La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"…she thought of the young girl that Alejo had told her about, the one girl they found in the La Brea Tar Pits. They found her in a few bones. No details of her life were left behind, no piece of cloth, no ring, no doll."

"…’Tar oil? You say tar oil, huh? —Once, when I picked peaches, I heard screams. It reminded me of the animals stuck in the tar pits. —Did people? Did people ever get stuck? —Only one, Alejo replied, in the La Brea tar pits, they found some human bones. A young girl.’"