[HPFGU-OTChatter] Mythical Creatures of San Antonio (Re: Mythical Creatures of Britain)

[Amanda Geist]

Kelley found somewhere

> > 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.

Huh. No, no idea what the dragon was. Amazing how efficacious those mass
memory charms can be. Where was the site you got that quote?

> Here are the "legends" I knew of growing up in SA:

<snip the legends, all correct and the ones I grew up with>

Kelley, you forgot the *chupacabra*!! It's more to the south, but still. A
bona-fide mysterious magical creature.

> 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...

The Donkey Lady's place of residence shifted, as the city grew to the north.
When I was in school, her house was in the medical center area, which now is
totally overbuilt. When my friends' much younger siblings were in school,
the Donkey Lady lived farther north. I suspect Midget Mansion might have
moved, similarly.

~Amanda