The Real Story Of Headless Gringa

According to the story, there was an incident at the installation during this fleeting U.S. military presence in Galapagos.

When he discovered his lover had cheated on him, a soldier with a pretty short fuse erupted and went on to toss her off the high cliffs that round the rather little island of Baltra.

But it seems the girlfriend lost her mind as she tumbles down the jagged rocks. Covering it, the soldier told everyone she had merely gone swimming and never returned, maybe running away with the boyfriend she had.

Years passed and finally the United States started packing after the war finished. Moreover, safeguarding the critically crucial Panama Canal became less important. They turned over the stripped base of as much as they could to the Ecuadorian army. And at that point everything began to seem strange.

She initially appeared to lonely men as a lovely apparition enticing them with her tempting good looks to a spot remote from everything else before she would unleash her fury of bitterness and hatred in her natural form — a headless wailing ghost.

One well-known victim of hers was a smooth-talking student based at the Ecuadorian Air Force station on Baltra.

Some claim it was just bad luck, others think his degree of self-assured cockiness left him vulnerable to the ghost. Still, he vanished for a few days before turning up on the far eastern side of the island, tied up and frothing at the mouth. Once rescued, this Don Juan fervently requested that the "Gringa" would leave him alone.

Described as a sort of Palo Santo (frankincense), the tree of which is ubiquitous and, in fact, endemic to the Northern region of Santa Cruz, Baltra and North Seymour Islands, his account of the incident with the Headless Gringa of Galapagos highlighted the eccentric smell she emanated.

But as she got closer, this scent shockingly changed into the horrible smell of decaying flesh. Although the higher-ups and troops on the island honestly believed his dementia would pass, it never did, and finally they had to transfer him back to the mainland.

Originally an officers' club and bar, "The Stone House" changed with American presence on Baltra Island. Built of high stone walls, a crimson roof, and striking windows, it is an amazing construction.

About ten or twelve Ecuadorian Army, Marine, and Air Force troops resided here; they one thing they did faithfully was sleep together in one room. Their devoted dog was kept outdoors to guard them from whatever sins remained outside at night.

The guys who slept here remembered being able to hear the sounds of the Headless Gringa of Galapagos just outside, trying to beckon and entice them out of The Stone House.

Starting to be allowed inside as the screams of the Gringa got louder, the dog would cry and howl.

Some males even claimed seeing something creep into bed with them late at night, crawling on top of them and sitting on their chest, almost as if trying to suffocate them.

The sensation vanished right away after awakening. Sometimes a presence would show itself as a slinking, dark shadow that would hang about the rear of the home.

Whether the Headless Gringa of Galapagos is a mere fantasy or something real yet unknown today is a matter of debate.