The Dark Legend Behind This Mannequin
Hakik
Published
03/31/2015
The Pascualita is a bridal shop mannequin, hiding a dark urban legend just beneath "the skin."
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She's a mannequin in the window of a bridal shop in Mexico. But she's just not your ordinary mannequin, and some find the details a little too realistic. -
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She has been in the window of La Popular for 85 years. La Popular is one of the oldest stores and most well known bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico. -
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Unlike your normal mannequin, she is always frozen in the same position. -
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The head is believed to have been sculpted over the original head of the corpse, as the facial features of a corpse tend to sag and have slight deformation. And the eyes replaced with glass eyes, as they can't be conserved. -
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No one has ever seen her without clothes on. The owner is very secretive about changing her dress. Not even his employees are allowed to change her. -
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If you look closely, her skin is completely detailed, down to the lines and scales, and with very realistic nails. Why would anyone go through this much trouble for a mannequin? -
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It is believed to be the corpse of this woman from the 1920s, the original owner's daughter who died from a black widow bite. -
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The shop is in a region that has a long history of preserving the dead, so this story wouldn't really be something out of the ordinary in this part of the world. -
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She has become an urban legend in Mexico, and some see her as a saint. -
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Some claim to have seen her move. -
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Others say that sometimes her eyes follow you
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