The bird flew ahead of them faster than the vehicle, swinging back and forth and bobbing up and down. Just outside Batesville on State Highway 57, a large, dark and menacing bird suddenly appeared in the headlights of their car. Among that group are three Zavala County women who vividly remember an experience they had one night on their way home from a shopping trip to San Antonio. And sometimes, an owl spreads its wide wings and flies from its roost looking for prey.īut some people along the border believe that owls are more than big-eyed night feeders. “At night in South Texas, especially under a big moon, things start moving.ĭeer begin grazing, coarse-haired feral hogs emerge from the brush to steal corn from game feeders on the big ranches, five-foot rattlesnakes slide from their lair, the sensors on their arrowhead-shaped heads looking for warm meat. Creatures that can bring devastating storms. La Lechuza, or The Owl is a bruja (witch) that can shapeshift into a large barn owl and is said to be an omen of bad luck. From human-faced owls to a woman whose spirit roams the night, wailing for the spirits of her drowned children, Mexican folklore is something that I sought out.īut there was one tale that I had been told by my mother. Folklore, it’s something that is one of the many things that bring people together, as someone who has come from a small Texas town with a population of roughly 4’000, you’re going to hear some tall tales.
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