Field Entry: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco – 8:11 a.m.
It looks like heaven.
Palm trees sway. Waves sparkle. Everyone’s in love, or pretending to be.
But under all that — tequila, tan lines, and tourists — something hums.
And I don’t mean the music at Señor Frog’s.

Puerto Vallarta isn’t just a beach town.
It’s a spiritual bait shop.
And some of what’s being caught doesn’t belong here.

Day 1: The Love Trap on the Malecón

I meet Camila, 34, yoga instructor, part-time psychic.
She moved here six years ago after a “soul-altering” trip with a man she met during a cacao ceremony in Sayulita.
Let’s call him “Andrés”, although she insists that’s not his real name.

“We connected instantly. It felt ancient. Like we were twin flames. I felt everything through him.”

Classic.

The relationship was hot, fast, and inexplicable.
Until Andrés began pulling away — cold, distant, then suddenly gone.
Camila reports:

  • Recurring dreams of snake eyes
  • Feeling watched during meditation
  • Sudden energy drains after thinking about him

“I know how this sounds. But it wasn’t normal heartbreak. It was like he left with something from me.”

Eve Lorgen Would Call This a Beachside Feeding Frenzy

This has all the Love Bite symptoms:

  • Sudden and irrational bonding
  • Extreme emotional/sexual intensity
  • Energetic depletion post-breakup
  • Paranormal elements lurking at the edges of perception

And in Puerto Vallarta, it happens a lot.

There’s something about the transient energy here — vacationers, seekers, escapees.
People arrive open, porous, disarmed by paradise.
Perfect prey.

Symbol Watch: Churches, Serpents, and Saints

The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a stunning structure — and a curious one.

  • The crown: said to be modeled after a European queen, but has odd spiral carvings uncommon in Mexican Catholic architecture
  • Inside: imagery of the Virgin with serpentine motifs in background arches
  • Local lore suggests it was built on a pre-Hispanic sacred site — one known for “energetic fluctuations” (aka portal hotspot)

Then there’s the Cuale River Island, lined with statues of iguanas, eagles, and suns, forming a strange symbolic triad of reptilian wisdom, spiritual awakening, and solar control.

Coincidence?
Or someone decorating the hunting ground?

Real Estate with a Side of Reprogramming

Tourists arrive, fall in love with the town… or someone in it.
Then they stay.
Buy a place. Settle. Get pulled in deeper.

Camila, still recovering, tells me:

“I almost signed papers on a condo. I thought we’d build a life here.”

She didn’t.
But others do.

And the market for Puerto Vallarta homes for sale continues to grow — especially among expats who just felt called here.

They say it’s the light. The beach. The energy.
But what if the energy is doing more than just warming your chakras?

Field Notes: Patterns Beneath the Palm Trees

  • High frequency of “soulmate” stories ending in emotional devastation
  • Locals report seeing lights over the ocean at night — silent, hovering
  • Tourists involved in sudden, intense romances often report weird dreams, lost time, or spontaneous illness
  • Multiple sources mention feeling “different” after certain beaches — especially Playa Amapas and Las Gemelas

It’s a Love Bite buffet — and people keep showing up for second servings.

Closing Log: Puerto Vallarta, 1:17 a.m.

I’m sitting on a balcony overlooking the bay.
There’s a red light floating above the horizon. No sound. No blinking.
I turn to say something to my guide.
He’s asleep — or pretending.

The air feels heavy.
The night is watching.

Next destination: Mount Shasta, California.
A mountain full of legends — Lemurians, UFOs, and a whole mess of “light beings” with questionable relationship advice.

Shall I begin?