We have not been lucky enough to "see" La Llorona, but we do know creditable people who claim they've seen her.

Here is some history on this legend:

In Mexican folklore, La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) is a ghostly woman who floats at night searching for her dead children.

There are several versions of this story. One version, she drowned her children and now walks the Rio Grande river banks in search for them.

Another version says that she had children but fell in love with a man who didn't want them. She drowned them to please her lover but was overcome with grief and guilt and drowned herself.

La Llorona is typically described as shapely and dressed in white and black, long black hair, long finger nails, and no face.

We do know that the legend was inspired from Aztec mythology. The goddess Chihuacohuatl was dressed in white and carried an empty cradle. She walked among Aztec women screaming and crying for her lost children.

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