The History Of San Bartolomé

Many years ago, when the town was totally rural, and there was scarcely any contact with the capital, it happened that a humble shepherd went with his flock "Regajo el Santo", as the river passed, at the beginning of the top of the hill, he stopped at To rest on the side of a white stone, under the blinding sun, hot, surrounded by dry fields, dressed in gold, had an appearance. There in front of him, he began to see the image of St. Bartholomew, our Patron. The shepherd was exhausted, not knowing whether it was true what his eyes saw, or whether it was a mirage produced by the heat.

He began to speak to him and saw that it was reality, he was in front of his Patron, who told him to build a hermitage next to the white stone, where the pastor had stopped to rest. Once St. Bartholomew had told him his wish disappeared.

Surprised that his Patron had chosen him to tell him his wish, he ran to tell the townspeople. And they built the hermitage.

But it was not built where the Saint said but on the other side of the river, so one day it collapsed. When it was rebuilt, the people of the town made a ditch so that when it rained the water would slip through it. From then until a few years ago, when there was drought or scarce water, the people of the town went to the hermitage and cleaned the ditch, and a few days later it rained.

From then until now, every year, the last days of August we celebrate a feast in honor of our Patron.

Leyends Of La Murada: Strange Presence

In one of the houses close to that of the previous story, a family lived a different but equally sinister drama.

A relative having passed away, the Lady of the house felt close to the presence that tormented her. Thus the days happened between glasses and plates that inexplicably fell from the shelves or rocking chairs that moved alone. The family could not take it anymore and left the place traveling to Madrid leaving it in the hands of his sister.

This new family lived happily for a while without witnessing anything out of the ordinary until one night, they felt the presence of something above the marquee of the house opposite. As a witness of the events tell me, they could clearly see this in the evening, but not yet dark, shapes that resembled smoke forming three human figures that moved through the marquee as if they were skating on it. Of this fact they witnessed three members of the family. The shadows approached one of the windows and as if through the glass disappeared before the astonished look of their watchmen. The paranormal facts were not very frequent but from time to time something happened that aroused their attention.

One afternoon they saw through the trees that are planted in the garden what looked like dark shadows with human form. It even happens the case of a night in which feeling warm by the presence of a deceased family member asked this one a signal.

- If you're okay, give us a signal twice, but if you want us to pray for you, make it three.

And at dawn on one of the following days a sound awakened them and they heard a wooden rule knocking on a crowded table three times to indicate to the family that the soul in pity that visited them needed the prayer to rest in peace.

Leyends Of La Murada: Not a normal boy

If there is any area of ​​Orihuela from which I can speak properly where strange phenomena have occurred that is the hamlet of La Murada. A town near Orihuela where practically every house and neighbor's son has a dark history to tell you. Looking at a specific area to forge this story I will tell you about several strange events that happened there.

Many years ago a humble large family that lived one of the houses of the hot zone of the Murada lived normally in its habitáculo. Parents of 8 daughters saw the expectations of having a male child as they went overboard. So on a sad day, the mother lifted her voice to the heavens saying:

- "Lord, though I be born as a beast."

And sounding like an omen of what was going to happen, the Lord gave him a boy. A beautiful child who in time his parents began to be surprised to perceive that he did not utter a word. Neither a "mom" nor a "dad". Just grunts and annoying noises with the mouth. The years went by and the baby became a little man but he did not say a word and his behavior was more like a beast than a sane person. So the family had no choice but to keep him almost always tied up so he would not do any mischief. Most of his life was tied to a window where neighbors in the neighborhood could hear their howls.

The history of La Aparecida

At the time when the Moors ruled Spain and persecuted the Catholic religion , one possessed of a canvas with the image of Ntra. Mrs. Maria Sma., Afraid he would take it down , family hid underground in a bancal Where there was no danger.

Much later, the 13 as maypole as 1736 a farmer in the neighborhood Los Esparragales named Jaime Trigueros, plowing their lands in a patch called Olivar Viejo, saw the iroxen refused to continue; Watching more closely he saw that among the irons of the plow was an oil-painted canvas. The labrador picked it up without knowing what it was, washed it in a pot of water that was there, and let it dry in its humble tent (now a popular chapel), and when it was getting dark at night, he realized that a glow illuminating the canvas and was approaching him, he saw that showed the image of the Virgin Mary with Child in her arms and breastfeeding.

Jaime communicated the finding to his wife and neighbors, who came from then on to see her and pray her with assiduity. The marriage was made known to the bishopric of Orihuela (then Bishop: Josef D. Flores Ossorio), which decided to build a chapel in the village of Raiguero, natural village of Jayme. The people of the town thought that it was to be done in the center, and thus among the discussions it was agreed that the Canvas of the Virgin would be mounted on a donkey and that the hermitage would be raised wherever the animal was. And the donkey headed towards that old neighborhood known as Los Esparragales, which from that moment changed its name to La Aparecida.