The Day of the Dead.
Horror Story
There I was, on a trip
in Mexico, happy since that was my dream, until the worst happened...
November 1st and
everyone was anxious because tomorrow was the famous day of the dead, I never
believed in those things of ghosts, they seemed absurd to me since they
were stories retold for children.
Of course, I could not say that in Mexico
because it is a tradition to celebrate, so on November
2nd and there I was with my face painted white and a couple of candles in hand.
That night was
cold, so cold that I could compare it with an
ice, although everyone was in front of a grave crying, laughing or singing, I just sat
on a curb to see what they did. I stayed there for several hours, until someone
brushed me from behind, but when I looked there was nobody, so I just thought it
must have been the wind or a child running, because what else could it be?
After several minutes
they rubbed me again, I turned immediately and there was a gentleman, he had a
strange face, his eyes were like fallen and he walked strangely, but I decided
not to pay attention.
When I left the cemetery, I went to the hotel where I was
staying because I was very tired, so tired that I hardly went to bed and I stayed tucked in blankets.
In the morning of
November 3rd, I went for a walk because the next day I was leaving Mexico. I met
many fantastic places, I took pictures and I ate a lot, but it was time to go
back to the hotel. When I arrived at the hotel I found it in a bad state, it
was like abandoned; I found it strange since 2 hours before it was fine, I
could not understand what was going on, so I thought that I had made a
mistake, but when I asked they said that this was the hotel; however, it had been
abandoned for 10 years.
I decided to enter because I needed to recover my
things, but when I entered I found the man who had grazed me in the cemetery,
the only problem was that he was dead, so I ran out and I went to the police
station where I explained everything that had happened, that I was staying there and
that the hotel was suddenly abandoned.
They confirmed that the hotel had been
abandoned and that a man had died in the worst way, so when he told me that, I
could not believe it, the policemen made me look like a madwoman and that
everything had been made up by me, but I was sure of what had occurred to me.
By Ana Sofía Durán, Step 8
ice, although everyone was in front of a grave crying, laughing or singing, I just sat
on a curb to see what they did. I stayed there for several hours, until someone
brushed me from behind, but when I looked there was nobody, so I just thought it
must have been the wind or a child running, because what else could it be?
In the morning of
November 3rd, I went for a walk because the next day I was leaving Mexico. I met
many fantastic places, I took pictures and I ate a lot, but it was time to go
back to the hotel. When I arrived at the hotel I found it in a bad state, it
was like abandoned; I found it strange since 2 hours before it was fine, I
could not understand what was going on, so I thought that I had made a
mistake, but when I asked they said that this was the hotel; however, it had been
abandoned for 10 years.
They confirmed that the hotel had been
abandoned and that a man had died in the worst way, so when he told me that, I
could not believe it, the policemen made me look like a madwoman and that
everything had been made up by me, but I was sure of what had occurred to me.
November 1st and
everyone was anxious because tomorrow was the famous day of the dead, I never
believed in those things of ghosts, they seemed absurd to me since they
were stories retold for children. 
