I have no idea what nationality she is. But a dose of scepticsm is due when you hear a “Ripley’s Believe It Or ot” story like this.
The name is there solely for you to Google.
Or .... you can accept the story at face value without thinking.
A google search of Anastacio Castillo reveals annothe individual with that name thatis a cowboy poet and has written a piece called “Move along little dogey’s” You cant make this stuff up.