Case file · Folklore / legend

La Sayona

A Venezuelan llanos ghost: a woman in white who killed her mother and now appears to unfaithful men on lonely roads, growing huge and showing fanged teeth.

1900 CE · 8.62, -70.21 · status: legend

The account

Year approximate; she is a staple of the plains storytelling that also produced El Silbón.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: La Sayona
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