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 The family sat on the porch and watched this woman dressed in white walk   
 down the hill to the bottom of the ravine.  When she reached the bottom    
 she crossed over to the road and walked down it.  When she reached the     
 spot that the creek crossed the road she just floated over the water.  She 
 continued up the hill and when she got to the top she disappeared into     
 thin air.  A few seconds passed and she re-appeared, walked a few more     
 yards then disappeared once again.  The family, being of Spanish heritage, 
 knew they had seen La Liorona.  La Liorona is a lady who appears when      
 sorrow is about to beset the family seeing her.  She, or the belief of     
 her, has been around since the days of the conquistadores.                 
 The legend of La Liorona is one filled with tragedy.  It is believed she   
 was born with a natural beauty but to a peasant family.  She is very tall, 
 thin, with long black flowing hair.  Her beauty caught the eye of many a   
 young man and a great many of the richer/upper class.                      
 La Liorona enjoyed the night life as well.  Enjoyed is not the word, but   
 rather lived for the night life at the fandangos.  However, her two small  
 sons did not permit her to partake in the night life as she desired.  So   
 it came as no surprise to anyone when they heard that her two son had      
 drowned in the river.  No one knows if it was an accident or by La         
 Liorona's own hand.                                                        

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 Whichever the case, accident or murder, La Liorona mourned their deaths    
 day and night.  Many settlers would see her walking the banks of the       
 river, in her white dress, looking for her sons, praying they would come   
 back.  Her gown became torn and dirty, but she did not take time to clean  
 it.  Nor did she take time to eat and her tall frame looked even taller    
 as she grew thinner.  Finally one day she simply died on the banks of the  
 river.                                                                     
 Soon after her death reports came in from various people telling others    
 they had seen La Liorona.  Even though dead in the physical form, her      
 spirit did not rest and she roamed the area, presumably still looking for  
 her sons.                                                                  
 As time went by, people came to realize that La Liorona's appearance was   
 directly related to sorrowful events that would soon take place.           
 But La Liorona no longer confined herself to the banks of the river.  She  
 would appear in office buildings, even using the elevator to reach the     
 floor she desired.  One such event took place for a startled young woman.  
 The young woman thought she was the only one working the building late     
 one night.  She had walked through her floor area and saw no one, saw no   
 lights on in any of the other offices.  The building was deadly quiet.     
 When she heard the elevator she became concerned about an intruder.  So    

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 she got up, walked into the hallway, just in time to see the lady in white 
 float down the hall towards an office and disappear just as she reached    
 the door.                                                                  
 The lady in white is more than a Hispanic legend.  She is someone that can 
 be seen at different times of sorrow or warning of impending sorrow.  She  
 has even left small gifts for some - like a glass figurine on a table that 
 appeared right after everyone there witnesses her float through.           
 The location of the floating lady, La Liorona, is seen in Santa Fe, New    
 Mexico.                                                                    
 Clearly, La Liorona has learned something in her afterlife.  She has       
 appeared to young boys, guilty of abusing their mother, to warn them       
 to stop this type of behavior.                                             
 Near the river, where La Liorona's sons drowned, there are houses now.  In 
 the middle of the night everyone was awakened by the loud screams and wail-
 ing of a woman.  The people left their houses to rush out to help.  Lights 
 were turned on and pointed towards the river bank.  Nothing could be seen, 
 but the wailing continued.  The men walked together across a bridge, just  
 as they got to the other side the wailing sounded like it was coming from  
 the opposite shore.  Finally things settled down and everyone went back to 
 their homes.  But this continued four additional times before dawn came.   

