The Legend Of La Llorona- The Wailing Woman

According to one popular legend,  a woman named Maria was  blessed with natural beauty and determined to marry only the most handsome man she could. She eventually fell in love, married and had two children. Maria was abandoned by her husband and left to raise their children alone and they ended up drowning. In many versions of the tale it is suggested that Maria had been overcome with grief of her lost love and killed the children before dumping them in the river. When Maria is refused entry to heaven without her children, she is forced to search the waters for their remains during the afterlife.

There are reports of seeing The Wailing Woman all across the United States and Mexico. The most reported sightings are in California and New Mexico.