Spanish spooky stories I I I

The ball of light in Magacela.

Magacela is a town next here; about 50 km away. There, there is a legend about a strange light which appears on a quiet lagoon. People says that in October, when the night comes, sometimes, a ball of light flies over "La laguna de los Santos" (The lagoon of the saints) There are many witnesses of this rare light. Miguel Ángel Tena, a man from Castuera, watched the light in 2010, when he was sitting down next to the water. And Mary Gutiérrez, in 2014, swears that she also saw the light flying over the lake.

But this is not only today. There are ancient chronicles (Fray Diego Becerra de Valcárcel, in 1684, points that he saw the same light)  and old pictures in a dolmen which represent a ball of light flying on this area.

Spanish spooky stories I I.

The ghost in Villanueva de los Infantes.

Villanueva de los Infantes is a town in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real. There, there is a hotel where two ghosts are living. The name of the hotel: "La morada del Comendador". Some clients say that in one of the rooms, at three o'clock in the night, there are strange noises; concretly, a marble bouncing on the floor of the room. When you switch on the light, you don't see anything. But when you switch off again, the marble starts to bounce again, as if it were very next to you.

People also say that they feel sudden changes of temperature.

And finally, one of the clients swears that he saw, in front of his bed, a terrifying phantom with moustache and beard, and fierce eyes, looking at him quietly. He also saw a woman with a long plait. She was crying.

Vocabulary:

noise: ruido
marble: canica.
bounce: rebotar.
switch on: encender.
as if it were: como si estuviera.
sudden: repentino
swear: jurar.

Halloween monster descriptions.

Look at these pictures. Read the descriptions and associate them with each monster:

1. She is a woman. She has got grey / blue eyes. She has got black hair, red lips and the mouth is opened. She has got a fierce gesture.
2. He has got yellow eyes, sharp teeth and sharp ears. He is bald. He has got blood on his lips.
3. He is wrapped into white bandages.
4. He hasn't got flesh; only bones. He has got bony long fingers and sharp teeth. His gesture is fierce. The background is black.

Homework.

Choose one of these photos and describe it.

Sentences for tomorrow

My sister is very tall. She has got curly red hair.

My friends are very strong: they can move a car.

My father is bald. He has got beard and moustache. He is also very fat.

Please forgive me (Bryan Adams)

Physical appearance games

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Memory game