A world renowned tourist destination is “La Isla de la Munecas”- a Spanish name which means the Island of the dolls. This Island of dolls is situated in Mexico and as the name suggests, one expects to see a beautiful world which will leave an everlasting impression. But the reality is exactly opposite and very harsh when one discovers the thousands of mutilated ugly dolls hanging from every tree on the island.
Don Julian Santana, a hermit who renounced the world and his family to inhabit this island dedicated his last fifty years of his life to the make the “La Isla de la Munecas”. It is believed that, he did this to please the spirit of a little girl who had drowned in the canal. Whatever may be the reason, he managed to turn this island into a bizarre, scary place where an eerie eye of mutilated dolls haunts your every move, on this strange island.
Don Julian is said to have led an isolated life ,except when he ventured to collect old dolls that he either scavenged from the garbage dump or bought in exchange for his homegrown fruits and vegetables. Personally one is made to believe that he obviously did not like intrusion and tried to scare off inquisitive onlookers by hanging scary doll faces. In 2001, Don Julian was discovered drowned to his death in the same canal surrounding his home. Don Julian is dead to the world but his eerie disturbed vision stays on, in the faces of lifeless dolls mutilated and hung in the worst forms of human torture and punishment.
This is a ghostly sight that serves as a dark tourist attraction especially for the young generation who is fascinated by gore and death. Many visitors are overwhelmed by the dead childish faces of dolls that never lived but appear to haunt this place, always looking at us as though we were responsible for their deaths. A world renowned tourist destination is “La Isla de la Munecas”- a Spanish name which means the Island of the dolls. This Island of dolls is situated in Mexico and as the name suggests, one expects to see a beautiful world which will leave an everlasting impression. But the reality is exactly opposite and very harsh when one discovers the thousands of mutilated ugly dolls hanging from every tree on the island.
Don Julian Santana, a hermit who renounced the world and his family to inhabit this island dedicated his last fifty years of his life to the make the “La Isla de la Munecas”. It is believed that, he did this to please the spirit of a little girl who had drowned in the canal. Whatever may be the reason, he managed to turn this island into a bizarre, scary place where an eerie eye of mutilated dolls haunts your every move, on this strange island.
Don Julian is said to have led an isolated life ,except when he ventured to collect old dolls that he either scavenged from the garbage dump or bought in exchange for his homegrown fruits and vegetables. Personally one is made to believe that he obviously did not like intrusion and tried to scare off inquisitive onlookers by hanging scary doll faces.
In 2001, Don Julian was discovered drowned to his death in the same canal surrounding his home. Don Julian is dead to the world but his eerie disturbed vision stays on, in the faces of lifeless dolls mutilated and hung in the worst forms of human torture and punishment.
This is a ghostly sight that serves as a dark tourist attraction especially for the young generation who is fascinated by gore and death. Many visitors are overwhelmed by the dead childish faces of dolls that never lived but appear to haunt this place, always looking at us as though we were responsible for their deaths.
Via David Lida.









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January 6th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Actually this was also investigated by Josh from destination truth which did uncover a lot of evidence from this real place. This is also known as a haunted island with a lot of paranormal activities. One had the EVP that caught the voice telling them to get out of the island.
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:19 pm
This article is so poorly written. A drunk kangaroo could do better.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:11 pm
I have a Serie of This Island , Its a Complete Serie to Make an Exposition Ill Be sending some of the pieces , Its an Amasing Exposition , Art Instalation made by a Men That started this project `cause he wanted to be protected from gosts , There was a first one doll like his favorite , there are now two Islands the original is not in the turistique zone you have to go farther and cross to another Canal whit a Crane that lifts the boat, Ill send soon some pics.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Hey, you’re kinda right and kinda wrong. I’ve been there and it’s not like it’s full of turists, of youngsters wanting to see mutilated dolls… It’s a good article, this one here, but still, if you say there are mutilated dolls it’s really not good… it doesn’t sound that good. The story is that a girl did drown, and after that he got dolls from the water around the island, and at the markets and so on, and he hung them, but not to scare people, that’s sure.
Some other information, you can visit the island, you just have to get on a kinda boat, called “trajinera”, and ask for the island. The entrance to it costs 10 pesos, that is less than a dollar, and it’s quite an interesting visit, you can take really good pictures there.
P.D. You’ll ask ‘how do you know all this????’. I live here in Mexico. Greetings!