Here, among the branches and dead trees hang hundreds of old, mutilated dolls.

Soon after the girls death Barrera fished out one doll after another from the canals.

Soon Don Julian had made the entire island into a shrine.

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Don Julian Santana lived on the island for 50 years before his death in 2001.

He was found drowned in the same area in which he believed the little girl had died.

Source:BizzareMag,AtlasObscura

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