The Mystery of Room 313

THE LIGHT IN ROOM 313 Hotel del Salto stands on the cliffside overlooking Tequendama

Falls, a place long associated with disappearances and tragic endings. The hotel itself

was abandoned in the 1990s, its corridors now serving as a decaying monument to Colombia’s

darker legends. Yet in November of 2016, the building drew new attention when

hikers reported a strange pulsing light glowing softly behind the curtains of Room 313 — a

room sealed since 1985 after an unsolved incident. Police were dispatched after multiple locals

claimed to see “someone waving for help” from the room’s window. Officers found the

door locked, rusted, and chained from the outside. A thick layer of