San Antonio has some good ghost stories to send chills up your spine and make your blood run cold.
From headless nuns roaming the halls of a downtown hospital to a Southside legend of a vengeful donkey lady, these are haunting urban legends to be aware of should you encounter these eerie figures.
‘El Muerto’: South Texas’ headless horseman
This is a tale of the San Antonio area’s own headless horseman.
Known as “El Muerto,” this 1800s legend is of a Mexican outlaw — known as Vidal — who was decapitated by Texas Rangers Creed Taylor and William Alexander Anderson “Big Foot” Wallace after they accused him of stealing their livestock. After they decapitated him, they tied his body to a wild horse, his head to the saddle and set it loose, creating Texas’ own headless horseman, said to haunt the countryside ever since.
Fang baby of Old Pearsall Road
Look, we’re not saying that all children are vicious, but according to urban legend, the “Fang Baby” of Old Pearsall Road on the Southwestside was a real bloodsucker. According to this horrifying legend, a group of friends in the 1960s were driving along Old Pearsall Road to grab a drink when the driver suddenly caught sight of a tiny child in the middle of the road wearing only a shirt and a diaper. The toddler appeared to have blood on its mouth. Not knowing where the child had come from, he swerved quickly out of the way…