Almost Grabbed by A Yum Balam!
There are demons who scour the land after dark, looking for souls to prey on. The local residents stay inside after sunset. They close their
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The Jungle Journal
Magic & Adventure Await
Go on adventures in the tropics, discover sacred cenotes, meet mystical creatures, learn from Maya shamen, sample local foods, discover ancient cities, connect with Maya families, learn about the Maya calendar,
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Laura LaBrie
- Mar 4, 2022
- 3 min
A Dangerous Mayan Spirit Makes a Farmer's Family and Animals Sick!
The cows were getting sick without a known cause. Something unexplained was infiltrating the farm. Something evil.
Laura LaBrie
- Dec 1, 2021
- 6 min
5 Creepy Stories from a Haunted Hotel
There is a haunted hotel across the street from a cenote steeped in ancient magic. Of course, at one time there was no road between the...
Laura LaBrie
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Would YOU Pay the Goddess and Her Pet Snake?
A goddess, or rather a goddess who lost her power, lives in the cenote? Yes. We stood on the stone steps just outside the dark cavern. It...
Laura LaBrie
- Nov 12, 2021
- 3 min
Rare Photos of a Magical Mayan Creature!
These photos are of something so mystical, magical, and rare! Earlier this year we traveled to a spectacular cenote called Suytun just...
Laura LaBrie
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
3 Encounters with A Naughty Alux
Do you believe in aluxes? I DO! I had three crazy experiences during two back-to-back Heal & Re-Activate Your Spiritual Sight retreats!...
Laura LaBrie
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
Surprising New Details About Aluxes!
On my last visit to see Francisco, my shaman friend, I was so happy to gain more insight into the life of the alux! Just when you think...
Laura LaBrie
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
New Discovery: A Supernatural Animal Guardian!
I just learned there is an entity that guards the animals! On our last trip to see Francisco, my lovely friend and local Maya healer, we...
Laura LaBrie
- Sep 12, 2020
- 3 min
Ancient Shape-Shifting Beings
A yui chivo (pronounced why chibo) is a shape shifter. I am still gathering information/stories about them, but so far, here is my basic
Laura LaBrie
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
What Scrambled Under the Chair?
It felt like a sleeping spell had been cast over the whole house. Silvery light from the full moon streamed in through the windows casting
Laura LaBrie
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
What Dark Secrets Haunt This Pond?
The house sits on a small pond whose lush waterlilies and cattails hide a deep and very dark secret.
Laura LaBrie
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
Ak Na'am & The Guardian: Two New Entities
We discovered the existence of another entity that lives in the fields and forests of Yucatan. Francisco, our shaman friend and guide,...
Laura LaBrie
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
Shaman and Shape-Shifter
It’s called a yui (pronounced “why”). It is a shapeshifter. It was causing trouble, but before I can tell you the story about it, I have...
Laura LaBrie
- Nov 18, 2019
- 4 min
Are Cenote Dragons Real?
So, in my mind I imagined him. I pictured him usually as red with silver-sequined sparkles or sometimes as transparent, almost invisible.
Laura LaBrie
- Sep 29, 2019
- 3 min
Discovering A New & Dangerous Entity in The Jungle
Just the other day we were out in the milpa (corn fields) with our friend and guide, Francisco. As we walked down the narrow, red earth...
Laura LaBrie
- Aug 28, 2019
- 7 min
Seeing an Alux and Hearing a UFO on the Island of Cozumel?
It was a day of un-tamed energy, a 13 on the sacred Tzolkin calendar, and wow, I almost don't know where to begin. We were visiting the...
Laura LaBrie
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
A Real Alux House
There is a cenote on private land in the jungle near Puerto Morelos in Mexico that is quite certainly home to an alux. How do I know...
Laura LaBrie
- Apr 11, 2019
- 4 min
Nat Geo and Bizarre Cenote Connections
When you are getting ready to do some research and the Universe conspires to help you, you follow the bread crumb trail...no matter where...
Laura LaBrie
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
Maya Legends Come to Life: Alux & Tzucan
Take a look at the photo. What do you see? Want to know the story behind it? This is a limestone formation in a cave near Tulum on...
Laura LaBrie
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
Cryptozoology in a Sacred Cenote
OK, this is a story you may not believe... tentacle and all. It happened in a private cenote called Maravilla, just down the road from...
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