Island of the Dolls
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Julian Santana Barrera retreated to a remote wooded area in Xochimilco, Mexico city to live out his life as a recluse
He discovered corpse of a young girl – and the toy doll she left behind – floating in a nearby canal when he arrived
Barrera began to hear footsteps in the night and the anguished wails of a woman after he hung the doll from a tree
He continued to hang other toy dolls from the trees in the ‘chinampas’ area to appease her ghost for over 50 years
His family now run the area as tourist attraction where visitors hang other dolls and claim to hear them whispering
Hundreds of photographers and thrill-seekers travel to the haunted Island of the Dolls every year, but it was never meant to be a tourist attraction.
After a two-hour canal ride from Mexico City, they arrive at a nightmarish clearing deep in the woods where thousands of mutilated dolls hang from the trees and hide among the dense branches.
They were put there by a reclusive Mexican man who believed they would appease the troubled ghost of a small girl who died there over 50 years ago – and still haunts the woods today.
Julian Santana Barrera retreated to the woods soon after she drowned in the nearby canal. He claimed he could hear her tormented screams and footsteps in the darkness.
Even today – 14 years after his own mysterious death in those woods – visitors say they hear whispers in the night and feel the dolls’ eyes following them through the trees.
Source: Daily Mail
N.H.Khider
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