La Garita del Diablo (The Devil's Sentry Box)
La Garita del Diablo (The Devil Sentry Box) is the most famous supernatural legend of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The story centers on a solitary sentry box (garita) at Castillo San Cristobal, perched on a rocky cliff above the crashing Atlantic. In the late 1600s, a Spanish soldier named Sanchez, nicknamed Flor de Azahar (Orange Blossom) for his pale white skin, was assigned to the farthest, most isolated sentry box. Sanchez was known for his beautiful guitar playing and his forbidden love for Diana, a local mestiza woman. One night, after the customary watchman calls echoed between the fort s