The night of December 8th, 1960 was a lot colder than usual in San Pedro,

La Scala, Mexico. This is a small rural village beneath the Melinzi volcano, bordering the state of Puebla.

A tired Francisco nurse her newborn baby, Christina, one more time before bed.

Her husband, Filemon, was already snoring.

He had worked a very long day.

Francisco kissed baby Christina good night and laid her down on her match and then got in bed herself.

Three hours later, Francisco was startled awake.

There was an intense light just outside of her window.

She tried to get up to see what was going on, but she couldn't move.

Her body felt heavy, and against her wishes, she fell asleep again.

Less than one hour went by and she woke up one more time.

When she opened her eyes, a room was filled with an odd mist, and in front of her, there appeared to

be a figure. It looked like it was glowing. To try to get up, but she felt so heavy. She kept telling

her body to move, but as a mist inched closer to her, she found herself asleep once again.

When the sun rose and it was time to wake up, both Filemon and Francesca, tired.

Filemon had to shake his wife awake.

They went into baby Christina's room and found out she was not breathing.

Her chest was covered in

scratches and her skin was purple. During the night, a Mexican brouja, a witch, known as

atlalpucci, a shape-shifting witch had sucked baby Christina's blood until it was

all gone.

Filemon and Francisco were heartbroken.

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