Ghost Map

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Country

Venezuela

cases
2
years
1850–2026

Legend: 2

  1. 19th century

    1. c. 1850–present Roadside and bridge ghosts · Legend El Silbón – the Whistler of the Venezuelan Plains Guanarito, Portuguesa State If you hear a whistle on the Venezuelan plains that seems far away – run. It is the Silbón, the ghost of a man who killed his father, carrying the bones in a sack.

  2. 1920–1929

    1. c. 1920–present Séances and mediums · Legend María Lionza – Mount Sorte and the Spirits in Trance Mount Sorte near Chivacoa, Yaracuy State Every October thousands of Venezuelans climb Mount Sorte to receive the spirits of the dead in trance – from Indigenous chiefs to Simón Bolívar and… Vikings.