Bolsón de Mapimí

It really is.

It's this 31-mile-wide patch of absolute mystery located deep within the Bolson de Mapimi in the Chihuahuan Desert.

And to really understand the sheer strangeness of this place, we need to go back to 1 October Day in 1975.

Ah,

Believe me when I say you do not want to be in that place after sunset.

I will only say that it is an arid area near what is known as the Bolsón de Mapimí, where the silence is so complete that your ears ring and the heat of the day turns into a dry, biting cold before dawn.

My name is Bastien.

I am an architect.