The Bewitched Rock

Many people assure you that between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, uncountable mysterious beings like the elves danced at night, and the evil spirits enveloped the rock.

The rock is nestled on top of the Sorcerer’s Hill. Therefore, no one dares to visit the hill at night, unless you come to summon wicked spirits, demons, or perform witchcraft.

The rock has witnessed many demonic covenants. In the past, uncountable Victoria City’s inhabitants visited the hill to request the devil, health, money, women, anything! In exchange for their souls. In this way, they sought a better life, which they would pay for all eternity.

As you can see, the rock is the bridge to the underworld whose answers are the devil himself. The people who made a deal with the rock practically exchanged their souls for mortal whips. Therefore, the locals knew who had made deals with the bewitched rock. Some people unexpectedly found fortunes in their yards, others discovered jars full of gold and silver coins, or just they knew where to exactly dig in a neighboring land. Definitely, they had sold their souls because these events couldn’t be a coincidence.

Curiosity about these jars with gold and silver coins is that they contained other coins that they called “Bambas,” which were Colon's silver coins (old Salvadorian currency). Until today, some people claim that they are descendants of those men, who sold their souls to Satan to reside on that property.

Additionally, it’s well-known that not only pacts are performed with the rock, but some ancient witches and sorcerers also met to perform witchcraft and spells. They cast their wicked spells to get rid of their enemies, and for this reason, everyone calls it, the bewitched rock (figure 1). Definitely, uncountable spells have been cast here, including some for transforming humans into beasts! But this is a story for another time.

Figure 1. The bewitched rock ¹

Inspired by Leyendas de El Salvador’s version.

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Location: Cerro El Brujo, El Salvador

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