There’s no “real” answer, but we do know some things for certain.įirst, lechuzas make the sound of a crying infant in order to attract your attention. It seems that if you want to know the truth, you’ll have to meet the friend of a friend of a friend. Questions like, “Where does the physical body of the person go when they become the lechuza?” have plagued our communities for decades. There continues to be a lot of mystery over how a human being possesses an owl. I’ll refrain from using the word “witch,” because it conjures up an image of someone who looks the part of a witch when, in reality, the most unsuspecting member of a community can be a culprit. A lechuza, simply put, is a white owl that is possessed by a person. A lechuza, literally translated, means owl however, the term has taken on a more sinister connotation. We can begin these stories by talking about the infamous lechuza. The stories I’m about to share are real-life experiences from people in my hometown, and they require cultural understanding at the very least. Thus, I will refrain from calling them urban legends, but instead, describe them as stories that have been shared and passed on generationally. One, these stories have origins in indigeneity, and two, in our culture, these stories are not necessarily “urban legends,” but truths that are integral to understanding the way our community functions. Mexican culture is often alluded to when speaking of urban legends in Texas however, two points should be made clear when thinking of their historical context.
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