El Charro Negro
El Charro Negro is a specter that appears at dusk in streets and lonely sidewalks, always looking for a pedestrian to whom he would offer gold coins, which he takes out of a small bag that always carries the waist.
Overview[]
While he does not ignore men, whom he offers friendly conversation, his clear preference is towards women whom he seduces with his eloquent eyes and warm words. Nothing bad can be said of El Charro Negro if the traveler is limited to allowing his company to his place of residence; If he approaches the dawn, he will say goodbye courteously and leave with the slow pace, just as if the sender who walks leads to the vicinity of a church.
However, if the woman gives up her travel offerings and accepts a riding, such an action results in a tragic end for the woman. Once mounting the animal, the victim discovers that it is impossible to get off the horse. From that moment, the black charro returns to his horse and rides off towards an unknown destination, ignoring the prayers and cries of his victim that are never seen again.
Description[]
Charro Negro is depicted as a tall, elegant-looking man dressed in an impeccable black suit made up of a jacket, a shirt, tight pants and a wide-brimmed hat wanders in the depths of the night in the lonely stretches that join the little things that unite the small towns of rural Mexico on the back of a huge, jet-black horse.
In another variation of history, the Black Charro is actually a demonic figure. A demon of red eyes with the face hidden by its hat, riding on a horse with eyes that burn like red hot coal and steam emitted from the mouth when breathing.
The black charro represents a punishment, that is why he tempts his victims to make them fall and thus give a punishment, this is known, since the Black Charro only appeared before men who transgressed the moral order, that is drunkards, disobedient children, adulterous husbands, greedy people, etc.
History[]
Origins[]
Although there are many versions that speak of this mysterious character and their takes on their own version in each region of the country where they are told, one of the most popular origins affirms that when the ghost was a man, he came from a humble country family; however, his ambition was so great that he always liked to be well dressed even if he ran out of money to eat.
After wallowing in his misery, the man invoked the Devil (believed to be either Mephistopheles or Mammon), who answered his call and offered him immense amounts of money and riches in exchange for his soul, to which the man accepted. According to the story, the man tried to escape from his debt on his horse and with a bag full of gold coins so that the devil would not take it from him; however, he was caught and from then on he was condemned to wander in the barren lands of Latin America and dressed as a charro collecting debts for the Devil.
Trivia[]
- Some hunters believed that El Charro Negro was a Ghost Rider due to his appearance and nature but this was debunked as Ghost Riders are not bound by demons nor are they products of Hell.
- Mephistopheles may have been the demon responsible for creating El Charro Negro as he states that "riches can be given by any demon".
- If this is true then El Charro Negro may be collecting debts in place of the Hellhounds. It is further explained that the reason this is the case is that the Hellhounds are unable to set foot on Latin American grounds as it is already claimed by "other foreign presences" both holy and demonic.
