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Legend of the Pantheon of San Cristóbal De Las Casas.

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Legend has it that in Chiapas, there is a pantheon located in San Cristóbal de las Casas that is famous for the numerous paranormal stories that have happened in the place, they say that in that cemetery rest the bodies of a vampire and a witch who terrorized the As if that were not enough, the population also rumors of a spirit that appears near the pantheon, various disappearances of innocent people have been attributed to this ghost.


Inside the pantheon there is a very peculiar tomb that stands out from the rest, it has the shape of a castle, when you see it it gives you the impression that you are looking at Dracula's tomb, legend has it that a man is the one who is buried there They say that when he was still alive he always liked to dress in black and when night came this character used to scare those who crossed his path, they never knew if this man was really a vampire but something very strange happened in his grave, One day they placed a portrait where you can see the "Sacred Heart of Jesus" and tears of blood began to flow from the figure's face.

There are other less striking but more visited tombs in this pantheon, such as the tombs of the mermaids, these measure no less than 7 meters high and just above them are 4 figures of mermaids that look very terrifying. They guard the corpse of Enedina García, a young woman who according to legend had supernatural powers such as the power to heal, but was also a user of black magic, at the young age of 24 a group of hunters killed her, this in the In the year 1900, it is said among the inhabitants that the young woman's family buried her standing up along with a great fortune, however, no one ever dared to steal something from her grave because it is well known that there is a spell that will fall on the person trying to get something out of his grave.

The witch Enedina García said before she died that she would return the day one of the mermaids that guarded her tomb fell, and to the fear of all her promise was fulfilled since many people managed to see the silhouette of the young woman around the cemetery.