The Island of the Dolls (La Isla de las Muñecas), located in the channels of Xochimilco, south of the center of Mexico City, very close to the Estadio Azteca football stadium, is a chinampa of the Laguna de Teshuilo.

The Island of the Dolls, originally owned by Don Julián Santana Barrera, is full of dolls hanging from trees and buildings covered with cobwebs and insects.

The place was named in the 1950s when dolls started randomly appearing on the island.

According to a legend, a young girl drowned entangled among the lilies of the canal and her body was found on the banks of the Santampa chinampas.

Santana claimed to have heard the girl crying out “I want my doll” and terrified, hung up the doll he found near the girl’s body.

 After that, every time he went outside, he found a new doll hanging from one of the trees.

He later died in the exact same spot as the drowned girl, and many believed that his death was caused by the girl’s spirit, which still haunts the island.

In 1987, an eco-tourist rescue was made and the island was found covered with water lily. After the death of Santana, the chinampa became a tourist attraction.

The place began gaining fame in 1943, when Mexican filmmaker Emilio Fernández filmed María Candelaria there.

A significant number of international and local channels have featured articles on the island, including The Huffington Post, Travel Channel and ABC News.

The dolls are still on the island, which is accessible by boat.

The island was featured on the Travel Channel show Ghost Adventures and the Amazon Prime show, Lore.

It was also featured in BuzzFeed Unsolved. Shane Madej, a firm skeptic of the paranormal, has asserted that he believes in the legends about the island.

The Island was also used for the episode “Estas son Las Mañanitas” ( Season One Episode 10 ) of the Spanish TV comedy Nosotros los guapos for Televisa, where the main characters Vítor and Albertano are left behind on the island by a irritated Doña Cuca and as night falls they are rescued by the local emergency crews and end up on the news.

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