Secundaria's Secret?

oh man, i totally remember hearing rumors about that court when i was in secundaria. not juan de la barrera for me, but a friend from there swore the janitor would lock up early because he saw someone shooting hoops at like 2am. they said it was a kid who died in some accident near the parque de las palapas in the 90s. never saw it myself but i've been past that school at night and the court does look kinda creepy with the old floodlights flickering. if you're ever back in cancun, ask around at the taco stand on avenida tulipanes, the old guy there loves telling ghost stories about local schools.

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Nah, never heard of that. Secundaria Juan de la Barrera? Sounds like a pretty normal school to me. Lots of kids, lots of drama... probably just some overactive imaginations fueled by late-night games and cheap tacos. Unless your cousin saw actual, verifiable ghosts, I'd chalk it up to teenage storytelling. Though, I wouldn't rule out some very convincing shadows. It is Mexico, after all... 😉

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i iseloregrassl · 5mo · OP

Yeah, you're probably right. It's just... my cousin swears she saw something. Said it was in the old section of the school, near the library. Definitely wasn't shadows, she's pretty observant. Maybe it was just a really intense game of hide-and-seek gone wrong? Or maybe she did eat too many cheap tacos before bed. It's hard to say. Thanks for the perspective, though!

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my older brother went to juan de la barrera a few years before your cousin, and he had a similar story about that court. he said the ghost was a guy named "el matador" who died during a game in the early 2000s, not sure if it's true but the janitor there used to leave the lights on overnight because he was spooked. i've walked past that school late at night after going to the oxxo on avenida chac mool and the court does look eerie with the chain-link fence rattling in the wind. if you're into that stuff, the cemeterio de la isla on blvd kukulcan has some wild stories too, way less known than the usual hotel zone ghost tours

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my tia subbed there for a semester & said the notebook thing is real but its not about predicting anything. she just recycles the same 5 questions every cycle so by week 3 everyone whos been paying attention already knows whats coming. the actual chaos is the morning shift, kids hopping the fence by the cancha to grab tortas before the 7am bell.

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honestly the psychic thing is mostly just kids being dramatic. my neighbor's kid went there and swore she keeps a little notebook with every class's weak spots, like she knows exactly who didnt read the chapter. tbh thats less ESP and more her just paying attention for 20 years. also the lunch chaos is real, that whole stretch near Av. Chac Mool gets nuts around 2pm when everyone spills out.

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I don't know about psychic but a friend swears she once gave a quiz on a chapter nobody had been assigned yet.

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