Corn Islands Legend: The Crying Lady of Walimo Side

They say that if you walk the back roads of Corn Island late in the evening, especially near Walimo Side, you might hear her. A soft, heart-wrenching cry echoing through the stillness, calling for a child long lost.

Locals call her The Crying Lady. Some call her La Llorona, borrowing the name from an old Spanish tale, but this woman belongs to the island. The story says that long ago, a mother and her baby were killed—some say it was an act of cruelty, others say it was tied to old island conflicts. What they agree on is that the two were never buried together. The child was taken, buried far from its mother’s resting place.

Since then, the Crying Lady roams the back paths and bush near Walimo, forever mourning, searching for the baby taken from her. Her spirit cannot rest—not until they are reunited. And so, at certain hours of the evening, a wail can be heard rising with the breeze, chilling the bones of anyone who walks too close.

They say if you hear her, don’t stop. Don’t look back. Just walk.