coldethyl Posted October 5, 2006 #51 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Hmmmmmm....to the center...of a field-mouse....*licks* ah-one....*licks* ah-two-hoooo...*licks and crunches* ah-three............ ................*looks for the trash can* The image of this I had was beyond hilarious. Chewy center is not something you want to use to describe the innards of a field mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razi Posted October 8, 2006 #52 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I did some snooping around ans found that la chusa is also called the "Witch bird". But I can't find any info....if you google witch bird, you'll get something like this: so,yeah...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickle_man Posted October 30, 2007 #53 Share Posted October 30, 2007 hey i nave been reading this all night, i got this link from a google search of la chusa i have some encounters to share, i just sent themt o my friends on myspace because this sstory has reminde me of them, i can only give a few cuz i forgot one, and i need to get it from my friend tomorrow, so here they are as i sent them, so they are not edited out for language, sorry enounter 1, la llorona ok, so you kow how mexicans gather alot right, well we dont anymore, my family, but we did alot when i was a kid, so when i was like 5 or 6, we all drove down to this river, i forget, i think it was rio grande but not sure, it was around 1 when we finally got there, we parked near the edge of a side of the river, i layed down at the feet of the back seats cuz i was small and we had like 8 people in the car, i was really cold so i bundle myslef up, most of the adults were outside drinking and smoking i kinda dozed off, but woke up to complete silence i looked out the car every1 but the other kids were outther lookin down the road, a woman was walking toward us, she had her hair covering her face, she was wailing something in spanish, and i heard my current stepdad, say "oh ****inh sh**, lets get in the car **** this!, some1 screamed: la llorona! i got kicked as sum1 got in where i was and fell unconscious, i woke up that morning and nobody spoke a word of what happened, i sked my mom what they saw, she was surprised at the fact that i was awake during, she told me the story about la llorona, a few months late, sum1 in my step dads family had died, but my mom was not with the man anymore, because he took us out there and brought an "omen" upon our family, i have like two more memories as well, i just wish i had encounterd la chupacabra as well, but i havent, sorry encounter 2, first la chusa encounter ok we lived at this old house with my mom's boyfriend, we stayed outin a trailer in the backyard one night i went outside cuz i like the cold winter night at midnight i heard rustling in the trees but ignored, cuz i thought it was just birds, then i heard a loud screech of a bat, about 5 bats flew out, there was more rustling, i went inside to get a jacket, cam outisdde and hear a cat off in the distance hiss at the tree, i saw something fall, it was a small bat lying near dead, my mom ran out and saw me poking it with a stick, she yelled for me to get the **** away be4 i get rabies, so i ran away and went out to he field to play, there was some really tall as grass out there, so i ran for a bit, the heard some more screeches after about 10 minutes, it sounded like a dying bird, then i went back to the yard and saw the cat run up to the tree, after a few seconds it ran down, and hid under the house, i went to check on it,and it hissed and scratched me, then i saw a giant silhouette fly from the tree screeching as it flew away, i coulve sworn i saw a shadow of breasts, and hair billowing in the wind(not being perverted here) that cat never went up in that tree or messed with birds ever again, i would someitimes see it star up at the tree o certain nights that i would hear an owls hoot, but never again did i stay outside when i saw the cat retreat, i feared my life enounter 3, second encuonter of lachusa (also an explanation that i was told of it) save this 1 as well i will first tell you the story of the la chusa, then an encounter with it ok, so a lachusa is supposed to be an owl hybrid woman my other story i had sent you about the bird in a tree was one encounter we had la chusa are apparently young attractive women, not all the time turned witch, you know harcore prcaticing witchcraft they sometimes will go out and attack a certain town that they see as unfit, usually a group of 3 they will transform int owlish creatures and kill people they see late at night, at mainly midnight it is said that if you hear a la chusas call and whistle back( at midnight mind you) it will come the next day dressed as an old ugly woman asking for sugar, if you look a her in disgust and lie, she shows her true form, a naked beautiful girl, around the 20's usually for this, the 1 above are older witches, later that night she will come into your house and you die after being attacked, or it is said that if you whistle at midnight a lachusa will soon appear and chase you until it kills you so hears an experience we had at the age of 10, we were driving to "blue waters", im not usre its real name, but thats wahat we called it, not usre what you white ppl called it, but me my mom and my 6 year old brother were in a car drivng to pick up my other brothers from fishing all day, we were going down a dark road, so my mom had on her high beams, i was looking out the back window, and then something flew out of the woods and over head, i told my mom to watch out cuz i saw a bird, and i didnt want her to hit it, cuz it was pretty big, and she said"what!" my little brother was sleeping, so we drove abit more, we suddenly heard wings flapping and this huge bird came flying towards us, my mom kinda hit it as we drove on, we both were scared sh**less, cuz it was of a woman who looked half bird, it had a womans face, and had breasts, long hair(brown) big wings, and huge talons, we drove on picked, up my brothers, told them what happend, they sorta believed us, but they said it was prolly just a bird and my brother had to drive us home another way cuz my mom was scared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickle_man Posted October 30, 2007 #54 Share Posted October 30, 2007 ok nvm bout the editing, the site cuts them out, so when i get my other story back, i will tell it to ya'll i have a very bad memory, certain things strike it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickle_man Posted October 30, 2007 #55 Share Posted October 30, 2007 anybody currently on want to discuss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urisk Posted October 30, 2007 #56 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I always thought La Chusa meant Owl? Always took it to be an Eagle Owl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capoeiranger Posted October 30, 2007 #57 Share Posted October 30, 2007 It's off topic, but I just wanna tell you guys, this topic has just been necroposted TWICE. LOL !!! Anyway, yeah, La Chusa is an Owl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilix_Vixen Posted November 1, 2007 #58 Share Posted November 1, 2007 (edited) Here in South Texas la lechusa is a very common "mexican folktale". My fiancee and his brother have had run-ins with la lechusa. Each on a different occasion and totally seperate from each other. Please keep in mind that these two men are very skepticial. I don't recall the details of my brother-in-law's story, but Jesse's story is that he and his friend were out late one night walking through a big field on the way home. And they heard someone whistle. Thats when they looked up and saw her. He says she was huge at least the size of a human. Being the constant skeptic he whistled back. After he whistled, that is when she began to fly after them. She swooped down just above his head, both guys ducked. That's when they started to run. He said that she went from tree to tree following them. I can't remember the rest of the story, but they obviously got away. If this story came from anyone other then him I would think they were lying. But he swears up and down that it is true. I believe that he believes what he saw, but I was not there to confirm it. He is very skeptical of the "paranormal". But I guess he had no way to rationalize what he saw and experienced. BTW, the correct name La lechusa. Edited November 1, 2007 by jessesgirl778 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshinx Posted November 2, 2007 #59 Share Posted November 2, 2007 i though we had conclusion that La chusa is big owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilix_Vixen Posted November 2, 2007 #60 Share Posted November 2, 2007 i though we had conclusion that La chusa is big owl The la lechusa may mean owl in spanish, but it is most definetly not an owl. Sorry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nokturnal Posted November 9, 2007 #61 Share Posted November 9, 2007 its la lechusa. and it doesnt have a real meaning its just a name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjg123 Posted March 27, 2009 #62 Share Posted March 27, 2009 My dad is from ft.woth TX he has been telling me and my siblings stories of la chusa for years. According to him and the rest of his family the lachusa is a creature with the head of a women and the body of a bird....they can range from being the siz of an owl to being as large as a grown man. People also say that there are good la chusa and bad la chusa. If you make the la chusa call either one could show up. the thing is you dont know which kind will show up. The bad la chusa will attack and basically rip you apart and cart off your soul. the good la chusa are said to help if your in distress. They say if you are ever to come across a la chusa and it calls out never to call back. They also say that the way to distinguish between a good or bad lachusa is in the face. the evil ones have the face of and old ugly women, the good have the face of a beautiful young girl. I was always skeptical as a kid until we visited my granfathers house in ft. worth. While out in the backyard one night me and my older brother were playing and he called out for la chusa and did the "la chusa whistle" we laughed and continued messing around. after tireing ourselves out we were walking to the backdoor when something came swooping down, it didnt land it just kept swooping back and forth around my grandpas backyard it scared the **** out of me and ive never played around with this particular "myth" its not really my thing to mess with things that are considered "other worldly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewin Posted March 27, 2009 #63 Share Posted March 27, 2009 The word lechuza simply means "owl." I've never heard of la lechuza being particularly huge or menacing, though (ala Mothman). My grandfather used to tell me several old legends concerning la lechuza. He said that superstitious people believed that whenever someone heard an owl hooting just outside their window it was a warning that someone in the family was going to die soon. He also said many believed if they saw an owl perched on a tree looking into their house it was a sign that an evil person had put a curse upon their home. Indeed the proper spelling is lechuza and it does mean owl. Of course the secondary meaning is of a shape shifting, or bilocating, brujo or bruja (Spanish for witch) who can either shift into, or through their spirit possess through bilocation their own animal familiar, or appear as an owl. They are anywhere from three feet up to six feet tall. They do usually fly over and come near houses that they have cursed. The curses are usually in the form of something dug up in the soil or an object placed somewhere on the grounds. They are checking up on their trabajitos (lil jobs). Brujos and brujas can also shift into other animal forms such as coyotes but the most popular legends of folklore seem to focus on the owls. Lechuzas are witches who shape shift into large half woman, half owl creatures. When I was a child I saw a currandero (witch healer) cast a ritual and drop a lechuza from a tree and stab it in the heart with a silver knife. My mother forced me to turn away at that point so I missed the "shape shifting back to human form". The lechuza that was killed by the currandero was allegedly causing trouble in the neighborhood. If you go to teresafbarker.com you can read about lechuzas. She calls them by their other name, Tecolotes. If you click on the site map on the homepage, you will find tecolotes under supernatural. Teresa Barker had some bad experiences with lechuzas herself. The kind of lechuzas that were bothering her were not shape shifters, they were sent by witches to do the harm. I personally know a Bruja (witch) who keeps owls in cages in her backyard. You can guess what she does with them." Sounds about right. My family has seen them before. Does anyone know how to catch and or kill a la chusa? If so please get back to me, thanks. Some say you can cuss at them, others to read the Bible, and others claim silver objects such as bullets or knives. Yep. Lechuza is a kind of owl. (ugly though). I remember when I would be at my beach house, I would hear them at night and my aunt always told me they attack people by taking the victims' eyes out haha of course she was kidding, but it was scary when I was little. I loved it. The pulling eyes out or scratching on window screens is what is most frequently said to scare children. What do witches have to do with La Lechusa?. I really dont understand why witches-who practice wicca would shapeshift in to large birds and attack people i really doubt that witches can shapeshift in to owls or birds that is more of a demonic related story. As far as i know Witches are the followers of Wicca and there is no point to accuse witches of being La Lechusas. Not all witches are practicing Wiccans. Wiccans chose an old word but there are witches in every culture of this world. I have a story maybe I will share later but have to go...and great job in resurrecting an ancient thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unseen Posted March 27, 2009 #64 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Do you know what La Chusa is SUPPOSED to be? I live in Texas now but spent my first 11 years of life in Southern Cali and our urban legend was Bloody Mary, outside my house complex, there was a creek with overgrown trees and bushes and brush with a cage in it, and my friends and I were afraid it was the cage where bloody mary kept the kids (even though I'm sure it was just a cage for like raccoons or possums or whatever) so LaChusa is probably the same tall tale. But even if your Grandma isn't the type to tell them, how old was she? She probably honestly believed it was LaChusa when it was really a big bird or whatever lol...Do you know anything else about this legend aside from it supposed to kill you if you return the call? I too live in Texas,La Chusa is a half bird half wiitch? or a Witch that changes her shape into a Big Owl,This legend goes far back into the Mexican foklore.Legend has it that when this witch lady was practiceing witch craft she had neglected her children and somehow they died in or around a river"Rio Grande" and she went madd,Legend also states that if you hear her calling someone will die soon,others say that she went madd and killed her children and when she cries out it is because she is looking for them. "AAAAAAAEEEEEEEE,DONDE esta mi EJOES,AAAAEEEEEEE donde esta mi MEJITOES" is what she is heard to be saying and to hear her message is to hear certain death.but to see her brings death to your door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unseen Posted March 27, 2009 #65 Share Posted March 27, 2009 My dad is from ft.woth TX he has been telling me and my siblings stories of la chusa for years. According to him and the rest of his family the lachusa is a creature with the head of a women and the body of a bird....they can range from being the siz of an owl to being as large as a grown man. People also say that there are good la chusa and bad la chusa. If you make the la chusa call either one could show up. the thing is you dont know which kind will show up. The bad la chusa will attack and basically rip you apart and cart off your soul. the good la chusa are said to help if your in distress. They say if you are ever to come across a la chusa and it calls out never to call back. They also say that the way to distinguish between a good or bad lachusa is in the face. the evil ones have the face of and old ugly women, the good have the face of a beautiful young girl. I was always skeptical as a kid until we visited my granfathers house in ft. worth. While out in the backyard one night me and my older brother were playing and he called out for la chusa and did the "la chusa whistle" we laughed and continued messing around. after tireing ourselves out we were walking to the backdoor when something came swooping down, it didnt land it just kept swooping back and forth around my grandpas backyard it scared the **** out of me and ive never played around with this particular "myth" its not really my thing to mess with things that are considered "other worldly" that is also part of the legend,I heard the story of some people and one Old lady that played with the legend one night and was found dead the next morning with her hair whiter than snow an a look on her face that could only be discribed as horrid,Go to Mexico just across the border going into nevo Laredo and the mear talk of this brings bad luck and might even get people spooked and run awy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewin Posted March 28, 2009 #66 Share Posted March 28, 2009 (edited) I too live in Texas,La Chusa is a half bird half wiitch? or a Witch that changes her shape into a Big Owl,This legend goes far back into the Mexican foklore.Legend has it that when this witch lady was practiceing witch craft she had neglected her children and somehow they died in or around a river"Rio Grande" and she went madd,Legend also states that if you hear her calling someone will die soon,others say that she went madd and killed her children and when she cries out it is because she is looking for them. "AAAAAAAEEEEEEEE,DONDE esta mi EJOES,AAAAEEEEEEE donde esta mi MEJITOES" is what she is heard to be saying and to hear her message is to hear certain death.but to see her brings death to your door. You are confusing the legends of La Lechuza with that of La Llorona (which means the sobbing woman). There are many lechuzas but only one La Llorona. The Llorona, in one of the accounts about her, had a husband who neglected her and spent all their money on drink and women. The wife was so distraught she drowned her children in the river. When she died she was not allowed in heaven and was told to find her children first so she can now be heard at night walking up and down the river banks crying for her children. La Llorona dates back to the Aztecs actually, it was one of the omens that their empire was going to fall, another was a three-headed comet, the first Llorona was at a lake actually as well and not a river. There are many different versions of La Llorona and she is said to haunt many bodies of water, each locality has its own variant and claims she haunts their local body of water, so it is an urban legend or a ghost story and she is usually thought of as a ghost which haunts. La Lechuza is not a cryptid either. I am from San Antonio, firstborn here, the rest of my family is from father south, so grew up with these stories, they have been told and retold more times than I can remember, my sister even knew how to do a lechuza call, putting both hands together and making a whistler as her fingers from one hand moved. My uncle as a teen in Alice, Texas caught a lechuza on their property and broke its leg. A few weeks later he was on a ladder and fell and broke his own. They said the witch cursed him. When a lechuza returns to normal form any damage sustained will remain. My mother has seen them before as well. They sometimes come in groups from two to three or so. They can be heard speaking normal speech. They do not have human faces. They are unusually tall for a regular owl. I truly believe in them. Edited March 28, 2009 by Rosewin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenAngel84 Posted May 24, 2009 #67 Share Posted May 24, 2009 You are confusing the legends of La Lechuza with that of La Llorona (which means the sobbing woman). There are many lechuzas but only one La Llorona. The Llorona, in one of the accounts about her, had a husband who neglected her and spent all their money on drink and women. The wife was so distraught she drowned her children in the river. When she died she was not allowed in heaven and was told to find her children first so she can now be heard at night walking up and down the river banks crying for her children. La Llorona dates back to the Aztecs actually, it was one of the omens that their empire was going to fall, another was a three-headed comet, the first Llorona was at a lake actually as well and not a river. There are many different versions of La Llorona and she is said to haunt many bodies of water, each locality has its own variant and claims she haunts their local body of water, so it is an urban legend or a ghost story and she is usually thought of as a ghost which haunts. La Lechuza is not a cryptid either. I am from San Antonio, firstborn here, the rest of my family is from father south, so grew up with these stories, they have been told and retold more times than I can remember, my sister even knew how to do a lechuza call, putting both hands together and making a whistler as her fingers from one hand moved. My uncle as a teen in Alice, Texas caught a lechuza on their property and broke its leg. A few weeks later he was on a ladder and fell and broke his own. They said the witch cursed him. When a lechuza returns to normal form any damage sustained will remain. My mother has seen them before as well. They sometimes come in groups from two to three or so. They can be heard speaking normal speech. They do not have human faces. They are unusually tall for a regular owl. I truly believe in them. Wow, I've never heard of La Lechuza, it's very interesting though. I've been hearing of La llorona and La Siguanaba since I can remember, among other legends. Although, not sure what to make of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flatwoods UFO Monster Posted May 31, 2009 #68 Share Posted May 31, 2009 My mother is an lvn, from south Texas. She worked in nursing homes around Floresville and Jourdanton. I remember her saying that she had seen La Chusa a couple of times when some of her old people passed on. She also saw something weird on the roof by the air conditioner one night and was so freaked out by it she called me at about 3 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted May 31, 2009 #69 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I know this is an old topic, but I just gotta say: Sounds loads like a harpy of Greek legend. What do these creatures symbolize, to the point that there are near duplicates (in behavior and appearance) half way around the world? From what time period did the La Lechuza originate, or at least, the legends begin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptid_Control Posted May 31, 2009 #70 Share Posted May 31, 2009 oh noes my windshield wippers turned on!!!it must be lechusa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlitzKrieg Posted June 1, 2009 #71 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Are you sure it wasn't La Llorona? that pretty much sounds like her. Her story is different depending on where and who you hear it from but its always the same formula. One is that her husband was cheating on her so she took their kids and drowned them in the river. then killed herself. that's the story I hear the most. But usually if someone sees her, it's by a river. My father-in-law set he heard her crying in a ghostly way but he was too scared too investigate. He trying looking from where he was but couldn't see anything. That's cool though. I also had a relative who rode with Panch Villa. He was either an uncle or grandfather. I can't remember what my grandmother said. But he died long before I was born of course. But yeah, La Lechusa sounds right. Thx. no, la llorona is a something else, i first heard the story of la lechusa when i was visiting my cousins in mexico. Its said to be a witch who basically transforms or disguises herself as a giant owl....thats all i remember from the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ling-Ling41242 Posted March 16, 2010 #72 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I live in Texas and we have had an experience with the La Lechuza apparently the la Lechuza is a witch bird that has a story behind it- WELL THERE IS THIS LEGEND ABOUT A WITCH WHO WAS SUPPOSEDLY KILLED BY TOWNSPEOPLE AFTER FINDING OUT SHE WAS A CURANDERA(SPANISH FOR SOMEONE WHO PRACTICE BLACKMAGIC).SHE THEN RETURNS TO HAUNT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE BIRD WITH A HUMAN HEAD.LEGEND HAS IT THAT IF SHE WISTLES AT YOU,YOU WILL WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY WITH BRUISES.OUSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF CORPUS CHRISTI,THERE IS AN OLD ABANDONED SCHOOL BUILDING.AT NIGHT YOU CAN SEE A LARGE BIRD WITH AN EVEN LARGER HEAD.PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IS LA LECHUZA. So living in a small town and having this experience was kinda crazy. So what happens when a Lechuza comes to your presents, you must bless it a way. So many People do not believe in the Lechuza but throughout my life span I have been studying these type of Mexican legends and i am only in high school. So If you don't belive in these legends, have an experience with one and then come back and reply to this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanVonErich Posted March 19, 2010 #73 Share Posted March 19, 2010 very interesting stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximillian Schneider Posted March 23, 2010 #74 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) I live in Puerto Rico and i've heard stories about La Lechusa, it's quite similar to what it's heard in Texas along with La Llorona and Bloody Mary. I find it wierd that such stories can be so similar in such different parts in the world. Btw, Santera is a person that practices black magic, curandera is usually a person that pratices healing. Edited March 23, 2010 by Maximillian Schneider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor85 Posted April 5, 2010 #75 Share Posted April 5, 2010 according to all the stories ive heard the lechusa is a witch in bird form and can ether look completley like a owl or have a the witches face and a bird body. well it makes a noise like a baby crying and it mocks and chalenges you and you have to chalenge it back (swearing taunting) you know. never heard of it kiling people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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