Ghost Stories and Truck Drivers

Buenos Tardes.

Around 1840 in Argentina a womans husband was recruited in the army to fight in the civil war. Fighting difficult conditions, hunger and lots of men with guns he became sick. Upon hearing this news Delinda Correa decided she needed to be with her husband. Baby in tow Senora Correa followed the tracks of the Montaneras in hopes of curing her husband and avoiding becoming a young widow. It wasnt long though that she ran out of supplies and water and died in the San Juan province in western Argentina. It was days until her body was found by passing gauchos (farmers). The story that continues today is that the gauchos found the baby still alive suckling on its monthers ever full breast.

Word spread, slowly at first, but soon got out of control. At the suposed site of her death a shrine was built, soon the shrine drew a few houses, the houses grew into a village and then into a town. Today centred aournd the shrine exists the town of Vallecito, home to over 17 chapels dedicated to this miraculous woman. Stories bacame spreading of miracles performed by the ghost of Correa, saving truck drivers from burning wrecks and keeping lost children alive for days. On Easter Sunday over 200,000 people make their way to her shrine and ask for her help.

Officially she is not a recognised saint so technically she is a ghost. Left terribley thirsty and doing miracolous things for devotees.

In fact she is so popular with truck drivers they have made a shirne for her every 500km or so. To keep her working for them they leave a water bottle to quench her enternal thrist. They park, run over to the shrine, leave a water bottle, pray a little and then run back to their car and cruise at about 50km over the limit without lights down route 40.

To be honest in I was Delinda Correa I'd be pissed off. I'd be think DAMN I'm dead, I dont need the water now! If you are going to leave anything at my shrine why dont you make it cake or cheese, better yet cheesecake!

If you bit the dust and people were to leave something at your shrine, what would you like in the afterlife?

Keeping you awake with ghost stories in Buenos Aires,

Mike