BLOODY MARY

There are thousands of urban legends around the world but, are they real?

Despite being true or not, people believe in them…why? 

The following story is based on a real case and it has become one of the most popular urban legends. 

Mary was a fifteen year old girl when she got an illness which had no cure. Her father didn’t want any member of the family to catch the disease, so he hired a doctor and told him to give Mary a special medicine to make her seem dead.
The doctor, following the father’s orders, gave the girl the potion. But after a couple of minutes she didn’t wake up. The next day, her family would bury her.
Mary’s mother couldn’t accept the fact that her daughter had died, so she tied the girl’s finger to a bell in case she woke up.
She remained near her tomb for two days, hoping the bell would ring, until her husband ordered her to go back home.
The next day, when she visited the child’s tomb, she saw the bell had fallen. Amazed and desperate, she told her husband and they exhumed the body. There, they saw scratches all over the coffin.
Mary’s mother wouldn’t forgive herself for the way her daughter had died, so she committed suicide. 

Nowadays, it’s very common to find young people curious about this case. They play a game in which they have to spin around three times in front of a mirror while saying ‘Bloody Mary’ also three times. It is believed that Mary’s spirit appears, sometimes covered in blood. 

It’s hard to consider is this legend is real or not. Scientists establish that if you stare at something for a long time, it might cause visual distortion and hallucinations. This fact plus the fear people feel related to the story should be reason enough to see the spirit. But, what if science lies and what you see is the actual spirit? 

Why don’t you give it a try?

Florencia Tubio and Analía Yonamine – 4th Year