Mythical Creatures of San Antonio (Re: Mythical Creatures of Britain)

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There do appear to be mythical creatures in that area of Texas. 
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> > Texas - Modern sightings include a huge, winged reptile that
> > terrorized the San Antonio valley, Texas for several months in 
1976.
> 
> !!!
> 
> Okay, now why have I never heard of this?  (I live in SA.)  Amanda, 
> ring any bells?  What geographical area is actually considered 
> the "San Antonio valley"? (I've never heard this term, either.)  
> Maybe Jan knows?  Granted, I was only 7 - 8 yrs old at that time, 
but 
> this is the stuff local legends are made of.
> 
> Here are the "legends" I knew of growing up in SA:
> 
> The "Donkey Lady":
> http://lonestar.texas.net/~tstevens/CS/donkey.htm
> 
> Never went to her bridge, so all I know of this is from the various 
> tales; sometimes a variation of this has elements of the "La 
Llorona" 
> story, too.  And yep, there used to be a working phone number, 
though 
> was just a computer-generated squeal, but worth loads of great 
> shivers for kids, anyway.
> 
> "La Llorona," not an SA thing, but a southwest/Mexico thing:
> http://www.legendsofamerica.com/HC-WeepingWoman1.html
> 
> "Bloody Mary," also not something that originated in SA, but 
freaked 
> us out when we were 10 - 11:
> http://www.mythology.com/bloodymary.html
> 
> The "Ghost Tracks":
> http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa031201a.htm
> http://invisiblelibrary.blogspot.com/2004/08/ghost-tracks-of-
mission-
> row.html
> 
> Did this once in junior high and it worked, didn't do the baby 
powder 
> thing, though. Apparently it's an optical illusion -- though it 
> appears you're moving up a slight incline, you're actually going 
> downhill...
> 
> "Midget Mansion":
> http://www.geocities.com/midgetmansion/
> 
> Never saw this place, either.  Here's one that's vaguely similar, 
> though -- the night we went to the ghost tracks we also went down 
> another road (somewhere on the south/southeast side of SA), nothing 
> much out there really, but set back from the street was a white 
> building lit by a sodium street light.  It didn't look like a 
house, 
> but more along the lines of a 'meeting hall' type of building, the 
> place where lots of country wedding receptions are held. 
> 
> However, this building had no windows that I could recall, and the 
> thing that was so weird about it was that the door into the 
building 
> was several feet off the ground (rather than being at ground level) 
> and there were no steps or other means of reaching it.  The place 
> didn't look dilapidated at all, though we were only seeing it from 
a 
> distance and at night.  Nothing else weird about it, and I'm sure 
> there must be some explanation for the odd placement of the 
> door...was wonderfully creepy seeing it that night, though. ;-)
> 
> No real reason for relating that story, other than hopes that 
perhaps 
> Amanda or one of the few other SA / south central TX folks can 
> enlighten me on what that place might have been...
> 
> Heh, probably should have saved all this for a couple weeks, eh?
> 
> --Kelley