El
Yunque:
Here in P.R., we
have a rain forest called El Yunque. It's a great place with water falls, wild
life, wild parrots, etc, and a great tourist attraction. When I was a teen, we'd
all hang out there and swim in the lakes and rivers, or hike up the trails, camp
out, etc. There have been many disappearances there also. Some people claim it's
the Army, who have a base there, other's say it's U.F.O.'s. [for many have been
sighted there]. Here's a story of mine that happened one night while there with
a group of friends...
There are old
"look-out" towers all over that mountain, and we'd decided to stop at each one
on the way up. When we'd reached to about the third one, I was at the top of it,
overlooking the darkness--for it was late at night, with a friend of mine. I
heard a voice calling out to me, a strange voice I'd never heard before,
becoming me to go to it. I turned to ask my friend if he'd heard it also, but he
was gone.
I descended
quickly, to find he wasn't with the others either. I asked them if they knew
where he could be, but none could tell me more than maybe he had a "call of
nature." I decided to look for him anyways, thinking it was odd that he would
just go off like that. I went to the back part of the tower, and heard a muffled
cry for help. He was there, hanging over the ledge, by a plant that was losing
it's roots quickly! I grabbed him and started to pull, screaming at the others
to come and help me.We got him back and safe.
Before I smacked
him up-side the head for scaring me half to death, I asked him what made him go
back there, alone and telling no one. He told me he'd heard a voice calling to
him, that he felt as if in a trance, that he had to find out who it was, and
then he fell. Thank goodness nothing happened!
What could've been
calling to us that night? No one but him and I heard the voice. I've told this
story before, and was suggested it could've been a "mountain spirit" that
dislikes humans. [It could sure explain the other disappearances!]. I've seen
trails that lead to no where but cliffs, paths that just--stop. I guess we might
never be sure of just what it was, but my advice is to never go there alone.
There have been changes made because of the Army base, and most of it is
"cut-off" now, but still, it's my best advice.
--Nina