El Demonio Que desapareció A Niños En Cocula Historias De Terror - REDE

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Demon. The next story I'
m going to tell was kept in the

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depths of my mind. It happened
to me when I was an eight-

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year- old boy. At that
time he had neither the conscience nor the

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maturity to understand what happened. I
just tried to forget it, of course,

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without getting it. That experience was
stored in the trunk of my memory.

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I am now seventy- eight years
old, although memories are very vivid,

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perhaps because memory is selective and retains
certain moments that left a mark on

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life. At that time, I
lived with my brothers and parents in a

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village in Jalisco, called a quililla, rather than a village. It was

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a ranch where there were few families, so it was a small place.

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Everyone knew each other. There was
even kinship among most people, because young

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people who belonged to different families became
boyfriends and then married. Lilla was a

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village fifteen minutes from the village of
Cocula. The latter was bigger. I

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had more services. In fact,
we went to the doctor and bought the

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necessary supplies from Cocula. At that
time I accompanied my dad walking or riding.

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The village was located on the slopes
of a hill, so in rainy

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season it became green everywhere. There
is still a source of water that we

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provide for everyday use. When I
was a kid, my mom was going

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to wash her clothes in the river. She was carrying large baskets of dirty

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clothes on her head while she was
washing her clothes. I had fun next

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to my brothers bathing and playing.
There was a time when we went to

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cocula very early. I was going
next to my dad I saw several people

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working on a big lot in town. There were big cages with animals.

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I asked my dad what it was
about, what those people were doing.

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My dad explained to me what the
circus was. Before he explained to me

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again, I asked him what that
was. My dad didn' t explain

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to me anymore. He better take
me to the circus to see him up

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close. He added that he would
take us to see a performance, although

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it would not be that day,
but another, in order to take my

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brothers. While my dad bought everything
he needed. I stayed in the square

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watching people pick up the circus tent. One of the workers came up to

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ask me what my name was and
how old I was. When I answered

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him he gave me an invitation to
come to see the show. He told

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me about the bearded woman, the
strong man, the clown and the animals

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they brought and that if I wanted
to see the elephant and the trained dogs

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outside the other side of the tent. That' s when I saw two

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men dressed in one way or another. The man explained to me that it

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was the trapezeists and that when I
went to the show, I would see

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them flying through the air without the
need for wings. It was so much

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enthusiasm that I ran away to tell
my dad that I wanted to go to

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the circus I was so excited that
I didn' t realize when I bumped

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into a person. When I saw
his face and heard his voice, I

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noticed that he was not a child, but a little lord. Like me,

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he even grabbed my arm. It
was so much fear that I started

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screaming very scared. A few minutes
later my dad was with me. By

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that time, the little lord had
already let me go. I ran into

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my father' s arms. The
circus manager also went to see what was

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happening. The man was dressed in
a formal way. He offered my dad

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an apology because he scared me.
My father asked them for understanding. He

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explained to circus workers that I didn' t know what a circus meant.

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It was the first time I saw
one for that I had reacted that way.

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After the incident, the circus owner
gave my dad courtesy so we could

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go all the family to Friday'
s show. On our cocula comeback,

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I was very excited because I was
going to the circus. My dad explained

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to me that there were trained animals, that they were doing spectacular routines,

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also that there were trapecists, clowns
and more things that we were going to

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have a lot of fun. He
was over twenty years old who wasn'

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t going to a circus. He' d be happy to remember old times.

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In the distance I saw the town. I asked my dad to get

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off my horse. I ran to
the house to tell my mom and my

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brothers we were going to the circus. Then my dad came in and showed

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us the tickets they had given us. Not only did it give me expectation.

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My brothers also began to ask me
what I had seen. I told

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them about the elephant, the tiger
and me and or animals that were in

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the corral. Eating counted the days
for Friday. Hours before we go to

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the circus, we manage. My
dad asked one of his brothers to join

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us to leave together. He agreed
to take us on his horse. We

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arrived half an hour before the show
began. As I walked with my brothers,

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walking around the tent I reached to
see the small man in the distance.

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I didn' t say anything,
I just stared at him. He

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also realized my presence. He didn' t take his eyes off me,

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either. He was washing his hands
in a bucket with water. It struck

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me to see the red water as
if the lord had cut himself. I

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couldn' t figure out what was
going on anymore because my mom pulled me

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into line to get into the tent. Before the show started. The place

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was almost full and in complete darkness. I was only able to see some

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lights in the background. The show
in or with a presenter dressed in a

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funny way. The whole show was
spectacular, only before the last issue was

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presented, the host offered an apology
because one of the monkeys they had for

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the single- cycle presentation had died. I had no idea it had happened,

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but they found him without life inside
a dressing room, even though he

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was very young, gave me the
impression that the presenter was afflicted by the

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death of the monkey. He gave
many explanations about it. He said circus

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animals were also considered part of his
family. They were one more member,

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so the death of the little animal
was a significant loss, not only because

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we would deprive ourselves of its number, but also because they were greatly affected

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by its loss. The show was
very good. The only thing that clouded

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the show was the monkey' s
death. Back in Quililla, my dad

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told us that he saw the host
very dismayed. He told him that he

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was in charge of the necessary care
for the animals. Personally, I taught

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them routines, fed them, even
played with them I was very fond of

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them. That' s why he
was so affected by the monkey' s

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death that he didn' t understand
the reason for his death. I and

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my brothers did not cause any conflict
by not seeing the animals doing their show.

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We had so much fun that we
overlooked what happened when we arrived in

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town. We told all our cousins
and friends about the circus show at Cocula.

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My cousins told me they wanted to
go too. They were going to

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tell their parents to go. I
told one of my cousins that if my

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uncle took them, I wanted to
go too. Again, I went with

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my cousin Beto to convince my uncle
to take us to the circus He reluctantly

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said he had no money or time
to do so. He arrived very tired

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or from the plot to still go
cocula. My aunt intervened by saying that

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if he couldn' t, he
was going to tell my dad to join

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us reluctantly. My uncle agreed.
It wasn' t hard to convince my

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dad. I told him my cousins
wanted to go see the circus, but

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my uncle couldn' t take them. We' re asking him to do

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it. My father scratched his head. We were barely back and we had

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to go again. The next day, not quite as he agreed to go,

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but he told us he was leaving
us at the circus. He wouldn

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' t come in any more and
he' d pick us up. We

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agreed. The next day, my
cousins were prepared well in advance. My

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dad was surprised to see you all
dressed up in the living room. We

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went cocula for the six o'
clock show. The show lasted two hours,

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so he told us that at eight
o' clock he was waiting for

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us outside the circus. He gave
us money to buy some candy and went

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to Kiosk with one of his friends, because my dad knew a lot of

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people in town. Although I had
already seen the show, I had fun

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as the first time my youngest cousin
or Joaquín wanted to buy popcorn. He

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asked me to accompany him, but
neither my cousin nor I listened to him.

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He just went to buy them.
Just until the show' s over.

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We realized that Joaquin had not returned. My beto went looking for him,

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although among the people who wanted to
get out it was difficult to find

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him. I didn' t worry
or get scared because we didn' t

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find Joaquin. I thought he went
to see the animals In the back of

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the circus were the cages. I
went looking for him, while Beto kept

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looking for him on the other side
of the tent. I was amused to

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see a small elephant standing next to
his mother, in the distance I could

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tell that someone was running behind a
dressing room, but it was already dark.

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I couldn' t clearly tell what
it was about. I yelled at

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my cousin Joaquin that we were looking
for him to come with us already.

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No one' s answering me.
I just heard some kind of grunt.

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I walked around cautiously in case it
was a dog to have a chance to

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run. When I got behind the
dressing room, I could only see someone

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running. Suddenly, my father grabbed
my arm, told me he was looking

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for me. It was enough that
we didn' t find my cousin Joaquin,

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and I still stayed to see the
animals. I tried to tell my

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dad that there was someone behind the
dressing room, that it could probably be

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Joaquin. However, it was so
much my dad' s concern that he

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didn' t listen to me until
then. I didn' t understand the

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gravity of what was happening. While
my dad was holding my arm, I

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turned back. That' s when
I saw the little man with blood on

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his face and on his clothes.
I stopped and told my dad that there

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was someone there who, please,
let' s go see who it was.

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Maybe there was Joaquin, but my
dad didn' t stop. He

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took me to the entrance to the
circus, where my cousin Beto, the

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circus host and two cops were.
I heard adults talk while my father grabbed

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me with a lot of strength from
my arm. I couldn' t explain

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what I felt, but I had
the feeling that my cousin, Joaquin,

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was behind a dressing room and that
something very bad had happened to him in

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the distance. I saw that the
same man turned around and stared at me,

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no longer had traces of blood.
He stopped his walk. After harassing

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me with his gaze, he retired. My cousin Beto was very sad,

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also desperate because he couldn' t
find his brother. We were in Cocula

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for over three hours. I was
already sleepy and feeling very tired, just

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like my cousin. We didn'
t complain, though. I think that

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in a certain way, both Beto
and I had shared guilt for not accompanying

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Joaquin when he went to buy the
popcorn. When my dad saw us sitting

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on the floor sleeping right away,
he told the authorities that he would take

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us to Quililla too so that my
uncles would find out what had happened and

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we would rest. My father said
he' d come back with more people

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to look for my cousin, Joaquin. In Quililla. All the people organized

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themselves to look for Joachim, but
it was not possible to find him.

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My dad went to Cocula every day
to ask for information and follow up on

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the disappearance, until with the passing
of days, the family got to the

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idea that they would no longer find
him. Precisely because of Joaquin' s

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disappearance. The circus lasted longer than
planned, because it was the place where

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it was lost. A few days
later. I heard my mom say two

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chickens had been killed. When my
mom went to feed them in the corral,

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she found them lying dry as if
she had taken their guts out.

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It wasn' t the only time
dead animals appeared. My neighbor' s

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dog also found him, just like
the way the chickens found him. Anna

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' s appearances of dead animals in
the village became more and more frequent.

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It was very strange because it had
never happened to adults to say that perhaps

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it was a wild animal that went
out at night in search of food.

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Although it was the first time that
happened, my mom asked me to be

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very careful, I could usually be
on the street at night and at any

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time. But this time he told
me that as soon as it got dark,

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I would get into the house because
I was afraid the wild animal would

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hurt me. After the calm and
quiet I had, the people and their

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surroundings were all upset by the disappearance
of my cousin Joachim and the animals that

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were amanecect dead. On one of
the occasions I accompanied my dad to Cocula,

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he never let me go. All
the time he was in my care

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while shopping in an oversight, I
let go of his hand and sat on

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the sidewalk. I played with my
marbles when I saw some feet that stopped

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on the ground. When I looked
up, I saw the same man behind

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the dressing room again. The circus
kept staring at me. I was very

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afraid because his eyes were completely black. He smiled in a disturbing way.

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I ran where my dad was I
hugged him tight. My dad asked me

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what was going on. I wanted
to tell him that there was that man

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who was very afraid of me,
but he had already left. That'

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s when I realized the circus was
already gone, but the man was still

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in town. After my dad finished
shopping, he asked me what had happened

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to me I told him I saw
that strange man coming to the circus again.

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My dad ducked, stared at me
and asked me if I was sure.

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I said yes. Then he went
immediately to speak with some authority of

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the people, in what my father
went away I saw in the distance the

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man who was hiding behind a tree, but his gaze was fixed on me.

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Suddenly he left his hiding place and
began to move quickly towards the place

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where I was. As I turned
around to see if anyone noticed his presence,

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I got up from the sidewalk and
started running to where my father was.

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Being also ran with a speed that
almost reached me. I was just

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gonna hold my arm. When my
father left the police station, I hugged

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him scared. My dad asked me
what was going on stuttering I said it

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was him. There he was again
and he ran to catch up and take

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me. I showed my dad what
that man did to my arm. It

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was a deep scratch from which I
began to bleed. Without hesitation. The

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people at the police station got organized
right away. They went out on their

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quest. I couldn' t tell
if they found him anymore because my dad

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got me on the horse and we
got out of here. I noticed my

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father extremely upset because he started riding
harder. He asked me to hold on

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very tight to his waist. While
we were moving through the vegetation. I

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noticed something was moving between the weeds. I told my father. He just

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told me to hold me tight.
For a few seconds I came to see

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that man on all fours who was
running almost alongside the horse as if he

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were an animal. Then I lost
sight of him, but I was afraid

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because I kept hearing noises behind us. I hugged my dad hard and closed

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my eyes. As soon as we
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Anyway, I jumped in the street. Before I closed the door.

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I saw everything was fine. My
dad was talking to my mom. I

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didn' t understand what happened or
why my father had been so upset for

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a while. I was restless until
my mom came over to tell me everything

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was fine. For a little while. I wasn' t going to go

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to cocula with my dad anymore until
everything calmed down, I nodded and hugged

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her. I felt protected with my
mom at night I was going out to

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play with my cousins, but my
mom wouldn' t allow it. He

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asked me not to go out on
the street. If I wanted to play,

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it was best to invite my cousins
inside. It was strange that he

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wouldn' t let me, because
the town was very quiet and nothing bad

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had ever happened. I didn'
t go out to play anymore. I

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stayed home. I saw my parents
walking from one side to the other and

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peeking out the windows. I didn' t understand what was happening. I

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approached my mom to ask her what
was going on, but she didn'

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t answer me. He went to
the drawer and pulled out a rosary.

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He put it on my neck.
He told me it was time to go

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to bed. She also told my
younger sisters the same thing. He tucked

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them in and took them to bed. He told me that this time we

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were all going to sleep together in
the same room. It was pretty weird

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that my mom told me that,
but I didn' t ask her anything.

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I went to bed next to my
sisters and fell asleep very soon.

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I didn' t realize how long
it was, but the noise the animals

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made woke me up. My dad
was standing in the window looking out with

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a lot of attention, while the
chickens were bringing a big fuss. The

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dogs began to howl in a pitiful
way and the goats made their characteristic valid.

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The dogs were disturbed and began to
bark hard until one of them complained

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painfully. It was a long night
when I couldn' t even sleep anymore.

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It wasn' t about to dawn
either. When I heard the screams

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of one of the neighbors, I
didn' t understand what I was saying,

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but I was screaming desperately. My
parents came out to see what was

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going on. My sisters were still
sleeping. I looked out the window.

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From there I could see out the
neighbor was flapping desperately. Several neighbors approached

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and immediately went to the mountain together. They were carrying sticks and a rifle.

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I was scared looking out without knowing
what was going on. Suddenly,

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I saw the circus man' s
face. I was standing outside the window.

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He approached his face towards the glass. It was the same as mine.

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He smiled macabrely, while his mouth
shed blood. I screamed so loud

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my parents ran into the house.
The circus man stood on all fours and

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left with great speed. I didn' t see him anymore, but I

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knew he was going away, because
where the dogs were going and the rest

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of the animals were making a big
fuss. Then everything was completely silent.

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With the sunrise. It seemed that
everything had happened and that, contrary to

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the night, the day was very
quiet. My moms got some news that

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left them ice cream. I asked
them what had happened. The only thing

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my mom told me was that Vicente, a neighbor' s youngest son,

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had disappeared. Several neighbors went in
search of him, but he was afraid

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not to find him, just as
it was with my cousin Joaquin. The

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following days everything was calm. The
animals did not stir up again at night,

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nor did another child disappear into vice. They didn' t find him

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either. It was a loss.
Like my cousin Joaquin, many years went

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by without an incident like that happening
again at that time. I did not

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know what had happened until I grew
up and realized that the circus man was

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responsible for the disappearance of the two
children of the village and the death of

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the circus animals, the towns of
Cocula and Quillilla. Later I learned that

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animals had been lost in other nearby
villages too, and they were found dead

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in the morning, dry without a
drop of blood. Ever since that unfortunate

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event happened. In all the time
I' ve lived in Quililla, something

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like this never happened again. So
far, after so many years, at

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night restless animals are heard, several
of them have already been found dead.

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That' s when I brought back
the memory of what I lived when I

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was little. It was such an
impressive event that I kept it for a

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long time in my memory without wanting
to recall it again until now, that

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another child disappeared again. I have
the memory that at some point I heard

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my dad say that that being that
appeared when I was a kid was coming

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back after several years. His return
was cyclical. So far I have not

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been able to know if that man
was a demon, a vampire or a

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strange entity story written and adapted by
Adriana Cuevas