Conclusion

After conducting my research on La Lllorona I feel as though she really does exist. I used to believe in her before conducting this research because since I was little my dad has told me stories about her. Of when he was young and him hearing her by the river. But conducting this research and reading about other peoples stories, of how they heard her and saw her made me believe in La Llorona even more. I also believe that she still exist to this day because of the way and the reason for why she killed her children. The way she killed her children sounds something a woman would do when she is madly in love with a man but the man does not want to respond. Just look around you, its all around in the news today, everyday.

Stories

Paul Cantu was a guy that worked at the irrigation pumps in the Rio Grande back in 1988. He would usually work in the mornings from 6am to 6pm, but the day when he encountered  La Llorona he was working in the night shift. His co worker told him that if he was going to work at night he had to carry a shotgun because it could get dangerous at night. So it was late October with nice warm weather when all of a sudden he felt a cold chill and saw a light at the end of the river. He did not want to go near the river because people would say that it was haunted and scary. As he got closer and closer he heard a "thing" crying. At first he thought it was a cat, but as he got closer he clearly heard La Llorona crying out for her kids. She was saying "ay mis hijos", "donde estan mis hijos." When he heard this he quickly ran into the office to hide. A few minutes later after hiding and pointing to the office door with a gun, he saw La Llorna pass by thru the window. The next morning when his coworker came into the office he asked why he was pointing at the wall with a gun. Paul explained what he had seen and heard, when his coworker told him that he had seen La Llorona pass by many times. After this encounter with La Llorona Paul Cantu says that he will never go back to the water plant at night. He also says that La Lllorona roams the bank of the river at the end of October when their is a full moon. 

Cantu, Paul. "True encounter with La Llorona."
21 July 2000.
http://www.wirenot.net/X/Stories/Ghost/Ghost_T/Trueencounter.shtml

La Llorona Background

La Lllorana's name was Maria. The legend says that she was very beautiful and was also a bit conceited. She always wanted to marry a rich handsome ranchero and not just a "nobody" that was poor and worked as a farmer. One day she saw a handsome guy riding a horse and feel in love with him. They got married and had two children. Her husband went back to work out in the prairie and would only come to visit Maria and the two children once a month. Later as months passed by and her husband would go home he wouldn't even go and visit her, he would just go to see the kids and completely ignore Maria. This made Maria very mad and caused her to build anger towards her own children. One day as Maria and her children were strolling by the river banks her husband passed by in a a carriage with a woman sitting next to him, causing Maria to get very upset. Later that night Maria and the kids went for a walk and Maria still very upset threw her kids into the river causing them to drown and die. A few hours later she ran after them trying to rescue them, though it was to late. The next morning a traveler found a young beautiful woman laying next to the river banks, it was Maria lying their dead. Villagers say that the first night that Maria was in the grave they heard somebody by the river bank crying "Ay, mis hijos", since that day people stopped calling Maria, Maria, and started calling her by La Llorona.

Hayes, Joe. " La Llorona- A Hispanic Legend."
<http://www.literacynet.org/lp/hpersectives/llorona.html

La Llorona

The topic that I have chosen is about La Llorona or in English "The Cry". I chose this topic because ever since I was little my parents have always told me stories about this myth. My dad has told me in many occasions that when he was younger and lived in Mexico he heard her crying by the river next to his house. My impressions about this is pretty neutral, I do believe the whole Llorona story, but I'm not certain if I believe that her spirit goes around by the river and cries at night.