The Witch Owl

It's Hispanic Heritage Month! La Lechuza is an old, old story which is deeply engrained in the oral tradition of many Latin American cultures. Is it a cryptid, spectral being, misidentified owl, or something else entirely? We don't know, but that doesn't stop us from spending almost an hour trying to figure it out.

First post in the "creator" series,

https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7VXbdLZBz/

NPR on La Lechuza

https://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/453213510/beware-the-witch-owl-la-lechuza

Creepy La Lechuza Lullaby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycXUQx9Nik

Corpus Christi Caller La Lechuza hoax

https://www.caller.com/story/news/special-reports/building-our-future/throwback/2020/10/21/corpus-christi-ghost-stories-did-la-lechuza-terrorize-robstown-1975/6005182002/

The Lake Michigan Mothman by Tobias Wayland

https://www.amazon.com/Lake-Michigan-Mothman-Strangeness-Midwest/dp/1703441362/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lake+michigan+mothman&qid=1633012993&sr=8-1

Metroplex Monsters by Jason McLean

https://www.amazon.com/Metroplex-Monsters-Goatmen-Terrors-Trinity-ebook/dp/B08GYN1JJY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=metroplex+monsters+mclean&qid=1633013037&sr=8-1