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Creepypasta - El Descenso De River Plate (Retake)

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A distraught man named Luis writes a formal goodbye to his doctor years after a traumatic incident. He credits recovery exercises with helping him keep living—though they don’t erase the pain.

Luis explains his background: he grows up in a River Plate–devoted family, while his parents are portrayed as volatile and dysfunctional. His father is fixated on River’s results and becomes cruel at home. His mother has her own problems, including kleptomania. The family’s 2008 championship becomes their last peaceful, happy moment—filled with simple warmth (like roasting meat and dinner), future plans, and an atmosphere without screaming.

That happiness is sharply contrasted with a later period when River is in danger of relegation.

The Match, the Teasing, and the Trigger

After school, Luis plays with Sergio, a friend whose teasing and “insider” attitude intensify Luis’s anxiety about an upcoming River match—because Sergio is supposedly Xeneise/Boca.

Luis loses the game. Sergio responds cruelly, joking that Boca will keep humiliating River for another season. Later, Luis can’t sleep, and then the match result arrives as a shock: chaos erupts at home. People cry and break things, and his father appears devastated—almost horrifyingly so, especially given how little empathy he previously showed.

Domestic Violence and the Locked Room

From that point, the situation spirals into domestic violence. Luis is sent to bed, but he tries to understand what’s happening. His brother David repeatedly appears as the person trying to keep things under control—until it gets worse.

Luis hides in his room, clutching a Goku doll for comfort. He watches water balloons and imagines escape fantasies that never come. Outside his door, violence and insults escalate, including hateful slurs.

Luis hears his brother give strict instructions: close the door and don’t open it to anyone except David. Though Luis resists, he eventually hears something even more terrifying: people enter, the door is forced open, and his memories become brief and blurred—ending with police arriving.

The “Official” Account (Clinical, Bureaucratic Horror)

The video shifts into a clinical, report-like “official” account dated June 26, 2011. The family’s four bodies are found dead, with visible injuries including:

  • Strangulation
  • Stabbing/cuts
  • Repeated head trauma
  • Signs of a violent struggle

The investigation frames it as possibly tied to illegal gambling debts: an “adverse result” from a match could have triggered killers connected to lenders/betting. It also suggests the youngest son, Sergio, may have been present or that confusion led attackers to target the wrong person.

Luis is described as a child patient with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Authorities reportedly hesitated to take him in due to his fear and resistance. He is placed under relatives’ guardianship and needs ongoing therapy.

Aftermath and the Lingering River Obsession

Despite everything, Luis returns to the emotional core of the story: he still supports River Plate “blindly.” He sees it as proof that life contains both good and bad times, and that his trauma has not fully erased his loyalty.

He closes with a farewell letter to the doctor, followed by match commentary and celebratory sports audio, implying River remains a haunting, sustaining presence in his life.

Notable Highlights / Tones

  • A strong contrast between the warm River championship dinner and the later violent collapse following a match defeat.
  • A darkly comic emotional motif: Luis’s Goku doll and childhood fantasies of characters coming to save him—used against the grim reality of abuse.
  • A tonal shift into bureaucratic “official documentation” (police report + medical notes) that makes the tragedy feel cold and procedural.
  • The final, haunting twist: River Plate obsession survives the massacre and becomes the story’s defining echo.

Jokes / Reactions

  • Sergio taunts Luis about River’s relegation and Boca humiliating them.
  • Darkly ironic payoff: after the massacre explanation, the video ends with River match hype, emphasizing Luis’s irrational loyalty despite trauma.

Personalities Mentioned

  • Luis (narrator/patient/child survivor)
  • Doctor (Luis’s therapist; referenced indirectly)
  • Pedro (father)
  • Marta (mother)
  • David (eldest brother)
  • Sergio (friend / taunter)
  • Assailants (“robbers”) (unnamed)
  • Officer Roberto (police report author)
  • Extended relatives/uncles (guardians)

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