MANCHAC SWAMP

Manchac is a small town in the State of Louisiana, in the United States, which is located on the shores of Lake Maurepas and close to New Orleans, the traditional southern area where the French and their slaves from Africa settled.

Precisely, with slaves became traditions and beliefs of the other continent, some religious such as Voodoo.

Legend has it that a Queen (Marie Laveau, 1794-1881) Voodoo was accused of exercise acts of witchcraft and imprisoned in by life in a horrific prison in the region. Deprived of their liberty forever view cast a curse on these watery parts. The beautiful cypresses claimed dark forms, the water became turbid and crocodiles learned to wait for their victims silent.

It was to Laveau to who responsible for the hurricane that wiped out three small towns in the area, in 1915 leaving trail of habitability. But this depends on what villager asked, since there are people who tell another story. It's the legend of Julie White, a Princess Voodoo that used to sit on the porch of his house and sing: "one day I'm going to die and I will take all of you with me". Believe or burst, the day of his funeral - in 1915 - was when the mentioned hurricane was unleashed.

Not only legends Voodoo there is to fear. Also the cajun French immigrants belief that colonized the region argues that there dwells the bloodthirsty Rougarou, what others know as the man Wolf.

The dark form of the trees, which are like claws trying to catch who ventures inside; the frogs singing at night, that worries the bravest; or muddy waters, which convey the feeling that fall nobody will hear SOS and will come into rescue, make Manchac swamp an ideal area for filming horror films, which have been able to appreciate several classic directors of the genre.