The most famous legend of the Southwest is that of La Llorona, which appears to be dominantly of southern New Mexico origin.Encounter with La Llorona A Socorro man and wife remember the summer of 1948 very well. It was July and the weather had become extremely hot. To escape the heat, they decided to camp a few days under the shade of the bosque along the Rio Grande with their neighbors. Two families, consisting of four adults and four children, camped along the river in a thick stand of cottonwood trees near Luis Lopez.On the first day, they fished, swam the river and played a variety of games.
By sundown, they had a large campfire burning and cooked hot dogs and a couple of catfish. It was a fun time for all. Later in the evening, the four children disappeared into the darkness of the bosque playing hide and seek amid the trees — with a stern warning from the parents to not go near the river.As the adults sat around the campfire, they suddenly noticed it was deathly quiet. The giggles and screams of their playful children went silent.
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