[pct-l] ghosts on the PCT

[Marion Davison]

The ghost story is reminiscent of scary campfire stories I heard at 
summer camp in Julian about "la llorona", who walks along streams at 
night, weeping for her children that drowned in the water.  In various 
renditions she drowned them herself, or she is a witch that seeks out 
children to drown.  I think that story's origin could come from the 
sound of running water.  Have you ever pitched tent near a creek and 
found, in the middle of a sleepless night, that the creek sounds like 
human voices singing, talking or crying?  I certainly have.  Since 
Julian and Lake Morena are so close to the border it seems natural for a 
Mexican ghost story to make its way there and morph into a local legend.
Marion