Haunted San Antonio

It may not be Halloween yet, but it sure felt like it when I went on a haunted tour of San Antonio.

My dad told Alex and I that we were going to explore the paranormal places in our city. I thought it was a prank, How could San Antonio be haunted? It wasn't until I went, that I found that my town could be so unsettling.

Our route for the night

Dressed for the occasion

It was evening on Saturday, and we started our journey at Camden Bridge. There is no creepy story behind Camden bridge, the only reason we were there was to see the bats take flight when the sun went down. On our way to the bridge, there was a variety of different wildlife on the empty riverwalk. There were ducks, turtles, and fish. 

Turtles!

Lots of ducks too

The pathway was decorated in carved stone and water features, creating an aura around us. We finally made it to the bridge, so we social distanced on a bench and waited for the bats.

Zeus water feature

Unsettling

 Unfortunately, after a while of waiting the bats were stubborn and did not want to fly, so we headed off to our next location.

Up next was Donkey lady bridge, already weird. Apparently, in the 1950s there was a nice, happy family in San Antonio. The husband was a World War II veteran and he was going insane. As time progressed, the wife threatened to leave him and take the kids. This got him so mad he bolted all the exits shut, and lit the house on fire. This killed her two children, but she survived, Despite surviving, she was horribly disfigured, making her somewhat resemble a donkey. She couldn't get a job, so she lived in the woods and under a bridge. Donkey lady bridge is the bridge she lived under. The legend says if you stand on the bridge, and call out to the donkey lady three times you will hear the clip-clop of hooves in the distance. So that's exactly what we did. We called out to her and waited for our "response". Shortly after, my dad swore he heard a noise, we held our breath, and listen. Then there it was a faint clip-clop.

Donkey lady bridge

That was frightening enough for that location, so we continued on our expedition. 

The next area was a haunted train track. The story says a nun was driving a bus full of sleeping orphans in an old bus. When she was going over the train tracks she stalled on the rails and couldn't get the bus to start again. All of a sudden a train came and hit the bus. All of the orphans were killed, but the nun lived. She spent months in the ICU, but she fully recovered. As time went on, she suffered from survivors guilt and decided she wanted to die. So she went to the same track she was hit and waited for a train. As the train approached she noticed her car, all by itself started moving off the tracks. When she got out to investigate, there were little handprints on the back of her car. The legend says if you wait on the same railroad and put your car in neutral, you will be pushed off. So we put baby powder on the back of our car and stopped on the tracks. I was already afraid that we would get hit by a train for this paranormal event to take place. I doubted this story, but the car suddenly, all by itself, was moved off the tracks. We were all shocked when we were moved off and checked the back of our car, and there was little fingerprints on the back of the car. That was shocking indeed.

Baby powdered car

Fingerprints!

The next place was called Devil's Bridge. This area was a total bust. The two myths were: that light could not penetrate to the other side of the bridge and that if you dropped a rock off the side of the bridge, you couldn't hear the thump of when it hits the ground. We proved both of these myths wrong.

After a long night of haunted experiences, we went home.

Our rocks

Now for an update on COVID-19, (As of April 16th) there are about 2,100,000 cases around the world, about 670,000 in the U.S alone. Unfortunately, over 140,000 people have passed due to the virus. Here in San Antonio, we've done a pretty good job at limiting the spread, but we are approaching 1,000 cases, and this coronavirus shows no signs of slowing. Remember to stay home and try to keep your sanity.