FROM KATHLEEN:
for you East-of-the-Mississippi folks, La Llorona is The Crying Woman, a very common scare-your-kids story to keep them from playing in the irrigation ditches, which can flood suddenly and without warning, killing even an adult.
Do you believe in ghosts? Are you an enthusiastic skeptic like I am? I’m always thinking, show me some proof! Please! I love looking at these kinds of pictures and watching the documentaries, especially in October. Here is a link to a great list of the best ghost photos ever taken. Be sure to read the stories with each one, some of them are pretty creepy. yeesh!
http://paranormal.about.com/od/ghostphotos/ig/Best-Ghost-Photos/The-Brown-Lady.htm
Bonus question: Who is your favorite ghost? I’m going with La Llorona. Cripes. She scared the hell out of me as a kid. This video tells the story I heard as a child- the second version in the video as told by Ms Pacheco.
Man, even now, as someone who does not buy into this stuff, that story gives me the creeeeeps! (shivers and giggles)
What a great example of how these old tales vary from region to region.