Midnight Walk

This story begins in a quiet town in the county side of where I live... or I should say where I "Lived".

I was visiting my Grandmother when this happened. I went there to spend a month of my summer vacations, but I now wish I would have never do that...

The Town called "Llano de Fuego" in english: Fire Plain, got its name for what happened every summer, the whole are they use to plant the yearly crops is burned to make the soil fertile, and due to that at the same time make the town a gate to the spirit world.

I was 18 at the time this happened and the memories of that day will hunt me for ever. It all started with a simple phrase: "Don't go out at night, or the Crying Widow will take you away.

The day the field were burned the whole town would gather at the local church to assist the mass and the celebration after that. After the celebration at the church meeting hall everyone went home except for me and 3 friend. We went to the park, and were drinking a couple of beers and smoking, but not enough to be drunk. by the time we were heading back home it ws already midnight, and we started walking, we were just 5 minutes away from the town, and right before entering the town we had to pass in front of the local cementery.

About half way, we could already see the lights of the town, and all of a sudden one of my friend grabbed my arm and pulled me back and said: "Look at the entrance of the Cementery!"

I turn around and there it was, a medium size lady, with what appeared to be a black wedding dress, a veil covering her face and a black candle that was floating in her hands.

We try to move, but we all felt the same thing, an overwhelming sensation of death that left us paralyzed!

One of my friend was able to overcome the paralyzing sensation, but by that time the Lady with the Candle was already walking on our way, he pulled us to a side of the road and hide us behind a tree, but from the road you could still see us. The lady stopped in front of the tree and the light of the candle went off and she whisper something: "Go Home and you shall not be harmed, for those who step away to let a crying soul pass will live", when she stopped talking the light of the candle went on again and she  carry on walking down the street. when she was no more than 20 feet away the paralyzing sensation went away, but the fear was still there. We took a deep breath and stepped on the road again, only to see 2 girls standing in front the Lady. We though on helping them, but the survival instinct was stronger!

We started running and the only sound that we heard was the screams of the 2 girls and several other voices screaming in other languages.

By the time we got home 2 of my friend passed out and we had to spend the night at my grandma's.

At 3:00 PM the next day the police came in to ask us uestion about what happen to the girls, they both have scratches and bites all over the body, and one of them was missing a finger. The police did not took us away since the girls said clearly that they saw us running while they were getting attacked, and they knew nothing could save them!

As of that day 14 more attacks and 2 deads have been reported on the same night and at the same time.

I will never walk on a road at night again, I might be no so lucky again...