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"Her Cry"
Feature Film based on found tapes and news reports.
IN 2011 Three Filmakers disappeared looking for La Llarona
In 2011
Someone turn in over 17 hours of tapes to local Police Department
This is their story
Edited only for length by Dark Lightning Films
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September 2012
James, Independent film maker...last seen 2009. Case classified "Unsolved"
"The Place" of La Llarona sighting.
This photo was taken by James in 2008, at the house. NO one was in the house as he was taking this picture. He claimed that was a lamp. Numerous attempts to recreate the photo with a lamp were unsuccessful.
Evidence #22337 - Date 9.8.2011, Location: House interior, Room: 1
The Story of La Llarona
A film based on one of the oldest urban legends in the world.
La Llorona" ("The Weeping Woman") is a popular legend in Hispanic America and Mexico, with many versions in many cultures and regions. The basic story, which originated in Mexico, and the Southwest United States, is that La Llorona (weeping woman) was a beautiful woman by the name of Maria who thought she was too good for the local men. One day a dashing young ranchero, son of a wealthy rancher, rode into town. Maria and the young ranchero soon became engaged, then married. They had two or three children, and things were fine for awhile. Then he would leave town and be gone for months at a time. When he would return, it was only to visit his children, he paid no attention to Maria. After awhile, Maria became very angry at him, then angry and jealous of the children. One evening, Maria and her children were strolling along the banks of a river or creek when the ranchero came by on a carriage, next to him was an elegant young lady. The husband visited with the children, paid no attention to Maria, then left. After that, a terrible rage filled Maria, she then turned the anger towards the children. She then threw her children into the river, drowning them. As they disappeared downstream, she had realized what she had done. She ran down the banks of the river stretching her arms out to them, but it was too late, they were gone. She kept looking for them, some say she drowned herself, others say she roamed the banks looking for the children crying out "Ay, mis hijos!" (Oh, My Children) until she died.
Another legend is before Mexico was conquered by Hernan Cortes, there was a local woman who became friends with him, told him how he could conquer Mexico, she betrayed her own people to be with this man she eventually fell in love with and they had a child. After the conquest of Mexico, Cortes was leaving for Spain and taking the child with him, but not his wife. She then came to her senses, her people told her that when the child grew up that he might come back and finish off Mexico. Out of spite, she drowned the child in the river. She then jumped in and killed herself.
When Maria reached the gates of heaven, she was asked, "Where are your children?" ashamed,she confessed, "I don't know, my Lord." "Go and bring them here, or at least one bone per child, you cannot rest until they are found" the Lord said. She was not permitted to enter heaven until she found her children. She now wanders along streams at night, searching in vain for her drowned offspring, and for children to drag screaming to their watery grave. She has been known not only to take revenge out on children, but men and women she comes across as well, with no mercy. Her constant weeping is the reason for her name, La Llorona.
To this day, many people see her across the Southwestern United States, and Mexico still wailing, and people are still said to be taken by her.