The story goes that Julian found a little girl drowned in mysterious circumstances while he was not able to save her life. Shortly thereafter, Julian saw a floating doll near the canals. Most probably, the doll belonged to the girl. He picked up the doll and hung it to a tree, as a way of showing respect and support the spirit of the girl. Julian was apparently haunted by the spirit of the girl and started hanging more dolls in an attempt to please her spirit.
He soon realized the dolls themselves were possessed by the spirits of dead girls, and continued to collect creepy dolls hanging them over the entire island. According to those close to him, it was as if Julian was driven by some unseen force that completely changed him.
After 50 years of collecting dolls and hanging them on the island, Julian was found dead, drowned in the same spot where the girl did. The locals are very faithful that the Isla de las Munecas is a charmed place. Since the death of Julian, the island has become very famous and has even been featured in many articles and even TV shows.
Although the action of Don Julian was innocent and even admirable, it ended up being portrayed as a real nightmarish destination. H M S In the news. Jeremy Bender. After having moved to the island, Santana found the drowned body of a girl and her doll floating in the canals. Convinced of the girl's vengeful spirit haunting the island, Santana hung the girl's doll as a way of making amends to her spirit.
Soon, Santana became convinced that the single doll was not enough to appease the girl's spirit. So Santana began hanging the dolls he found in the garbage and canals around the island.
He hung the dolls as he found them, regardless of damage or mutilations that afflicted the dolls. And over time, his tributes became more and more intricate.
Over time, Santana ended up amassing a collection of hundreds of dolls that he strung up on trees and the buildings throughout the island. As the dolls are hung without any protection from the elements, the dolls have continued to age and decompose as the elements slowly take their turn Slowly causing the dolls to take on an organic but even further distorted look. Barrera continued to add more dolls for several years until , when he too drowned in the same river where he had found the little girl.
Locals believe that Don Julian Santana Barrera joined the other spirits of the island and that the island is charmed, not nightmarish. It became a tourist destination after the passing of Barrera, and visitors now bring more dolls.
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