No Querrás Ser Militar O Policía (Testimonios Reales) Historias De Terror - REDE

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First testimony. I will keep crucial
details in private. It is enough that

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they know that reports arrived at the
barracks about certain situations of alleged criminal activity,

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especially noises. Interestingly, the place
reported. We were already looking at

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it because there were some indications that
the place was related to the disappearance of

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people from nearby colonies, so we
were sent to catalyze the place with the

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intention of the home to be possible
an arrest or, at least some drop

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of criminals, which would happen first, but we could not return empty-

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handed. When we got to the
place right away by the sheer façade,

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we had a bad feeling. It' s going to sound weird what I

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' m going to tell you,
but see if you make me understand the

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place was abandoned, but it gave
us the impression that the place had been

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built with the intention of never inhabiting. I don' t know how else

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to write what we all thought at
the time. With the decision taken,

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we proceeded to move cautiously towards housing. The sergeant, always at the front,

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was guiding us with manual signals telling
us how to distribute us to cover

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more terrain efficiently. As we approached
the unpleasant smell, a mixture of moisture

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intensified and something else we could not
identify, which increased our alertness. When

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inspecting the perimeter of the house we
found several broken windows and the main door

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ajar evident signs that the place had
been abandoned long before entering. The sergeant

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met us briefly to reiterate the importance
of staying together and communicating constantly. We

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knew that, although the place seemed
uninhabited, we should be prepared for any

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situation. We entered into formation with
two soldiers at the front, the sergeant

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in the middle and the rest,
covering the flanks and the rear. The

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lanterns illuminated the dark interior, revealing
furniture, broken debris and walls full of

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graffiti. The atmosphere inside was suffocating, with a stagnant air that made breathing

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difficult. As we moved forward,
one of the soldiers at the front pointed

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to a subtle noise coming from the
second floor. We all stopped listening carefully.

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After a brief moment of silence,
the sound was repeated as if something

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or someone moved cautiously. The sergeant, after a sign, decided to split

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us into two groups. One would
stay on the ground floor securing the exit,

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while the other, led by him, would go up to investigate the

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origin of the noise. The group
assigned to the ground floor was sanitized in

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strategic points, maintaining a security perimeter, while the second group ascended slowly down

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the stairs that creaked under the weight
of our steps. Upon reaching the second

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floor, we found a corridor that
distributed to several rooms. The sergeant pointed

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to the room where the sound seemed
to come from. With extreme caution.

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We' re approaching the door in
the open. The sergeant, with one

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gesture, directed two soldiers to position
themselves on either side of the entrance with

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a quick movement. One of them
pushed the door, while the other pointed

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his flashlight inward, ready for any
eventuality. To our surprise, the room

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was empty saved by an old closet
at the bottom of where the noises seemed

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to come from. We approach by
keeping the formation ready to react. When

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we opened the closet, we found
a scared little dog, probably abandoned and

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trapped there for days. The following
rooms offered a scene of abandonment and desolation,

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with vestiges of recent occupation, among
which we found feathers, satanic symbols

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such as staves and other incomprehensible marks. As we advanced the air became heavier,

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impregnated with a smell of moisture.
The presence of bats and stains that

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suggested being dry blood on the damaged
wooden floor added a macabre atmosphere to the

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place. Faced with the evidence of
possible dark rituals, we agreed to immediately

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communicate our position and findings. However, a heartbreaking cry interrupted our plans instinctively.

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We checked our weapons and equipment before
proceeding. We moved cautiously to form

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a defensive line as we moved towards
the origin of the cry. Arriving at

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one of the alcoves and projecting the
light on it, the figure of a

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young woman dressed in a jacket,
coffee and a hat was drawn before us.

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His presence was as unexpected as it
was disconcerting. In that context,

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everything became confusing when we heard screams
coming from the ground floor that seemed to

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be from our companions. And it
is that not only were the screams,

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but, at the time they were
heard, the woman who was in front

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of us also disappeared being certainly dislocated. We went down to the first floor

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to find out what was going on, but it turned out that our colleagues

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had already left the place. We
located them in a nearby wooded area,

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wounded and in a state of shock. The severity of his injuries, especially

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of one who had suffered severe eye
damage, required immediate evacuation. We assist

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him by applying first aid with the
means available and preparing for the transfer.

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As we headed for the exit,
a threatening presence materialized a black wolf of

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abnormal proportions stalked us. The confrontation
was inevitable, but the beast proved surprisingly

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agile and resilient. Withdrawal became our
only viable option. The creature chased us

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through a good stretch, but we
finally managed to escape its reach. Of

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course, when we returned to HQ, we invented another story about what had

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happened, something that was credible,
because, obviously, they would take us

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for crazy if we told the truth. So, as the explanation we provided,

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it did not include any reason not
to return to the place, as

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we were sent back. The only
difference is that we were more now.

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Our second raid on the house began
under the cloak of a moonless night.

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The darkness was denser, almost palpable. As we went back into the abandoned

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structure. The silence was disturbing.
The atmosphere charged with unexplained energy made it

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difficult to remain calm. When we
reached the point where we had found the

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young woman, we stopped. There
was no sign of her or any sign

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that anyone had been there recently.
However, a sudden cold enveloped us and

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a feeling of being watched took hold
of each of us. We decided to

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split into two groups to cover more
ground. My group took the ground floor,

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while the other went up to inspect
the upper rooms. It was not

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long before the silence broke again this
time by the sound of something crawling through

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the walls, followed by whispers that
seemed to come from all directions. But

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as much as we heard, we
didn' t see anything in that.

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We heard the door moved. A
man came in, an old man,

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quick, quick. We all went
over him. We subdued him and took

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him off the property. We questioned
him about his presence at the site,

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but he refused to speak. We
also asked him questions about the apparent rituals

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and, over so much, weird
noises, but his silence remained. We

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gave him a couple of unfriendly pats, climbed him to one of the vehicles

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and went to the barracks on the
way. I asked him about that huge

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canine we' d seen there.
He did speak, but his answer was

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not at all what I expected.
What he said was that sometimes he couldn

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' t control himself. Second or
testimony. Several years ago, at the

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beginning of my police career, I
plunged into that world with a spirit full

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of illusions and a deep desire to
make a difference. My coach' s

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tutelage fell on a superior, a
tired- eyed veteran, stories silenced by

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time, who would theoretically be my
mentor and guide on this newly discovered and

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challenging path. My expectations were rising. I saw my first rounds as a

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whirlwind of action and constant learning,
where every dark corner of our city promised

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to reveal a vital lesson. However, what I found was far from the

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heroic scenes my instructor had painted in
my mind. Far from being the beacon

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of dedication I expected, it was
the very embodiment of apathy, a figure

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I soon learned to recognize among the
shadows of our duty. Our patrols were

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reduced to mere aimless walks, always
culminating in some place forgotten by the world,

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where he gave himself to rest,
under the excuse of watching from the

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dark to the beginning he opted for
silence, swallowing my frustration and discontent the

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fear of reprisals, both on his
part and of a system that seemed to

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endorse these negligent practices. I kept
quiet that gag broke the day a formal

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complaint at the police station exposed the
truth of our conduct. The denunciation of

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some attentive observer painted our patrol,
not as protectors, but as mere statues

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in the urban landscape. After being
discovered, we were relegated to an even

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further area, perhaps in an attempt
to hide from the accusing gazes for a

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short time. The diligence seized our
actions, motivated perhaps by the fear of

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new complaints or the shame of being
unmasked. But the nature of my superior

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soon revealed himself again, finding a
new hiding place for his naps in an

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abandoned alley, a place where the
shadows danced to the beat of oblivion.

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It was during one of those breaks. When a roar broke the silence a

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sound so intense and sudden that it
seemed to tear the night itself my heart,

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driven by a mixture of adrenaline and
curiosity, urged me to investigate.

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However, my superior, with a
calm that bordered indolence, restrained me from

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his firm and definitive voice. He
suggested that it was best to ignore and

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return to the base. It'
s time to finish. He claimed by

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closing any possibility of discussion by taking
the wheel his haste to move us away

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from the place was palpable, an
attitude that, far from inspiring, only

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allowed to see a deep and disturbing
disinterest. I wondered in silence how someone

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of his caliber could wear the badge
living outside of any duty immersed in an

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apathy that stained the uniform we wore
during our patrols. I never saw him

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leave the car and he was caught
up in a dilemma. Complaining it meant

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confronting the comrade who joined him with
the chief of the police station, risking

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being expelled on fabricated charges. That
night, when we were parked back in

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the dark alley, my eyes caught
the silhouette of a woman dressed in white,

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stepping into the shadow. Just a
few minutes after his entrance, the

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air was filled with a heartbreaking lament. Convinced that the woman was in danger,

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I did not hesitate to leave the
patrol to help her. My irritated

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superior questioned my action with a tone
that was angry. I explained to her

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that a woman had entered the alley
in apparent search for help. Ignoring my

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words, He with obvious annoyance,
claimed not to have heard such a plea

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and urged me to return to the
vehicle, arguing that it was time to

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finish our shift. Before mr.
My excitement threatened to report to me,

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putting my position without an alternative at
risk I was reluctant to keep my job.

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During my return, my superior warned
me severely, suggesting that avoiding unnecessary

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problems and risks was key to returning
home with ours. His serious question implied

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that prudence was our best ally in
police work. On the way to the

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police station. A radio call altered
our course. A female scream was reported

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in an alley. The irony of
fate He wanted the place mentioned to be

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precisely the place where he had observed
the woman enter, although my superior was

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weighed down, for he longed to
finish the shift. He accelerated to the

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alley responding to the call with visible
sluggishness. Upon arrival I was assigned to

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explore a section of the dark passage. The dense darkness enveloped me making vision

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difficult at a short distance. Despite
my thorough search, I found no trace

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of the woman. When my superior
called me, I ran to him,

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realizing that the figure following him was
the same woman as before. His indifference

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to my superior' s attempts to
stop her was palpable. I tried to

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approach with kindness, offering him help
and the protection of the law. As

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my superior continued in his efforts,
his impatience grew by ordering me to set

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aside determinedly, he stood in front
of the woman, implying that others would

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take care of her, as our
turn had ended. However, by confronting

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her directly, her reaction was pure
instinct. He urged me to run towards

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the patrol. Confused by his sudden
fear, I decided to be unable to

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understand the origin of his terror from
a distance. My superior urged me to

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return to the patrol without delay,
threatening to abandon. My concern for the

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woman, who seemed to ignore my
presence and the danger surrounding her, prompted

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me to act. I decided to
lead her out of the alley by holding

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her arm, but in doing so
I felt something was deeply wrong. It

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was then that the cries of my
superior intensified, urging me to return urgently

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the reason for his panic rebelled before
my eyes. The figure I had believed

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to be human showed a face not
of flesh and bone, but of skull.

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A vision that iced the blood.
The adrenaline seized me and ran towards

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the patrol with the supernatural entity almost
within reach. Fortunately, my superior,

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with the vehicle already in motion,
managed to get away from that apparition once

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safely, instead of finding some comfort
in his words, I was received with

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reprimands. He advised me to get
used to such horrors, arguing that they

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were a daily part of our evening
rounds. As we approached the police station,

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it became clear to me that we
should remain silent about the incident,

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treating it as a mere illusion.
This experience, far from being a point

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of support, became a cruel reminder
of the reality of our work. Third

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testimony. During my time in the
army I' ve seen everything. Being

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part of the National Guard means you
have only one mission to take care of

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people no matter what. That means
being ready for anything, even if that

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means putting your life on the line. Once, about six years ago,

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we were on a mission after a
natural disaster. The thing is, it

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wasn' t a typical mission.
We had to implement Plan d N three

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in a part of the country that
always has it hard With these things,

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especially in the center. Going to
these places isn' t like going for

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a walk in the park. Sometimes
you have to leave the vehicle behind and

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get in the way where no one
else would go. Like that time in

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Slitla, we had to leave the
truck and get in the weeds, opening

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up to machetazos to reach a village
that was completely isolated, and all this

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as a downpour fell that he did
not let see. There were five of

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us in the brigade telling me,
and even though the weather was against it,

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we moved on. The thunder didn' t stop and the rays fell

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so close that we got into some
banana plants to cover us we took a

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five minute break there following orders from
above. It was at that moment that

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I pulled out my canteen. I
took some water and felt the weight of

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tiredness. But after that short break
we moved on, although we were looking

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for a point of reference. It
seemed that we had been lost and no

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thought of taking the usual path was
s s s closed by the risk of

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collapses. This was the kind of
situation that made you wonder why you chose

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this path in life. But at
the same time you knew the answer.

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We were there to make a difference, to help those who needed it the

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most, no matter how hard the
road was or how heavy the uniform felt.

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And although at that time, with
the rain beating and the uncertain path,

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the last thing in our mind was
to surrender. The mission was clear

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and our commitment to the people who
expected our help was stronger than any storm

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on that mission, just as we
thought we had seen enough with the storm,

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something happened that none of us expected
from nothing. One of the comrades

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says he sees someone in the distance
going down the slope on horseback and with

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a torch in his hand, something
that didn' t make sense under that

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downpour. We got a little closer
and saw the man slid in the mud,

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but the weird thing was that the
rain didn' t turn off his

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torch. We were about 15 meters
away when we decided to bend down and

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send one of us to talk to
him. The companion ran back pale as

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if he had seen a ghost,
telling us that the man was missing part

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of his face and before he spoke
again, a ray lit up the scene,

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allowing us to see the man for
an instant, his appearance was grotesque,

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with one side of his face completely
disfigured. The silence was made between

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us. The decision of what to
do Next was interrupted by a strange sound,

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a murmur that seemed to come from
man. It was a mixture of

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lamentation with a mocking laugh with great
care. We got close until we had

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him almost across the street. It
was then that the horse rose on two

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legs as if it wanted to intimidate
us, but what really left us frozen

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was to see that the animal was
missing its hooves. Having only stumps.

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Suddenly, the man falls to the
ground and the horse becomes fire rolling downhill.

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We' re shocked. Seeing all
this, when we finally approached the

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man, we confirmed what our partner
had said was missing a piece of his

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face. We knelt beside him our
attention divided between his condition and the place

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where the horse had disappeared. The
man, despite his terrible wound, was

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conscious of his eyes filled with indescribable
terror and confusion. He tried to talk,

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but only managed to make a faint
murmur. There was no time to

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waste. We knew we needed to
act quickly to help him. Searching our

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backpacks we found the first aid kit, although we doubted our ability to treat

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a wound of such magnitude. While
two of us were trying to give him

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first aid, another member of the
brigade explored the surroundings looking for some sign

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of the horse or an explanation for
what we had just witnessed, but there

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was nothing, just the rain,
the darkness and the silence of the night.

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The situation was complicated by every minute
that passed. The man, though

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seriously injured, tried to communicate with
effort. He managed to articulate a few

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words that left us even more bewildered. He told us it wasn' t

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safe for us at the time and
then, as if nothing, disappeared,

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we were all completely baffled and we
were scared some more than others. We

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rushed our way to the point where
we should help people, but what we

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had seen or didn' t get
out of our head. When we talk

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to the locals, we ask about
what happened. An old man told us

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that what we saw was the charro, a spectrum known in those parts.

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This meeting left us thinking of all
the stories and mysteries that exist in places

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like this. Fourth testimony. My
name is ernesto and I grew up in

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a small town where everyone knew each
other by name. My father. He

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was a man dedicated to agriculture and
I always thought he would follow in his

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footsteps by working the land that had
been in our family for generations. However,

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life has unexpected ways of guiding us
along undrawn paths. When I was

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young, I witnessed how violence and
crime began to appear in the quiet streets

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of our town. One day,
a good childhood friend was involved in problems,

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problems that led him to a tragic
end at the hands of those who

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took advantage of the most vulnerable.
That shook me deeply, changing my perception

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of the world and the role I
wanted to play in it, I decided

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that I could not stand by,
watching my home crumble in the face of

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corruption and fear. So, contrary
to my family' s wishes, I

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joined the Police Academy looking to make
a difference, protect those who couldn'

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t do it for themselves. It
was a difficult road, full of challenges

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and moments in which I doubted my
abilities, but my determination was always stronger.

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After years of hard work and dedication, I returned to my people as

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a policeman, proudly wearing the uniform
that symbolized my commitment to the justice and

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security of my community. That'
s how I found myself working at the

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local police station, firmly believing that
I could be a beacon of hope in

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dark times. And then that night
came. It was a particularly quiet night,

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of those where the wind barely whispers
between the empty streets and the moon

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and the full moon illuminates the darkest
corners. I was in charge of the

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separators that night, a usually quiet
task, where the most exciting thing used

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to be the sound of coffee dripping
in the old police station machine. However,

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everything changed when they were still detained
around midnight. His presence was disturbing,

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not only because of his behavior,
but because of his appearance was high,

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with an almost spectral thinness that made
his clothes hang from his body as

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if he were a mannequin. His
skin was pale in an almost blind tone,

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which further highlighted the deep dark circles
under his eyes, eyes that seemed

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not only to look at you,
but to see you beyond what one would

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consider normal. Her hair was black
and messy, falling on her forehead in

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a careless way and each time she
smiled she revealed a series of surprisingly white

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and sharp teeth, contrasting disturbingly with
the darkness of her gaze and the paleness

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of her skin. They accused him
of wandering near the houses, looking inward

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through the windows. Although he didn' t admit anything, he only smiled

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in a way that set his hair
on edge. His attitude was calm,

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too calm for someone in his situation, adding an additional layer of mystery and

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tension to the air of the police
station. They decided to lock him in

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one of the separators while processing his
detention. I was assigned to keep an

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eye on him, make sure he
didn' t cause trouble until he decided

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what to do with it. At
first everything seemed normal. The detainee sat

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in the corner of his cell with
his head down and that disturbing smile,

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still adorning his face. After a
few hours, strange things began to happen,

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phenomena that could not explain how police
or skeptical. The blackouts were common

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in the village, but that night. Every time the lights flashed and we

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plunged into the dark, things were
happening that challenged all logic. Not only

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could I hear whispers coming from his
cell, whispers that seemed to argue with

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each other in an unknown language,
but I also felt a cold presence passing

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by me. Every time the lights
went out, it was as if the

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darkness became denser palpable, almost as
if you could touch it. In addition

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to the whispers and physical sensations,
objects began to move on their own.

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An old chair we used for interrogations
slowly slipped down the station floor as pushed

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by invisible hands. The papers shook
for no apparent reason and once the cup

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of coffee I had left on my
desk crashed into the opposite wall as if

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someone had thrown it hard. But
the most disturbing thing happened when, in

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the middle of one of those blackouts, the detainee' s reflection appeared in

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the mirror of the interrogation room.
Looking directly into my eyes, the strange

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thing was that the mirror was facing
a blind wall and the detainee should have

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been in his cell. Get out
of my sight. His reflection smiled.

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That disturbing and too broad smile before
it faded, just as the lights went

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back on, I decided to confront
him by asking him where those sounds came

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from. But every time I approached
his Cell, a sense of immense terror

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invaded me as if something evil were
present, he simply looked up and with

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that smile he told me, without
moving his lips, that everything would be

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fine at dawn. When my companions
arrived, we entered their Cell together to

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find it empty, there was no
way I could have escaped. The only

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logical explanation was that it was never
there, that everything was the product of

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my imagination, but the whispers that
sense of fear were too real. When

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I checked the security footage, to
my surprise, only I appeared on them

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talking alone and reacting to things that
weren' t there. Since that night

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I began to question my sanity,
wondering if what I lived was real or

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just a trick of my Mind still. In the depths of my being I

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cannot shake the feeling that something disturbing
was with me that night in the separators,

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something that perhaps transcends our understanding of
reality. I leave this story as

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a testimony to what happened. Even
though many do not believe, some will

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know that there are things in this
world that we cannot explain and sometimes these

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things are not found when we least
expect it. Fifth testimony my name is

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Manuel Jiménez Velázquez and I am from
Oaxaca. As a military man, I

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' ve lived many things I'
ll never forget. The experiences I faced

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in my career not only tested my
physical value, but also my mental strength.

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Among those memories is one that stands
out above the rest, a story

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that I sometimes hesitate to tell,
not out of fear that they will not

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believe me, but out of fear
of reviving those moments by just mentioning them.

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My troop and I had to go
into the mountains, away from everything

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for months. We lived under the
sky, using the bedland at night,

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under the stars strange things happened that
had no explanation. We heard screams and

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laments and saw shadows run through the
meadows, disappearing as if nothing. Despite

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being strong soldiers. Those nights put
the unknown to the test. He followed

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us at every step defying our courage. I will never forget one particular night,

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when the moon was so high and
clear that it seemed day we were

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used to the noises of nature,
but that night the silence was absolute.

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Suddenly, the ground began to tremble
slightly I looked at my companions looking for

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some explanation, but their faces reflected
my own confusion and fear. That'

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s when we saw them darker tall
figures than the night itself moving between the

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trees on the edge of our camp. They weren' t human or animals

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we could recognize. Some of us
tried to get guns in our hands,

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but the figures were disemboweled before we
could even aim. The following nights were

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just as disturbing. One night,
while guarding with a companion, a terrible

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cry came to us with the wind. We all woke up listening to those

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sounds for a while. We decided
to find out where they were coming from

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with two companions on horseback and went
to investigate, but we found nothing.

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The next day we followed our path
until we met another troop. At nightfall,

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we rested a little before moving on. Me and some of our partners

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got ahead of us all of a
sudden. The laments returned very close as

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they advanced, the screams became louder, the horses refused to follow. Then

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we saw a huge tree with bodies
hanging, women, men boys moving and

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crying the horses and we were terrified. We could only return the image of

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that tree and the bodies swinging in
the wind, it was engraved in my

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mind as a nightmare from which you
cannot wake up. No one could sleep

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that night. The lan guas and
fear were felt in the air and the

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silence of the camp was testimony to
the horror we had witnessed the next day.

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With the first ray of light.
We decided to return to the place

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armed and prepared to face whatever was
necessary, but when the tree arrived it

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was empty. There were no bodies
or signs that the night before something happened

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there we looked around thinking maybe we
had the wrong place, but there was

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no other tree like that in miles
around. Confused and still fearful, we

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returned with the troops telling what we
had seen. Some thought it was the

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product of tiredness and stress, but
others, the older ones, looked at

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us with a mixture of understanding and
sorrow, as if they knew what we

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were talking about, but preferred not
to remember it. Upon returning with our

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commander to the location of the discovery, the scene had not changed. The

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bodies already n n n n ns
as we had found them the first time.

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That was even weirder, because we
had already gone looking for nothing,

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and now there was everything again.
The state of decomposition of the bodies indicated

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that they had been abandoned to their
fate for days, perhaps weeks, in

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that desolate place, without identifications or
belongings that revealed their history. We only

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had to speculate about the circumstances that
led them there. The feeling of unbelief

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took hold of us. As we
examined the place carefully among the trees,

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we began to notice small marks,
carved symbols in the bark that we had

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not seen before. They were strangers, they did not correspond to any language

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or symbolology known to us. Some
seemed to indicate directions, while others were

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more abstract. We were ordered to
bury the bodies. The silence of the

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environment was not broken only by the
sound of our shovels. By digging the

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improvised tombs. We work quietly.
Each one plunged into his thoughts, wondering

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about the lives of those strangers,
but above all wondering what had happened.

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The fact that the bodies were later
didn' t and then yes again didn

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' t make any sense. Something
in me intuited that the finding had not

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been chance. That' s what
I thought at the time, and that

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' s what I keep thinking now. But things didn' t end there.

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A few days later, when we
were already going to withdraw from the

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area, we passed near the place
and the bodies were not buried. They

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were back, just like we found
them the first time. So many years

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later, I am still disturbed by
the idea of imagining what such a sinister

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thing might be the explanation of that
situation. Sixth testimony. In those nineties,

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when conflicts were still resounding in the
streets, my partner and I,

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in a night guard, received a
call alerting us about suspicious movements around the

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abandoned house. That structure, unoccupied
after the hasty departure of its last tenants,

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was enveloped in rumors and mysteries that
no one had dared to unravel until

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that night. My skepticism of the
paranormal was firm. The stories of apparitions

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seemed unfounded to me, but that
perception was about to face an unexpected test.

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As we approached the house, my
partner claimed to have seen a shadow

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lurking near a window on the second
floor, Following his indication, I focused

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my gaze towards the place, but
only found the darkness that was hovering over

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the house. We entered cautiously and
the sound of footsteps and laughter began filming

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from the shadows, suggesting the presence
of intruders. With a gesture from my

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companion, we advance in silence,
prepared to confront any soul that disturbs the

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peace of the place. In unison. We climbed to the second floor shouting

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warnings and prepared to use force.
If necessary, but when we arrived we

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ran into the void. The house, abruptly silent, seemed to mock our

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presence. Despite our meticulous search,
no corner revealed the presence of the alleged

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intruders. My partner' s hypothesis
that perhaps he had noticed our arrival and

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they hid soon was discarded. Room
after room, The stage was the same,

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an immutable will of abandonment. The
mystery of the house deepened with every

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step we took in the absence of
any human being. Far from calming down,

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he began to sow one in a
state of uneasiness. The idea of

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returning unharmed lost its appeal to the
inexplicable atmosphere around us. As the reappearance

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of the steps and laughter descended from
the second floor my companion stopped us with

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a whisper. He proposed to ascend
again this time with greater stealth, in

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an attempt to discover the source of
those sounds. However, when we reached

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the second floor we were again alone, faced with a calm that challenged logic.

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An additional room check confirmed our initial
suspicion. There was no one but

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us in the house. Disconcerted but
determined, we returned to the first floor

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determined to abandon the house. However, just as he tried to get out,

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echoes of steps and laughter resounded once
again from the second floor, with

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just a few steps separating us from
the top. My companion, with a

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firmness trying to hide his restlessness,
shouted into the void that no one should

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move. It was disconcerting every time
we approached the origin of those sounds they

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stopped leaving us in a sepulchral stillness
when we inspected the second floor again.

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The absence of any physical presence confused
us even more how it was possible that

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those noises left no trace of their
origin. My initial skepticism toward the supernatural

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began to waver at these inexplicable events. Despite this, I forced myself to

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keep composure, checking every corner of
the rooms in the hope of finding something.

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In concluding our search without results,
my disturbed companion proposed to leave the

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place, suggesting that we did not
confront beings of this world. Faced with

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my confusion, I insisted that we
should keep looking, convinced that someone was

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still playing hide- and- seek, but my partner' s seriousness stopped

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me. His insistence on two leaving
the house was unusual, either by the

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patrol. My partner finally approached the
subject before I could argue my skeptical position.

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Something or someone at the window caught
my attention by bringing it to my

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partner. He stopped me with a
stern warning, assuring us that we were

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not facing mortals, but spiritual entities. His explanation tried to make sense of

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the events, the laughter without source, the impossible disappearance of the alleged intruders

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and our inability to find someone.
Despite the exhaustive searches. Although his logic

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was clear, my mind struggled to
accept the conclusion that we had had a

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meeting with the paranormal. In an
attempt to avoid further disagreements, I decided

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not to officially report the incident,
letting the experience remain with us. Reflecting

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on that night, I find myself
at a crossroads of beliefs. The part

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of me that seeks logical and rational
explanations, clashes with the evidence of an

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experience that defies any conventional explanation.
The possibility of the paranormal being real hangs

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over me leaving me with more questions
than answers. Although the idea of attributing

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it to ghosts could simplify things,
doubt remains, turning that encounter into a

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persistent mystery that still challenges my understanding. Stories written and adapted by Ramiro contreras