EP 68: LA SANTA COMPAÑA FROM PORTUGAL!

Welcome back to another episode of Campfire Adventures. Now that we are all caught up on our road trip episodes it's time to open up our stories worldwide. So as a special thank you to our Portuguese audience we are covering the story of La Santa Compaña. They are a group of phantom marchers that travel from town to town with a mission. These marchers head out around midnight and creep closer to a town while chanting and holding candles. Once they make their march there is almost no way to keep them from achieving their goals, but I do share a few ways you can try to protect yourself from their wrath in this episode. Take a listen and enjoy!

Portugal on a map!

A depiction of the human guide used

An image of a divine hand gesture

Another depiction of La Santa Compaña

SOURCE MATERIALS:

For the story:

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