Evergreen Cemetery in El Paso is considered a local legend for being haunted by the laughter and sounds of children, possibly the ghosts of the children buried there, who are said to play among the tombstones at night. Some locals attribute these noises to the eerie, watchful statuary within the cemetery walls. Many people have reported hearing the sounds of children laughing and playing inside the cemetery after dark. A common explanation for these sounds is that they are the spirits of children buried in Evergreen, rising to play in the moonlight. Another theory suggests that the chipped stone angels and other child-like statues might be moving on their own, "climbing off their tombstone-perches for a few hours of nighttime play". The cemetery's intricate, aged, and perhaps even unsettling statuary contributes to a creepy atmosphere, making the sounds seem more plausible and harder to dismiss.