Horror Tale
The Countess of Loma Grande
<s>Her story presents</s> This is the story of <em>or</em> Once upon a time there was a very beautiful, slender young lady of the European aristocracy. She lived in a small village in La Loma Grande <s>neighborhood</s>, in the center of Quito. According to <s>the local inhabitants</s> the locals, <em>("the locals" means the local inhabitants, and it sounds more casual and works better for storytelling.)</em> her grandparents commented that the woman went out on Friday nights to <s>have fun</s> party in the bars of the historic center. <em>(Does this mean the slender young lady's grandparents commented, or someone else's grandparents?)</em>
In 1880's and 1890's La Loma Grande <s>neighborhood, approximately in the 1880s and 1890s</s>, everything is celebration and joy since her arrival<s> at the meetings</s>. Everyone calls her "the Countess" and she is such a beautiful woman that more than one handsome Quiteño <s>disputes her preferences</s> seeks her affections, says Ramos. <em>(Who is Ramos?)</em>
However, the terrifying thing about the story is that every handsome man who <s>began to frequent</s> frequented the Countess's home mysteriously disappeared. Ramos says that they went to her house and were murdered by her. "When the woman left that village, the new residents found several bodies buried in the garden, which were thought to be the missing men.
The enchanted village of La Loma Grande.