Island of the Dolls: Xochimilco's Watchers
Hundreds of weathered dolls hung in the trees by a caretaker to calm a drowned girl's spirit.
A caretaker's vigil
After a girl reportedly drowned near his canal plot, caretaker Don Julián Santana began hanging dolls in the trees to appease her spirit — for some fifty years, until his own death in 2001.The hauntings
Hundreds of weathered, sun-bleached dolls now stare from the branches. Visitors describe the dolls' eyes seeming to follow them and whispers on the wind.Visit
Reach it by traditional trajinera boat through the Xochimilco canals.Find real haunts near you 🎃
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