If you want to be creeped out visit a world renowned tourist destination known as “La Isla de la Munecas”- a Spanish name which means the Island of the dolls. This Island of dolls is situated in Mexico and as the name suggests is home to thousands of dolls.
The Island Of The Dolls – A Dark Tourist Attraction In Mexico
By
Michael Avery in
Geeks and Gaming
On 18th August 2015
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Don Julian Santana, a hermit who left the world and his family to inhabit this island dedicated the last fifty years of his life to the make the "La Isla de la Munecas". It is believed that, he did this to please the spirit of a little girl who had drowned in the canal. Whatever may be the reason, he managed to turn this island into a bizarre, scary place where the eerie eyes of creepy dolls haunt your every move on this strange island.
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Don Julian is said to have led an isolated life ,except when he ventured to collect old dolls that he either scavenged from the garbage dump or bought in exchange for his homegrown fruits and vegetables. In 2001, Don Julian was discovered dead having drowned in the same canal surrounding his home. Don Julian may be gone but his eerie disturbed vision lives on in the faces of lifeless dolls mutilated and hung in the worst forms of human torture and punishment.
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This is a ghostly sight that serves as a dark tourist attraction especially for the youth who may be fascinated by gore and death. Many visitors are overwhelmed by the dead childish faces of dolls that never lived but appear to haunt this place, always looking at you as though you were responsible for their hellish fate.
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Everywhere you turn there is a another pair of creepy lifeless eyes staring at you.
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The limbs of dolls hanging all around serve as a reminder as to just how disturbed and unstable Don Julian was in life.
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La Isla de la Munecas is also known as the "haunted island" because there are many reports of paranormal activities. It was even featured on Destination Truth. One report has claimed that you can clearly hear voices telling you to "leave the island or else."
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#7
You can visit the island any time, you just catch a boat, called "trajinera", and ask for the island. It costs 10 pesos and it's quite an interesting visit for those not frightened by the eerie dolls. Are you brave enough to give it a visit?
