Nephtali De Leon

La LLorona Nephtali De Leon

At "La LLorona Club," Lisa and her female friend are sitting at a table, in subdued light."Don't look now, he´s coming here again." Leo, handsome, bearded, approaches; cocky, sure, with a swag."Dance, baby?" "Not this time." "This is the third time I ask you!" Leo is swept away by another girl and they dance. Lisa speaks up. "Let´s get out of here, he is so full of himself..." While somewhere else under a mystery moon, two archeologists, Dr. Cruz Garza and his assistant López, are on the verge of making a discovery of the century... Aztlan! When suddenly inside the ancient ruins a stone falls, hissing vapor erupts out of cracks. A freaky wailing sound is heard. Walls break open and a ghostly steam comes out in mass. Garza and López fall back. The curse! Meanwhile Leo picks up a girl coming out of church as he cruises slow and steady in his lowrider car. He doesn't know it but she passed away some time back! And she happens to be Lisa's dead aunt! Of all the scary stories in the Mexican American, Hispanic, Latino, tradition and folklore, none hold greater sway in our imagination than the legend of la LLorona, from pre-Colombian Meso-American times to the 21st. Century. No native American apparition, spirit, ghost, witch, or twice told tales have ever haunted our psyche, identity and culture as persistently as the 500 year old story of la LLorona, a spirit that refuses to die. This is a modern urban legend crystallized 500 years ago. While the Spaniards will eventually destroy the Aztec Capital, Tenochtitlan, a cardinal at the Vatican addresses Pope Alexander VI, in 1493, for his death knell Papal bull, the "discovery doctrine," and the arrival of the sword and the cross in the Americas. Cardinal: "I await your decree, your holiness."While not spoiling things for you, we will only say that there is a native woman burned alive at the stake, cursed by the high priest of the catholic church, and that ghosts and evil death haunt this story. This legend comes from the pivotal heart of centuries of conflicts where unburied bones cry out for justice, especially in the river borderlands. "Ayyy mis hijoos..." (Oh my children!) This is a creepy ghost adventure. La LLorona ! Everybody knows her name. But do you know the truth? "Ayyy Miss Hijooos!"