The dolls are said to move limbs, blink, and whisper to each other. It is said that as soon as a doll is brought on the island, it links with all the other dolls on the island and becomes haunted. After the death of Don Julian Santana Barrera’s death, the island was opened up to the public where people bring dolls to the island as an offering. He hung up a doll in memory of her but he felt like one wasn’t enough so he kept hanging up dolls for 50 years until he was found drowned in the same spot the girl was found in. The legend says that the islands caretaker Don Julian Santana Barrera found a girl drowned in the canal and this changed him because he felt so bad that couldn’t have prevented her death. The Island of the Dolls is a haunted island found in Mexico City in the canals of la lechuza mexico mexican mexican mythology mexican myth mexican myths mexican legend mexican legends mexican folklore bird birds owl owls harpy harpies shapeshifter shapeshifters shapeshifting cryptid cryptids unknown paranormal It is said that if you swear at La Lechuza after you hear her she will go away. Seeing La Lechuza is said to cause thunderstorms and has the power to shapeshift into half human half owl creatures at night and hearing her cry or whistle is said to be a death omen meaning someone in your family die and she is also immune to weapons and bullets. People have reported that La Lechuza swoops down on their cars while they are driving on deserted backroads at night. La Lechuza is said to whistle at night and cry like a baby to lure people out of their houses where she then swoops down and devours them her main target is children however. La Lechuza is said to be a woman who sold her soul to the devil in order to get supernatural powers.
La Lechuza is described as a human-sized bird with the head of a woman similar to that of a Harpy. La Lechuza is a bird-like creature found in Mexican folklore.