising not
- 21:00to say anything of what I had witnessed. With one last menacing look,
- 21:07the old woman let go of my arm and disappeared into the darkness of the
- 21:11night, leaving me there, trembling and wondering what else was hidden by the
- 21:15saint, the old woman and the legends of our little town in Oaxaca.
- 21:19After that day, the saint never called me again and although I had nightmares
- 21:23with the old woman, Nahual never told anyone about what I had seen.
- 21:30The years passed and life went on its course, but the terrifying experience I
- 21:34experienced back then was always recorded in my mind and heart. Now, many
- 21:41years later, I have finally decided to tell my story, perhaps because of
- 21:47the need to free myself from the weight that I have carried secretly for so
- 21:52long, or perhaps to warn others about the dangers that can haunt in the
- 21:56dark, in the shadows of waterless legends. But even as I write these
- 22:03words, I feel a chill in my spine remembering the terror I felt when
- 22:07I saw the old woman transform into an animal. Although many years have passed
- 22:12since that meeting, I still feel the fear and restlessness that caused me that
- 22:17night. I can' t help but wonder if the naval old lady is
- 22:22still alive, lurking in the shadows and protecting her secrets with ferocity and violence.
- 22:27And although she decided to tell my story, a part of me can
- 22:32' t help but fear that one day she might find a way to fulfill
- 22:37her threat and make me pay for having revealed her dark secret. I remember
- 22:47we were at work waiting for customers when we decided to share some paranormal stories
- 22:53to kill time. My friend Roberto had always been quiet and quiet, but
- 22:59that afternoon, with some shyness in his voice, he began to tell me
- 23:03an experience that had happened to him some time ago. Roberto told me that
- 23:10one night, while walking, hooded people dressed in black kidnapped him. And
- 23:15that' s the last thing he remembers about that, because when he woke
- 23:19up there was a suffocating darkness and he was confused and disoriented, not remembering
- 23:25how he got there. The humidity of the air and the smell of dirt
- 23:29and Moho told him that he was in a cave. At first he thought
- 23:33he was dreaming, but then he felt the coldness of the rock under his
- 23:38body and knew he was very awake. He tried to move, but something
- 23:44wasn' t right. His body felt strange as if it had changed somehow.
- 23:51As his eyes adapted to the shadow, he could see that his body
- 23:53was covered with a dense dark coat. His limbs had been lengthened and his
- 24:00hands transformed into sharp claws. Horrified. He realized that he had been transformed
- 24:07into a mythological creature known as nahual, a being capable of changing animal human
- 24:11form and vice versa. Roberto tried to remember how he had come to that
- 24:18place, but his mind was blank. However, he soon began to perceive
- 24:23murmurs and echoes of voices resounding in the cave. When he listened attentively,
- 24:30he could discern that they spoke in an ancient language unknown to him, stealthily
- 24:37crawling with his new body, he approached the origin of the voices in a
- 24:42larger chamber of the cave. He found a group of people dressed in black
- 24:47robes and hoods surrounded by symbols and scriptures on the walls he had never seen
- 24:52before. They were members of a dark sect and had performed a ritual to
- 24:59transform it into one. As he watched hidden, Roberto understood that the sect
- 25:03planned to use it for its own sinister purposes. Their leaders spoke of sacrifices
- 25:11and power, of manipulating life and death, and of how he, as
- 25:15a nahual, would be a crucial tool in their plans. While listening to
- 25:21the members of the sect, a chill swept through Roberto' s spine.
- 25:26His heart was pounding in his chest and fear took hold of him, for
- 25:30he knew that he should escape that place and the claws of those evil beings,
- 25:36But as he could do without being discovered at that time, he recalled
- 25:41the legends he had heard in his childhood about the Nahuales and their ability to
- 25:47change shape if he could control his new ability, perhaps he could use it
- 25:53to evade the sect and flee. Roberto focused on his human form, trying
- 25:59to remember every detail of his original body. He felt intense pain as his
- 26:04bones were rearmed and his skin peeled off. He finally managed to regain his
- 26:11human form, but his relief was ephemeral when he realized that he was still
- 26:17trapped in the cave with those sinister beings. However, he had no time
- 26:22to lose and carefully began exploring the cave in search of a way out.
- 26:27The walls of the cavern were cold and wet to the touch and echoes of
- 26:32Roberto' s footsteps resounded in the darkness. As he advanced, he could
- 26:37feel the evil energy pervading the place intensified as if the cave were alive and
- 26:42tried to devour it. In his search, Roberto encountered a narrow, narrow
- 26:48passageway. Despite his fear, he knew that he should enter into it.
- 26:56With every step he took, the air became denser and suffocating. Roberto crawled
- 27:02with difficulty, feeling the oppression of the rock around him as if the cave
- 27:07tried to crush him. Just when he thought he couldn' t move on,
- 27:14the passageway widened and he was able to breathe more easily. Roberto found
- 27:18himself in a smaller camera and noticed that dark energy had decreased. In the
- 27:25center of the room there was a crystal- clear water pool surrounded by candles
- 27:30that emitted a sparkling light. Roberto approached the pool and knelt down to drink
- 27:34from it, trying to calm his thirst and exhaustion, but only his lips
- 27:41touched the water. Scary images began to flood his mind visions of sacrifices,
- 27:48death and destruction did not torment. The sect had desecrated the water by making
- 27:53it a conduit of its malice. Roberto retreated terrified by the visions he had
- 28:00seen, although he did not know how. He understood that cursed water could
- 28:06be the key to undoing his transformation and ending the sect' s plans.
- 28:11But before he could decide what to do, a sinister cry echoed in the
- 28:15cave announcing that his absence had been discovered. The sinister cry I had heard
- 28:22earlier was enough to make Roberto jump out of fear. He knew that he
- 28:29had been discovered and that the sect would come after him. In a hurry
- 28:34he started running down the hall trying to find a way out. As the
- 28:41darkness ran around him. He seemed to close on him like a warning,
- 28:45but he didn' t stop. He heard the sounds of the voices of
- 28:48the members of the sect and the squealing of the animals that had been imprisoned
- 28:53in the cave. The sounds rumbled in his ears, making him tremble with
- 28:59fear. Finally, he found a small opening in the wall barely large enough
- 29:06for it to pass. Without hesitation, he snuck through the opening, crawling
- 29:11down the floor as he tried to control his accelerated breathing. Roberto emerged in
- 29:18a larger chamber, where sunlight penetrated through an opening in the ceiling. The
- 29:23light of day was like a blessing to him. After spending so much time
- 29:27in the darkness of the cave, he joined and took a moment to breathe
- 29:33deeply, enjoying the fresh air. But the sense of relief was brief.
- 29:40He barely looked up. He gave several members of the sect close to him
- 29:45his black robes probing in the wind. Roberto knew he couldn' t have
- 29:51been caught, so he got up quickly and ran away. The streets of
- 29:56the village were labyrinthine and sinuous, but Robert knew the place like the palm
- 30:00of his hand. He ran through the streets dodging passers- by and jumping
- 30:06over the obstacles to his back. He could hear the screams of the members
- 30:12of the sect as they tried to reach him. He finally reached a dead
- 30:18end and looked around for a way out, but there was none, and
- 30:22knew that he was trapped and that the sect would soon reach him It was
- 30:29at that moment that he noticed something strange on the wall It was a small
- 30:34door camouflaged by the color of the stone. Without thinking about it, he
- 30:38opened the door twice and came in closing it behind him. The space was
- 30:42narrow and there wasn' t much room to move, but Roberto didn'
- 30:48t stop. With every step he took, the space became wider and he
- 30:52could feel the fresh air on his face. I knew I was close to
- 30:57freedom and it' s or just motivated me to continue. Finally, he
- 31:03emerged in a small square where he met a group of people who had gathered
- 31:07there to witness a party. As members of the sects approached, Roberto realized
- 31:12that he was safe at least for the moment, but could not stay there
- 31:18forever. He knew that the sect was still looking for him and that he
- 31:26had to find a way to protect himself and to have his evil plans.
- 31:29In that, Roberto ran home trying to get there as quickly as possible.
- 31:34He had escaped from the sect, but knew he could not lower his guard,
- 31:40for he had always heard stories of people who had been persecuted for a
- 31:45long time after escaping from a sect, and he did not want to become
- 31:49one of those stories. He finally arrived at his home, where he found
- 31:55his wife, worried and distressed at his disappearance. Although she was happy to
- 32:00see him safe, Roberto could not betray himself and tell him the whole truth.
- 32:07I knew that if she knew what had happened, she would worry even
- 32:10more and he didn' t want to hurt her that way. So Roberto
- 32:15lied to her. He told his wife that he had been trapped in a
- 32:19work meeting, that he had been longer than planned and that he had not
- 32:23been able to communicate with her. His wife, relieved that nothing bad had
- 32:29happened, embraced him with strength. That night. Roberto tried to sleep,
- 32:36but the image of the sect pursued him and his mind was full of fear
- 32:39and for Noila in the middle of the night he woke up startled by a
- 32:45nightmare and found himself in a grave silence, but something was wrong. He
- 32:51could feel a strange presence around his house. Roberto got up and went to
- 32:55the window to look outside. Although he could not or did not see anything
- 33:00in the dark he could hear strange noises on the outside he heard whispers and
- 33:07whispers and could perceive the same evil energy he had felt in the cave.
- 33:12Suddenly he saw something move in the dark. He was a hooded figure similar
- 33:17to those he had seen in the cave, standing in front of his house
- 33:22staring at him. In that Roberto walked away from the window with fear,
- 33:27but the figure did not move. Feeling that he could not stay in the
- 33:32house any longer, Roberto decided to go out to face whatever was out there.
- 33:38He grabbed a baseball bat to defend himself and left his house willing to
- 33:44face the sect. But what he saw when he went outside was even more
- 33:49frightening. In the front yard there was a group of hooded figures, all
- 33:54of them members of the sect were surrounding their house as n n n ss
- 34:00if they were trying to find a way in. Roberto was scared, but
- 34:06also angry, because he could not allow the sect not to threaten him,
- 34:09me to his family. With an iron determination, he ran to the members
- 34:15of the sect his baseball bat in high Ready to fight for his life and
- 34:20that of his wife, Roberto fell upon the members of the sect, waving
- 34:24his baseball bat with all his might, but at the time he did,
- 34:30he realized that there was no one there. The members of the sect had
- 34:36disappeared as if they had never been there. First of all. In that,
- 34:40Roberto was confused and stunned and his fear was so intense that he could
- 34:45not trust his own senses. It had been just his imagination or the sect
- 34:52had really been watching him from outside his house. After a moment, Roberto
- 34:58decided to enter his house and lock the door. He didn' t feel
- 35:04safe, but at least he was safe from any immediate danger. He stayed
- 35:07up all night watching the house in case the sect returned. As the hours
- 35:15passed, Roberto plunged more and more into a state of paranoia and fear,
- 35:19for every sound he heard outside his home made him jump out of fear and
- 35:24every shadow in the darkness made him tremble. And when it finally dawned,
- 35:31Roberto felt a little calmer, realizing that he had to do something to protect
- 35:36himself and his wife, so he decided to go to the police to inform
- 35:40them of the situation. However, when he arrived at the police station,
- 35:47Roberto found that no one believed him. The police officers treated him like he
- 35:53was crazy or delirious and told him that there was no evidence that the sect
- 35:58was behind his experience, Roberto felt even more terrified and helpless than before,
- 36:05knowing that he was alone in this and that he had no one to trust.
- 36:10He wondered why the sect had chosen him and why they were chasing him
- 36:15back home. Roberto decided to take extreme measures to protect himself and his wife.
- 36:23He installed security cameras throughout the house and reinforced all doors and windows with
- 36:29high security locks. That night, Roberto stayed awake once again, looking out
- 36:36the window to detect any sign of suspicious activity, but he saw nothing,
- 36:42only darkness and silence. It was then that he began to hear sounds,
- 36:47strange sounds, murmurs and whispers on the walls. Roberto curled up in a
- 36:52corner of the room, feeling completely trapped. In the distance he could see
- 36:59the hooded figure of one of the members of the sect astonishing from the window,
- 37:04but in the blink of an eye, the figure disappeared. Roberto was
- 37:09confused and scared. I didn' t know if what I was experiencing was
- 37:15real or just a hallucination. When he finally managed to sleep, Roberto had
- 37:21a terrifying nightmare about the sect in his dream gave to the members of the
- 37:25sect gathered around a bonfire, performing a rite to the dark and sinister.
- 37:31The hooded figure I had seen in the window was there staring at him.
- 37:37The other members of the sect began to dance and sing, while the hooded
- 37:42figure approached Roberto. Suddenly, Roberto felt a strange sensation in his body.
- 37:50His bones began to crack and his muscles tightened and he realized that he was
- 37:53transforming into an animal. He became a jaguar, like the sharp and ferocious
- 38:00fangs. The hooded figure looked at him smiling wickedly, while the other members
- 38:07of the sects knelt before him. Roberto woke up screaming, soaking in sweat
- 38:14and trembling with fear. He realized that it had been just a nightmare,
- 38:19but he could not shake the feeling that something sinister was happening. As time
- 38:25passed, Roberto realized that he had lost confidence in his own sanity. I
- 38:32didn' t know if what I was experiencing was real or just a hallucination,
- 38:38wondering if I was losing my mind. Despite all this, Roberto remained
- 38:43determined to find a way to stop the sect, knowing that he had to
- 38:47do something to protect himself and his wife, and could not allow the sect
- 38:52to go ahead with its sinister plans. So he decided to start his own
- 39:00investigation. He researched the places where he had been, the names he had
- 39:06heard, the symbols he had seen in the cave. He spent hours researching
- 39:10online and reading old books in the local library. Finally, after weeks of
- 39:16searching, Roberto discovered something surprising. The symbols I had seen in the cave
- 39:22were actually ancient symbols used in rituals of black magic. He also discovered that
- 39:30the sect had a base of operations on the outskirts of the city, where
- 39:35they held their secret meetings. With this information in hand, Roberto decided to
- 39:40act and armed himself with a knife and went to the base of operations of
- 39:44the sect, ready to stop them once and for all. When he got
- 39:50there, he found a locked door. However, he did not stop with
- 39:55the knife in his hand began to force the lock. He finally managed to
- 40:01open it and entered the base of the sect' s operations. What he
- 40:06found there was more terrifying than he would have imagined, for there was a
- 40:10room full of members of the sect, all dressed in black robes and carrying
- 40:15knives. In the middle of the room was a hooded figure who turned out
- 40:22to be the leader of the sect. The leader of the sect observed the
- 40:27anguish in Roberto' s eyes. I knew I' d seen too much
- 40:30and could go tell someone. What had happened. It was then, when
- 40:36the leader offered him a way to save himself from suffering as a naval man
- 40:39in life, that he told him that the only way out was to offer
- 40:44his soul to the devil. In offering Roberto trembled at the idea of selling
- 40:46his soul to the devil, but he knew it was his only chance to
- 40:52escape his life as a naual, so he finally accepted the deal. The
- 40:58leader began to recite dark words in a language that Roberto did not understand,
- 41:02and the sounds made by Roberto as an animal encouraged the leader to continue reciting
- 41:07the words, until finally Roberto returned to be human. However, Roberto'
- 41:14s sense of relief in recovering his human form was fleeting. He knew that
- 41:21he had sold his soul to the devil and that he would have to pay
- 41:24the price for it. Sooner or later, with a knot in his stomach,
- 41:28Roberto realized that his life would never do the same again. He had
- 41:34been dragged into a world of black and dark magic. Rituals and I didn
- 41:37' t know if I' d ever be able to escape. He left
- 41:42the base of operations of the sect feeling empty and lost, knowing that he
- 41:45would have to live with the consequences of his choice for the rest of his
- 41:50life. As he walked the streets, Roberto realized that something had changed in
- 41:55him. He was no longer the same man who had been before his encounter
- 42:00with the sect, for he had been transformed into something dark and sinister and
- 42:06did not know if he could ever recover his old life with a chill running
- 42:12through his body. Roberto realized that he had crossed a line that he could
- 42:15not undo, for he had sold his soul to the devil and there was
- 42:20no turning back. Although Roberto tried to get away from the black magic and
- 42:24darkness he had encountered in the sect. He always felt like something was chasing
- 42:29him. He had horrible nightmares in which he was persecuted by sinister creatures and
- 42:36felt the presence of the devil around him. Despite his fear, Roberto tried
- 42:39to live his life normally, spending time with his wife, working and trying
- 42:45to stay away from everything that might remind him of his dark past. But
- 42:52despite his efforts, he could never completely escape his past. He knew that
- 42:57the Devil was watching him and waiting to collect what he owed him. Every
- 43:01night, Roberto knelt and prayed asking God to help him save his soul,
- 43:07but no matter how much he prayed. He kept feeling that something was stalking
- 43:14him waiting to catch him and over the years, Roberto realized that his life
- 43:19would never do the same again. He had sold his soul to the devil
- 43:24and no matter how hard he tried to forget it. I' d always
- 43:29be indebted to him. But despite everything, Roberto was still fighting. He
- 43:34was trying to be the best version of himself and do good in the world.
- 43:38He knew he could never change what he had done, but he was
- 43:43determined not to let his past define his future. And although he knew that
- 43:47the devil would one day come to collect his debt, Roberto was willing to
- 43:52fight to the end, because in his heart he knew that his wife'
- 43:58s love and hope in his soul were the only thing that could save him
- 44:00from the darkness that had dragged him into the sect and so Roberto continued his
- 44:07daily struggle, knowing that he could never escape completely from his past, but
- 44:13trying to find the redemption and inner peace that he so longs for. After
- 44:16listening to Roberto' s story, I ran out of words, because I
- 44:21felt a chill to walk through my body and a deep fear He seized me.
- 44:25I' ve never heard of such a dark, sinister sect as that.
- 44:30I realized that anyone could fall into their networks and I couldn' t
- 44:35imagine how many people were now slaves to the leaders of that sect. Since
- 44:40then I have felt constant fear. I' m always looking around, trying
- 44:45to detect any sign that something like this might be happening near me and although
- 44:52I try to keep an open mind and not judge anyone, I can'
- 44:55t help but feel terrified at the idea that someone close to me might be
- 45:00a victim of the sect. Roberto' s story made me realize there'
- 45:06s a dark side to the world that' s never seen on the surface.
- 45:10There are people who are willing to do anything to gain power and control,
- 45:15even if that means making covenants with the devil. Despite my fear,
- 45:20I try to maintain a positive attitude and hope. I know there are good
- 45:25people in the world who are fighting evil and doing everything they can to protect
- 45:30others from darkness, but I also know that there will always be dark forces
- 45:36trying to drag us down and Roberto' s story has made me realize that
- 45:42fear is real and that we must always be alert and ready to fight evil
- 45:45in all its forms. So, as I follow my path in life,
- 45:52I try to keep an open mind and to always be attentive to myself,
- 45:57because you never know when I may need that extra vigilance to protect myself and
- 46:02those I love. No doubt about it. One of the most chilling experiences
- 46:15I came to have in my youth was that man who, by chance of
- 46:19fate I knew worse I still trusted him. It all started on a winter
- 46:25afternoon when I had just graduated from my career and was in search of work.
- 46:30Things had turned out to be somewhat complicated, as I had left several
- 46:36requests inside and outside my city, but no one would knock on my door,
- 46:39on the phone, let alone on the e- mails. So,
- 46:44after a crisis, going through social media, I saw the story of a
- 46:49childhood friend, who had moved to another state in search of new job opportunities
- 46:52and precisely in those days came on vacation to the village. So I just
- 47:00contacted her and we just met to talk about us. And even though my
- 47:07main goal was to know if I could get to work for her or at
- 47:12least get out of my house and look for new opportunities. Going out for
- 47:15a coffee with my friend Claudia, it was when she began to talk to
- 47:19me wonders of the city and the great job opportunities that there were then,
- 47:24also, orienting me to venture and leave my place of origin to try new
- 47:30opportunities, she worked in a hotel itself that offered her meals and lodgings to
- 47:37live, which at the end of the day was a great support, since
- 47:40it was a good saving and to himself had income working for that place.
- 47:45As Claudia more talked to me about the situation, my emotion continued, as
- 47:50it was a new experience for me, which I was willing to realize.
- 47:53After all that was mentioned, it should be noted that at the time I
- 48:00was very afraid to venture into something like this. However, my friend would
- 48:05be here to keep me company, so, after days of thinking about that
- 48:09proposal, I called my friend and she would let me know as soon as
- 48:15a new vacancy opened. After several weeks of resigning myself to that call.
- 48:21I finally had the honor of having Claudia confirm the status of the new job.
- 48:25That' s when I quickly took my bags and ventured into this new
- 48:30stage of my life that would clearly mark me forever. Upon arriving at the
- 48:36place, everyone welcomed me in a very kind and respectful way. I can
- 48:40say I felt at home. So by placing myself on the floor of the
- 48:45exclusive working rooms, I found myself in the elevator of a man who stole
- 48:51my attention completely. It was kind of broken hair with a big smile.
- 48:57I don' t or don' t hinder one or another of the things
- 49:00that caught me even more was his kindness, because seeing me with so many
- 49:05suitcases he offered to help me and take them to my bedroom. Between conversation
- 49:08and new conversations, I asked the subject in which area I worked or if
- 49:14I had worked for that hotel for a while, to which he replied that
- 49:17yes, because he was seen from the reception area and he was already five
- 49:22years old at that place. So, after that talk, that man invited
- 49:28me for a drink later. There was something inside me that I wasn'
- 49:32t sure what happened. However, that attractive and mysterious man made me want
- 49:37to meet him. It' s been so long since I had feelings for
- 49:43anyone. It should be noted that that day I did not work, as
- 49:47I had been given the opportunity to dock to that place, so I immediately
- 49:53looked for Claudia to tell her what happened. When she talked to her,
- 49:58she was really confused, for she asked me to describe her to the man
- 50:02who had previously found me, but after so many specifications, she strongly refused
- 50:09to meet that boy. That' s when he asked me about his very
- 50:15name that I remembered easily, because it was very short and easy to learn.
- 50:19Roy' s name is Roy. I actually finished my friend didn'
- 50:24t have as much time as Roy, so, after a long talk and
- 50:29made known at the end of the day it would help me get together faster.
- 50:34I knew that meeting wasn' t a date. However, I was
- 50:37so excited to manage as best I could that I took a bath, arranged
- 50:43my hair and went to the reception area to meet that man who had captivated
- 50:46me earlier. When I sit down. I couldn' t perceive the presence
- 50:52of that subject, so I decided to wait a while, even a few
- 50:58hours, but that man never showed up. At that time I felt very
- 51:02bad, because I had trusted the word of that subject and now the least
- 51:07I wanted was to see him quickly. I went to my room and called
- 51:12Claudia, who arrived within a few minutes. He told me everything would be
- 51:16fine if I forgot about that, because what was important was my stay and
- 51:22new work, so I had to concentrate on what really mattered. In those
- 51:25moments. I knew my friend was absolutely right because it was a bad move
- 51:31she was a victim of. However, I would not let that situation take
- 51:37over my being. So, by taking my blankets and trying to fall asleep,
- 51:42I began to feel an indescribable fear accompanied by whispers. Everywhere, this
- 51:47situation united her with my daily life, for I had always been afraid of
- 51:53darkness. However, I tried to calm those nerves, as I did not
- 52:00want to make a mockery of my coworkers. I knew there was something suspicious
- 52:05in that place. However, it was a matter that I should not worry
- 52:08about. After several hours overthinking various situations. At last I was able to
- 52:15sleep, as the next day I was officially introduced to the hotel as well
- 52:22as to the new coworkers. That place was quite large, so it had
- 52:27many members working. In that case, he had to meet most of them,
- 52:34as he would be at the main reception serving the guests on arrival by
- 52:37departure. The manager greeted me very kindly, as did the different colleagues in
- 52:43the areas, so as we went to the food and drink area, in
- 52:47the distance I could observe that boy who had stood me up a day earlier.
- 52:54At that time, my courage was evident. However, I tried to
- 52:59r not to give it the importance it deserved. I knew I couldn'
- 53:04t give her to miss our meeting, so when he introduced us, he
- 53:08looked at me with a sorry face. He knew perfectly well what had happened
- 53:14the night before he spoke to the manager, on the pretext that he would
- 53:19show me some drinks from the letter, which were new. That was where
- 53:23he apologized to me, as he explained to me that a family setback had
- 53:29arisen which had prevented his arrival. He couldn' t tell or cancel because
- 53:34he didn' t have my phone number or any other contact with me.
- 53:37In that I tried to be an understandable person and told him that nothing happened
- 53:43that left that subject in oblivion. It was when he automatically proposed to me
- 53:49again, and although I was no longer 100% sure to accept it,
- 53:53I understood that setbacks and emergencies are real in dubious adult life. I accepted
- 53:59and we were back to see to meet at the same time and in the
- 54:02same place, as I spent my working day, I thought if it was
- 54:08right to accept to go out with that man who had just cancelled me.
- 54:13However, I had nothing to lose, because at the end of the day
- 54:17I was a foreign girl in search of new experiences and even if I tried
- 54:23to avoid the situation, that boy had moved me completely. The day ended
- 54:30quickly I went up to my room and took a bath and I was really
- 54:35tired, so much so that now it was me who was thinking of canceling.
- 54:37However, I decided that I was not a person. So he had
- 54:42to deal with that situation. I went down to the reception again and I
- 54:47could see that handsome boy sitting in the distance. He was one of those
- 54:52men who from afar can be seen to be sympathetic. That' s when
- 54:57I arrived abruptly, stood up and looked me in the eye. Thus began
- 55:00our evening very pleasant and quiet, which became a date that passed the hours
- 55:07and neither of us wished to leave. As midnight passed, in one of
- 55:13the moments when we began to laugh at our life, I could observe that
- 55:17the smile of that boy was accompanied by big fangs, a worrying situation for
- 55:23me. After a while, I decided it was time to sleep, because
- 55:28my tiredness and sleep were taking over me, which Roy understood and offered to
- 55:32accompany me to my room. Half way we watched a circle with a bonfire
- 55:40and immediately Roy began to greet most of them so looking at the people,
- 55:46I saw Claudia was there, as the employees used to make bonfires at night
- 55:52and tell horror stories about the hotel. Roy looked me in the eye and
- 55:59said what to give us for a while. Listening to these legends, the
- 56:04region of the Tustlas is characterized, among other things, at the national and
- 56:08international level by the practice of witchcraft from which themes come to light, such
- 56:14as that of the Nahuales, who are people who have acquired supernatural power by
- 56:20practicing the different kinds of magic for cure or for evil. One man said
- 56:23in the middle of the circle, for that place where we were was well
- 56:30known for seeing such strange and paranormal beings. In the midst of those anecdotes,
- 56:36I could see Roy just laughing, while everyone else was dying of fear.
- 56:42I did not understand why his grace, for they were things that,
- 56:45in my opinion, should be taken with much respect, for we were at
- 56:50risk in a certain way. That boy continued to tell his stories and it
- 56:55is that in past days, peasants of the area still or how many meters
- 57:00from the hotel told me that, as soon as they were going to their
- 57:05plot, their dogs were attacked by an animal with characteristics of a can because
- 57:10they did not resist the confrontation the dogs. The peasants went to their aid.
- 57:15However, they took the surprise that this animal attacked them in a fierce
- 57:19way, so with a few clubs they defended themselves from the attack by giving
- 57:24him certain blows to the head until they killed him. That man finished.
- 57:30All surprised. We couldn' t understand how just a few meters from us
- 57:36you could find a being of that magnitude and with that kind of characteristics.
- 57:42More and more, the boy kept talking, even though in the background everyone
- 57:45wanted to run out of the campfire to lock themselves in their rooms, as
- 57:52curiosity earned us in those moments. The strange being had dentures with large fangs.
- 57:58In contrast to normal dogs, the complexion of their limbs, called legs,
- 58:04resemble that of a human being, as do the arms. Another rarity
- 58:09is that the predatory animals did not even approach him and take the form of
- 58:14mummification, Raul continued. Clearly I whispered in my space, I bet it
- 58:21' s a Nahuat that Raúl quickly looked at me and responded. Locals and
- 58:25some people familiar with witchcraft claim that it is practically the black witchcraft of a
- 58:31Nahuatl. However, it is necessary that the authorities come to that place and
- 58:38take letters in the matter to deny or confirm of which species is said animal
- 58:45that has caused shock among the population, mainly in tourists, because we,
- 58:50as employees, must attract them. Don' t be absent from our stories.
- 58:55Being so focused, I began to see around me and I couldn'
- 58:59t find roy This was gone and I hadn' t noticed at what time
- 59:04or how it happened. So I decided to go to my bedroom with Claudia,
- 59:09because it was too late and we needed to rest to work the next
- 59:15day. As I woke up and started my day’ s work, one
- 59:20of the supervisors called me to leave the hotel and buy some things we needed
- 59:25of urgency quality. So I quickly left the hotel and started walking on the
- 59:30corner of the road, because we were relatively in a place outside the city
- 59:36and we had to walk a good solid stretch with grasslands to reach the center
- 59:40of the village. As I walked, I thought about the things I was
- 59:46doing, the sudden decisions I had made and the right path I had to
- 59:52reach to achieve what I needed. It was a moment when I stopped and
- 59:57began to perceive a very unpleasant smell as if it were something decomposed. I
- 1:00:02really didn' t want to come and look, but my curiosity gained and
- 1:00:07I started walking where it came from. That smell. It was at that
- 1:00:12moment that I could observe a totally unknown being, full of blood and with
- 1:00:16giant quotes. I had my eyes closed, but the closest I could see
- 1:00:22was the resemblance to a dog itself that when I turned around, I felt
- 1:00:27the look, so when I turned I could see terrifying eyes, full of
- 1:00:31hate, blood and red. Totally that beast repeated my name every time,
- 1:00:37Andrea come to me, Andrea, getting stronger and stronger. That image was
- 1:00:43the worst of my life, so much so that I threw away the things
- 1:00:46I was carrying and just as I ran out of that wasteland as I ran.
- 1:00:52I felt someone chasing me, but after several blocks, I tried to
- 1:00:57calm down and assimilate what had happened at that time. I called Claudia on
- 1:01:02the phone explaining what happened when I described everything to her. For a moment
- 1:01:07he hesitated to believe me, but in the midst of my despair, it
- 1:01:13was impossible to doubt, for my voice was totally broken. Yeah. When
- 1:01:15I arrived at the hotel, my skin tone was getting paler. After calming
- 1:01:21down inside the hotel, I could remember that the voice that repeated my name,
- 1:01:25increasingly strong, was known, so I tried to unite it with someone
- 1:01:30else. That night I didn' t know more about roy there was no
- 1:01:36trace, so I went down to ask his fellow areas if they knew anything
- 1:01:38about him. To which they replied it was very common for him to disappear
- 1:01:44for days. However, they never ran him for the great work and delicious
- 1:01:50drinks he prepared. At that point I went up to my room and began
- 1:01:55to wonder if it was really worth being in that hotel alone and with no
- 1:02:00one or anyone to count on. I knew Claudia was my friend, but
- 1:02:04she had business to settle, too. The least I wanted was to put
- 1:02:08a burden on her. So I definitely thought I' d quit my job
- 1:02:14and get on with my life. But that was very cowardly of me.
- 1:02:19I tried to forget that traumatic situation and get on with my life. Maybe
- 1:02:22it was a sign of fate that asked me to resist lying down and covering
- 1:02:29myself from head to toe with my blanket. I began to hear someone scratching
- 1:02:32the roof as if they wanted to enter desperately. I was really shaking with
- 1:02:39fear, but I was flatly refusing to take off my blankets and face what
- 1:02:45was happening. The more I tried to forget that event. The noises became
- 1:02:49more apparent as if it were the end of my life. I really felt
- 1:02:54lost, I didn' t know what would happen, I was confused and
- 1:03:00I didn' t know what to do at the time. It was then
- 1:03:02that I heard a voice, which again said my name, for it was
- 1:03:07so familiar that, after analyzing me, I automatically removed the blanket and said
- 1:03:13you are roy that being looked at me with such terrifying eyes. It was
- 1:03:17as if I was reliving the scene of the wasteland outside the hotel, but
- 1:03:22now with a stronger burden, because it was a living being. I tried
- 1:03:27to calm myself down and analyze the situation. Maybe it was a terrible dream
- 1:03:31I had to wake up from. However, he knew that it was a
- 1:03:37reality and had to deal with that worrying situation. After asking that demon to
- 1:03:42turn away, I knew there was something strange about him, for it was
- 1:03:47definitely roy an evil being, who had taken over, that young man or
- 1:03:52the other way around. I really didn' t understand what was happening to
- 1:03:58what purpose it appeared in my life. There are people who, because of
- 1:04:01their strong connection with their animal spirit, possess the ability to transform themselves into
- 1:04:06this, even into any other animal or atmospheric element, because today it was
- 1:04:15clearly reflected in one of them. Without a doubt, I had heard that
- 1:04:19these beings feed on the soul of the people who cause disease and even death,
- 1:04:27so apparently I had been an easy prey for that young man’ s
- 1:04:30goals. The next day, in the midst of despair, I went to
- 1:04:39the hotel library, which was very large and complete. I knew and hoped
- 1:04:44that I would find something about removing that curse from me that water would chase
- 1:04:49me, so when I found the book indicated, I knew that there were
- 1:04:55certain plants that drove away those souls, for it was very difficult to live
- 1:05:01with a being who was behind me. All the time and even if I
- 1:05:04ran away from that hotel, I knew that demon will chase me wherever I
- 1:05:10went or was, because as the days and nights passed, the voices and
- 1:05:15presences were more evident. After all, I had understood why. Many workers
- 1:05:20did not know the existence of roy because a few days it looked like an
- 1:05:27ordinary person and some others was a terrifying being when reading about a specific plant,
- 1:05:32ran to the market of the city to get it, because the thistle
- 1:05:38flower had read that it was used to scare the Nahuales in some regions of
- 1:05:43the Pyrenees, Aragonese, Catalan and Navarro. Legend has it that when the
- 1:05:47Nahuales arrived at the houses, they stared at the dried flower of the thistle
- 1:05:51and entertained themselves by counting the thorns and the hairs that remain in the center
- 1:05:57of the thistle, as they are many. It took them a long time
- 1:06:01and surprised him at dawn. Then they ran away, fleeing to their dens.
- 1:06:08I didn' t really have much to lose, so I risked trying
- 1:06:12any remedy to get that demon away from me, which managed to bear several
- 1:06:16fruits. However, being able to rest from those nightmares and nocturnal presences and
- 1:06:23my friend Claudia had been the one who was beginning to experience these kinds of
- 1:06:28situations similar to those she had had, which was worrying, as she did
- 1:06:32not know what to do about it. This was the case when one day
- 1:06:35he went mad and lost his mind inside the hotel, for it was said
- 1:06:41that an enormous and evil being had taken over his soul. And though I
- 1:06:44tried my best to save her, that woman had lost her mind and herself
- 1:06:48completely. From that moment I knew it had been a mistake to get to
- 1:06:56that hotel and interfere with those delicate stories and legends of it that place.
- 1:07:00And even though I never saw Roy again, I was sure that the naual
- 1:07:04that made me crazy for a moment was the same being I was about to
- 1:07:09fall in love with. That' s where I realized that not everyone is
- 1:07:15viable to trust, let alone understand, because we all keep great secrets,
- 1:07:20which make us crazy, in the blink of an eye. After all,
- 1:07:26I decided to go home and lose that job I had dreamed of. However,
- 1:07:31the tranquility I had again was not compared to the experiences I had in
- 1:07:35that hotel that, apparently, was also filled with history and curses. After
- 1:07:46finishing the career of my dreams, which was architecture, I decided that it
- 1:07:51was time to change course and go to explore new airs, which would allow
- 1:07:56to grow in a working sense. So, in a burst of emotion,
- 1:08:01I took my bags and went to a town not so far from my home.
- 1:08:06It was a good start, in case things went wrong, I was
- 1:08:11quickly able to enter a company that was just in repair of old buildings.
- 1:08:17One of them was the oldest hotel of all. That place was emblematic not
- 1:08:23only because of its age, but also because of the history it brought with
- 1:08:28it, because various celebrities from different times had stayed there. Even countless people
- 1:08:33had lost their lives there because of wars and social problems. That journey had
- 1:08:41been interesting to me, regardless of whether I could develop in my career,
- 1:08:46it was a question that I could know those historical issues that mark the identity
- 1:08:54of the country without knowing what would await me later. I started this new
- 1:08:58project with the best of desire. My main intention was to get a great
- 1:09:02experience. So, as I tried to tie myself to that new place,
- 1:09:08my inspiration in my career grew more. I knew that if things were going
- 1:09:13well, that work could be the opportunity to start my work and professional life,
- 1:09:18as I had dreamed so much. At the beginning of the week I
- 1:09:23walked to the place and began my journey itself, which began in the best
- 1:09:28way, as all the workers welcomed me with open arms as if they knew
- 1:09:33me for years. I really felt at home. I knew that work at
- 1:09:38that hotel would fill me with new knowledge and airs. As the days passed,
- 1:09:44he learned more and more from people, mainly from construction workers, because
- 1:09:48at lunchtime they always had new stories to tell, some more interesting than others.
- 1:09:57However, there was one in specific that mentioned the oldest man of them,
- 1:10:01which, when listening to her, left me completely paralyzed and with many
- 1:10:08unsolved doubts. When I got home, I tried to investigate what happened.
- 1:10:15However, that place was so small that the information was very scarce, so
- 1:10:19I decided to wait for the next day to ask in depth to Mr José,
- 1:10:26who one day before had told that story with a little fear and another
- 1:10:30perspective, I knew that that hotel was the protagonist of that story. I
- 1:10:36really didn' t know how to take that story. Mostly I wasn'
- 1:10:41t sure this was real. However, I tried to contain my fear more
- 1:10:45without my doubt, so I quickly addressed myself with respect to Joseph questioning him
- 1:10:51and that he could spend a little time telling me in depth that story and
- 1:10:57possible anecdotes, which prompted those men to take that job. That man sat
- 1:11:03down while taking a sip of a very peculiar drink from that place, called
- 1:11:09pulque That' s when he started one of the most paranoid experiences of my
- 1:11:14life. It all begins with the creation of that very hotel that had gone
- 1:11:19back to the year of 1, 500 twenty- six. That building was
- 1:11:24so luxurious that it made it possible to make an attraction in that place.
- 1:11:28However, only the most powerful people had access to it, as the rates
- 1:11:32were so high that certain celebrities at the time were staying there. It was
- 1:11:40at that time that Joseph was only a child who frequently visited the hotel,
- 1:11:45not because of his economic condition, but because of his father' s accompaniment,
- 1:11:50because he was the gardener of that place. This is how that story
- 1:11:55begins, so on one occasion many farmers arrived who fled their ranches to settle
- 1:12:00for a good time in that place. It was a specific case in which
- 1:12:04these people brought with them great treasures and secrets themselves that even protected with their
- 1:12:12own life. It was on one occasion that the child observed a very large
- 1:12:17chest, full of bright things and elements never before seen by his eyes.
- 1:12:24However, that relic had something chilling, because the first time it was brought
- 1:12:29to the place was covered with blood, so many people who lived in the
- 1:12:34hotel that day decided to abandon it, since it was not common or in
- 1:12:39everyday life. However, that infant, instead of being terrorized by that circumstance,
- 1:12:45decided to look in depth at what that copper contained, as the farmers
- 1:12:50protected him more than their lives. He clearly must have had something hidden.
- 1:12:57While Don José kept speaking my mind that the vibes each time imagined each stage,
- 1:13:00it was as if he lived a contemporary film. However, my attention
- 1:13:06continued to be in Joseph, a man who was really excited, but at
- 1:13:12the same time serious in speaking. That' s when I could understand the
- 1:13:16reality of the narrative. As he continued with the anecdote, that child approached
- 1:13:21the chest so great it was his curiosity that he put aside the fear and
- 1:13:27decided to open it at night, while everyone slept, and that infant was
- 1:13:31brave and ventured into one of the greatest traumas he could have ever experienced.
- 1:13:38As he assured that no one was around, he quickly opened that chest with
- 1:13:43thousands of secrets. Immediately human bones were actually observed, as the scent they
- 1:13:48had impregnated was almost unbearable. However, beneath those remains was a large number
- 1:13:56of jewels themselves that were thus seen with a very high value. That was
- 1:14:02when that boy took the brightest diamond he found and quickly put it in his
- 1:14:08pocket. Thinking there were no witnesses, he ran to his father and at
- 1:14:14the same time asked him to go home, for the fear of being discovered
- 1:14:17invaded his whole being. Upon arriving in his room, Joseph pulled out of
- 1:14:23his pocket. That precious diamond he had seen continued to put it next to
- 1:14:28his pillow so that he could sleep. However, in the course of the
- 1:14:32night, nightmares became present, as did heavy vibrations throughout the room. It
- 1:14:40was as if a spirit were within the place, so, after so many
- 1:14:45hours, Joseph remembered the fear that invaded his body. However, to the
- 1:14:50fact that the event had not been the most shocking. The next morning,
- 1:14:56when the diamond woke up, it had become the ugliest stone of all,
- 1:15:00for that diamond, for some strange reason, had no absolute value. Things
- 1:15:08had been complicated that same night at the hotel, as several men came to
- 1:15:13attack the lodgers At that time an event that turned into a massacre, which
- 1:15:17had no settlement, as they were war matters between the residents and the bad
- 1:15:23ones, and most men died in the encounter, because the blood and tragedy
- 1:15:27were evident. The people of the village were really scared and surprised, because
- 1:15:34those men had created still scrambled everywhere, thus creating fear in all the citizens.
- 1:15:41But, at the same time, curiosity, because in reality, no
- 1:15:45one knew what had happened and although Joseph was just a child, he knew
- 1:15:49that the diamond situation had something to do with such sudden battles. After what
- 1:15:56happened, the owner of the place chose to close the hotel. More than
- 1:15:59fifty per cent of the damage to the site was to be repaired, and
- 1:16:03Joseph and his father would be responsible in large part for doing that work.
- 1:16:10As that man told me what had happened, his pupils were dilating more and
- 1:16:15more. It should be noted that this situation completely marked the lives of many
- 1:16:19inhabitants, since blood could be smelled and perceived everywhere. Worst of all,
- 1:16:26the hotel staff had to take care of removing any evidence. It was clear
- 1:16:31that the moods in the village were very evident. However, they didn'
- 1:16:36t want to ruin that place' s reputation anymore. On the other hand,
- 1:16:42some men of neighboring villages heard what happened mainly for the treasures, which
- 1:16:46those visitors had brought with them, for they spoke of great fortunes and infinite
- 1:16:53money, which would solve the life of anyone. However, it was also
- 1:16:58known at that time that the dog person who was not worthy to find a
- 1:17:01treasure could intervene to allow the ancient souls who owned those belongings to consume their
- 1:17:08energy. Things over time began to become mysterious, as upon reopening that hotel,
- 1:17:14guests always complained of hearing noises, mysterious, rare and of doubtful origin.
- 1:17:20They were said to be the victims of that massacre, for they not
- 1:17:26only murdered the bad people, but also many people who were innocent. Clearly,
- 1:17:32the subject of treasures was something that afflicted many, but terrified others,
- 1:17:36for Joseph was living proof that stealing those jewels was not one of the best
- 1:17:41decisions, so for a moment he came to think that his life had been
- 1:17:45cursed. After so much thought, he decided to tell his father what had
- 1:17:53happened, because his fear at the time was so evident. Who was just
- 1:17:59a kid. As the years passed, I began to have bad streaks in
- 1:18:03every way. It was as if that act had completely salted his life from
- 1:18:10the workplace, the family and staff were falling apart. And even though that
- 1:18:15theme of the hotel had passed like a simple legend, Joseph kept wondering what
- 1:18:19he had done wrong. In all this time the confusion was so great,
- 1:18:26but in none of these circumstances had he thrown that diamond that had become stone
- 1:18:30in such a sudden way However, one night those dreams that tormented him completely
- 1:18:36returned. The more I wanted to wake up. Those voices of those men
- 1:18:43invaded his mind and space it was as if they were taking hold of his
- 1:18:47soul. So, between so many conflicts, those beings began to communicate with
- 1:18:54Joseph, mentioning that in the hotel, indeed, there was a secret and
- 1:18:59a very important gold teno. However, he could not solve it until a
- 1:19:03person arrived who was capable enough to do so. As the years passed,
- 1:19:11that man was condemned to remain in the service of the hotel, for his
- 1:19:15life had become a tragedy and he always hoped that someone would break that curse
- 1:19:19that he once opened in those moments of his life no longer cared about the
- 1:19:26money or discover the exact location of that treasure. That' s when it
- 1:19:31started to get older, and that' s where the hotel owners decided to
- 1:19:36sell it completely, since since that fact sales had declined so worryingly that there
- 1:19:42was no more income for the workers. So, in a long search to
- 1:19:47sell that place, some Spaniards, with great fortune, had heard that story
- 1:19:51and, of course, that hidden treasure that had made them even richer.
- 1:19:57At last selling that hotel, most employees were fired. However, Joseph and
- 1:20:04some others who were older remained laboring on the orders of the new owners.
- 1:20:11It was a very rare decision. However, those men expected to meet these
- 1:20:15new people to know the reason why they had not been liquidated. Likewise,
- 1:20:23Joseph continued to live his own inner hell from which he wished to leave.
- 1:20:28It was then that he realized that perhaps those new owners were worthy of breaking
- 1:20:33that curse. That man no longer cared about the money, the treasure could
- 1:20:38be kept by the new farmers. He just wanted his freedom and was willing
- 1:20:43to do anything so that he could get it and be free what was left
- 1:20:47of his life. Upon arrival, these Spaniards quickly called Joseph. They presented
- 1:20:54themselves with kindness, but at the same time imposingly. They were very fine
- 1:21:00people, light skin and colored eyes and clearly their lineage was noticed. That
- 1:21:05was when they began to question Joseph, asking him specifically about that treasure,
- 1:21:12that man in the midst of despair, told almost everything he knew about it.
- 1:21:17At the end of the day he had nothing to lose, although,
- 1:21:21on the other hand, he refrained from commenting on his problem, knowing that
- 1:21:26this was something he had to fix for himself. After a long and profound
- 1:21:30conversation full of history and wealth for those Spaniards, they decided that the most
- 1:21:36viable idea was to grind that hotel with the excuse of a remodeling, as
- 1:21:41that would also be able to attract new people, both local and foreign.
- 1:21:45It was at that time that I entered to work in that place and although
- 1:21:50I did not understand why Joseph had entrusted his story to me I knew that
- 1:21:56I should help him in one way or another, for the mental and physical
- 1:22:00exhaustion in that subject was evident. Those Spaniards knew that in one way or
- 1:22:03another they had to find a solution. Their ambition was greater than the business,
- 1:22:10because having working meetings on the changes to be made, they all authorized
- 1:22:13without first reviewing it. It was there that the engineer of the work thought
- 1:22:19of making a embezzlement where the owners signed a record of the scriptures. However,
- 1:22:26he couldn' t risk his reputation, so he left me that job.
- 1:22:30Me. I really didn' t know what to do about it,
- 1:22:35because it was my first job and I was already living in such a difficult
- 1:22:41situation without forgetting all the locked souls and secrets that were in that hotel.
- 1:22:45For a moment I wanted to flee from there and return to my village,
- 1:22:48but I could not disappoint my parents, much less Joseph, who had blindly
- 1:22:55trusted me. Clearly, I refused to put that trump on the owners,
- 1:23:00because at the end of the day they had trusted me and it was an
- 1:23:05important source of income for me, because it was my first job. That
- 1:23:11crazy idea had gone unnoticed for a while. Most of the workers had refused
- 1:23:16and, while the workers continued digging in order to find something, Joseph was
- 1:23:21beginning to have a life expectancy. After several days I went to the analysis
- 1:23:30of one of the rooms of the same place that was the most careless,
- 1:23:34since usually the guests, for some strange reason, were not interested in that
- 1:23:40area. So, after a good rest, I sat down and looked everywhere
- 1:23:44and between the rubble I could see something very bright. I quickly turned to
- 1:23:50the object and tried to lift it with my hand. However, that was
- 1:23:56almost impossible, for he could not measure so much sorrow in his immagnitude of
- 1:24:00such a brilliant and elegant object. In vain was my effort and I went
- 1:24:05with Joseph to tell him about that finding. He looked at me so surprised
- 1:24:12saying you' re the one who really didn' t understand anything. I
- 1:24:16was in shock with that situation. Clearly, I had to make a count
- 1:24:21of what happened and what I had previously told me. That man. That
- 1:24:27' s when I realized that I was really the person Joseph was waiting for
- 1:24:31all his life and maybe I would take that curse away. Or worse still
- 1:24:35he would be the heir to those nights of terror and anguish that went through
- 1:24:40so many years. That man did not really know what to do at that
- 1:24:45time could not measure the magnitude of things. Joseph advised me to dig up
- 1:24:50that treasure without telling the new owners so that we could be rich and carefree
- 1:24:56for the rest of our lives. However, I knew it was not such
- 1:25:00a clever idea, for that curse would fall into my arms. After so
- 1:25:06much thought, I let one day pass, but from that night on,
- 1:25:12dreams and thoughts began to invade my life. I began to hear voices and
- 1:25:17even see people passing by at dawn, and not only that, I could
- 1:25:24also perceive certain smells of decomposition. I knew it wasn' t the best
- 1:25:28idea to be in that place, but I had to do my job,
- 1:25:33so the next day I put on courage and started looking for Joseph, who
- 1:25:38kindly respected my relationship, because despite being the chosen one, I wouldn'
- 1:25:44t be the one to dig up that copper. That' s where I
- 1:25:47called the owners and told them what happened. I still remember as if it
- 1:25:51had been Joseph yesterday, that morning he brought with him a stone, the
- 1:25:57one that had marked his life completely. He was willing to put her in
- 1:26:01that treasure. So, at the time of reporting and digging up that chest,
- 1:26:08everyone was celebrating, because they knew they would get at least a small
- 1:26:14commission from the great excavation work they had done. However, the next day,
- 1:26:18those men who had dug up the treasure had died, but Joseph,
- 1:26:25from that day on, had stopped having nightmares and had those demons chased him
- 1:26:30after so many years. He was a new and renewed man. Without further
- 1:26:36ado. The very annoying and confused owners had called me to the office,
- 1:26:42where they had their important meetings, and that was where they showed me that
- 1:26:46the jewels had become stones and worthless objects. They didn' t really understand
- 1:26:53what had happened, but deep down I knew it perfectly. They were not
- 1:26:58the chosen ones, because I, because to me were the questions I asked
- 1:27:03myself without stopping. It was like I was living in hell, I didn
- 1:27:08' t know what could happen. So, without losing anything, that night,
- 1:27:14at last of thanks, Joseph decided to accompany me to watch, for
- 1:27:18my point was to talk to souls and know what exactly they wanted from me.
- 1:27:24It was then that I tried to invoke those lost spirits and succeeded,
- 1:27:30as a large number of bloody men began to arrive and staring at me,
- 1:27:35I really felt in a movie, because it was something that in my life
- 1:27:40I imagined would happen and those images have never managed to get out of me.
- 1:27:44Mind, clearly, I built up courage and began to argue what happened
- 1:27:49and ask what it was that those men really occupied with me. It was
- 1:27:55there that one in particular who had understood that he was the commander, addressed
- 1:28:00me and began to ask me that each jewel should be given to the relatives
- 1:28:03of the farmer who had given his life in that terrible battle, without understanding
- 1:28:10or knowing the purpose that I had. Those men pointed to Joseph, for
- 1:28:14clearly that old man knew each of the victims of that massacre, for he
- 1:28:19would help me to have eternal rest for those souls. I tried to analyze
- 1:28:26the whole thing, but clearly I knew I had to do it without my
- 1:28:31life would be based on that of Joseph, for every night it was still
- 1:28:35a martyrdom for me, which was driving me crazy. My shiners were more
- 1:28:40notorious. I felt more pale and unwilling to live. Everything had become meaningless.
- 1:28:45For me, I wanted to be me again, and that was the
- 1:28:50only option to get ahead. The new farmers, disappointed and furious, had
- 1:28:57smashed that chest into a corner, for their main interest had been to own
- 1:29:02that fortune which apparently no longer existed. It was at that time that they
- 1:29:09considered getting rid of the hotel and putting it back for sale, as it
- 1:29:14was already considered a salty and unattractive place. I took the chest together with
- 1:29:17Joseph and we started this search for family members one by one and analyzing step
- 1:29:24by step. It had been a very difficult task, but not impossible.
- 1:29:29That' s when, after several days, we hit the target. However,
- 1:29:34after distributing those relics, there had been plenty of others, so I
- 1:29:40decided to keep them in what solved my main problem. It was there that,
- 1:29:45after days, the people of the village to whom these jewels were delivered
- 1:29:49began to rumor that each of them had acquired its color and value, an
- 1:29:56event that confused me even more, since I did not understand what was happening
- 1:30:00at that time. So, when I opened the chest with the remaining jewels,
- 1:30:04I knew that was true. Those objects that had become simple and unpleasant
- 1:30:10stones were once again jewels of high value. That curse was gone. I
- 1:30:17was sure of it, so, after I didn' t know what to
- 1:30:23do with those jewels I decided to buy that collapsed old hotel and remodel it
- 1:30:27really. And that' s when the story of my life began. And
- 1:30:30although at night I keep hearing gunshots screams and seeing people injured in that place,
- 1:30:36it has become something very everyday for me and for those visitors who come
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