A few miles from the heart of Mexico City lies La Isla de las Muñecas, the Island of Dolls, where thousands of dolls hang from the trees.
The island, located in the Xochimilco canals outside of Mexico's capital, is truly the stuff of pure terror.
According to local legend, the island's caretaker Don Julian Santana moved to the island in the 1950s after abandoning his family. It was in the canals outside of the island that he found the dead body of a drowned girl and her doll.
Convinced that her spirit haunted the island, Santana hung abandoned dolls he found throughout the canals as a way to appease the dead girl's soul. The dolls, strung up in the deteriorated condition that Santana found them in, continue to hold a silent vigil on trees and buildings throughout the island.
Come along to La Isla de las Muñecas:
SEE ALSO: Here are the powerful Mexican drug cartels that operate in the US
In the 1950s, Don Julian Santana abandoned his family in Mexico City.
He moved to La Isla De Las Muñecas in the Xochimilco canals — at that point a normal, though uninhabited, island a little over 11 miles from Mexico City's center.
After having moved to the island, Santana found the drowned body of a girl and her doll floating in the canals.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider