In one of my classes, we were instructed to create a newsletter on any topic of our liking. My friend and I decided to write one on paranormal occurrences and places. One of the places we found particularly caught my attention: La Isla de las Muñecas, or the Island of the Dolls.
La Isla de las Muñecas, or the Island of the Dolls, is a creepy tourist attraction that has frightened visitors for years. The Island of the Dolls is located south of Mexico City, within an extensive network of canals.
It is said that three young girls once visited the island, but only two returned. One of the girls drowned in a canal. The old caretaker of the island, Don Julian Santana, lived there alone despite being married and claimed he was being haunted by the girl’s spirit. To appease her, he hung a doll on a tree for her amusement, but this only increased the tormenting. He continued to hang the dolls, collecting them, each sending him drifting farther from society. Soon, hundreds of mutilated dolls hung lifelessly from the trees, looking to appease the spirit. The affliction never ceased. In 2001, Don Julian Santana was mysteriously found dead by his nephew...on the bed of the same canal in which the little girl drowned in.
To this day the dolls hang, abused and maimed by the years, still looking to appease the raging spirit. Few tourists visit the island, claiming it’s too overwhelming to see the mangled dolls, but those who do, do not leave without feeling a presence. Many say that upon entering the island they can hear many childlike voices whispering to them, telling them to offer them a gift to pacify them.
The dismembered bodies of the dolls still wait in the trees, and will remain to wait, though they will never be mollified.
Here is a picture of a part of the Island:
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