La Carreta sin Bueyes

Origin and tradition

Costa Rican legend says a ghostly oxcart rolls through towns at night without oxen, often connected to greed, sin, or a cursed journey.

Illustration in this atlas

An empty wooden cart heard before it is seen, wheels shrieking like unoiled iron, with no animals pulling it through the road dust.

References and further reading

1. es.wikipedia.org — Leyendas de Costa Rica

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.