There's a terrifying island in Mexico that's full of hundreds of mutilated dolls
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La Isla De Las Muñecas, or Island of Dolls, is pure nightmare fuel, and that's even without knowing its terrifying tale.
The small island floats in the Xochimilco canals, outside of Mexico City. For years, caretaker Don Julian Santana lived on the island alone, after having left his wife and child in the 1950s to live like a hermit.
On the island, he found the body of a young girl that had drowned there, and believed that her tortured spirit was haunting it.
Subsequently, he spent his life paying her tribute in a very disconcerting way: by hanging mutilated dolls across the island. Allegedly, he found the drowned girl's doll in the water with her, and hung it on a tree to show his respect. Soon, he became obsessed with hanging more and more dolls, believing that each one was possessed by the spirit of dead girls.
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Over the years, every tree became replete with the mangled remains of baby dolls, their mutilated limbs and severed heads hanging from every branch, decomposing in the weather.
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Today, people believe the dolls come alive at night, moving limbs, opening their eyes, and whispering to each other.
Intrigued? The island is now a popular tourist site... for those who dare.
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