La Llorona or the weeping woman, is the story of a cursed mother. Maria was a pretty young woman who lived in a rural village in Mexico. One day, upon her normal business, she was approached by a wealthy and handsome nobleman who happened to be passing through. The man was so taken by her beauty and person that he asked her to marry him.



She said yes and was very excited, as was her family. The nobleman’s father was less enthused at the spoil of his bloodline, so the couple built a house in Maria’s home village. For many years, the couple lived in happiness and together had two young boys.



As years passed the man traveled more often, until one day he returned home with a younger woman. He said goodbye to his sons and that he was to take the woman as his new wife.



Maria became enraged by her husband’s abandonment and she took the boys to a nearby river. Furious, she drowned her children. After the two were gone, she realized what she had done. She frantically searched the rapids for her sons, but could not find them.



Days later, Maria was found on the riverbank. The legend says that Maria was stopped at the gates of Heaven. There, she was questioned about the location of her children. When she didn’t have an answer, she was sent to find them. She is now cursed to walk the Earth, searching for her sons as a tormented spirit. Those who have seen her have said she screams and wails and cries, asking where her children were.



One South Texas man’s story claims that one night while driving home down a road that runs next to the Rio Grande river, he spotted La Llorona. The road was black and deserted with nothing but the stars showing their light. He could see nothing, but what was in his headlights, not even the river beside him.



During his regular he drive, he came across something he had never witnessed on the road. A woman with long black hair and a white dress was walking along the shoulder. He pulled up slowly beside her and noticed she was soaking wet. Concerned, the man rolled down his window and attempted to get the woman’s attention. Unlucky for him, she noticed.



The pale woman turned to him. She was very thin and her flesh appeared to be decaying. She was crying extremely loud. The man was stilled worried for her until he looked her directly in the eyes. The woman’s eye sockets were empty, nothing but solid black holes. She opened her mouth wide and screamed for her babies.



The ghostly woman searched for the passenger door and the man floored his gas pedal, spinning his tires to get distance from the monstrous woman. When he looked back in the rearview mirror, she appeared to have vanished. He claimed that was the legendary woman, Maria, continuing the search for her lost children, La Llorona.