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Halloween in Spain has grown in popularity over recent years. Of course the following day has been a date for your calendars for many many years, with many
Many rural localities of the world have their own strange and spooky traditions, things which are firmly entrenched within the myths and lore of the land. Such legends are very often imbued with the paranormal and forces beyond out understanding, seemingly pure myth, but accepted wholeheartedly by those who see these things as a part of reality as they know it. In the remote, rural areas of Spain there is one such belief that has remained ingrained upon the consciousness and perhaps even the land itself, that of a procession of restless spirits that occasionally goes out on the hunt for new souls to claim.