(Editor's note: the stories of the mysterious Light of Mafasca are popular all over the island of Fuerteventura. Our star student, Fefi, wrote this personal account of the Light, as told to her by her dad. Enjoy!)
At the time when I was a youngster, my father
used to tell us some stories. The most mystifying was about the strange light
of Mafasca. Many years ago, there was no bus service on this island but only a few
cars. Thus teenagers used to go on foot to parties.
One time my father and his friends were walking
to the village of Casillas del Angel from Tindaya. In the darkest hours of the night
they saw a light that was following them. First, they thought it was someone
else and they had decided to wait to find out who it could be.
Suddenly, the light had stopped. This happened
a few times but they reached the party. Then, my father told an older man
everything that had happened. The gentleman showed no surprise, he slowly
explained to my father that the light was the soul of someone who had been buried
in the mountains and someone had burned his cross.
He told my father that if this happened again,
he should pray for the soul to be quiet. That was the most frightening tale
that my father ever told me.
(Fefi from Gran Tarajal)
