Ghost of the trajineras
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The legend says that In 1930, defying the dense night fog and the warnings of the elders, the young boatman Mateo took out his trajinera into the deepest canals of Xochimilco. Ambition and the momentum of youth prevented him from seeing that the darkness of that night sheltered ancestral secrets that no mortal should disturb.
Suddenly, a sepulchral cold froze the environment and the waters agitated violently. Out of the mist emerged an ancient trajinera that advanced rapidly on its own, without noises. On board floated the specter of a man with glowing eyes, who with a skeletal finger pointed rigidly toward the bottom of the canal before ramming him.
Days after the sinister encounter, the locals found Mateo wandering barefoot through the chinampas. Absolute fear had devoured his sanity completely; before exhaling his last breath among babbles, he managed to bequeath a final and terrifying warning that the boatmen of the region still respect with fear.
If you navigate at dawn through Xochimilco and feel a vessel approaching, but you do not hear the thud of the wooden pole against the mud of the bottom, the rule is clear: never look back. If you disobey the pact and turn around, the specter with glowing eyes will drag you with him to the dark depths of the water.
Redacción. (2022b, marzo 2). Leyendas de fantasmas en Xochimilco. El Universal. https://www.eluniversal.com.m x/destinos/leyendas-defantasmas-en-xochimilco/ https://www.mexicodesconoci do.com.mx/dia-de-muertosen-xochimilco.html