Well let me see, hmm ah yes, this lady (here goes description) was bald well almost, she only had hair around her head like if it was thinning, she had a hunchback and was short, anyways I was afraid of her, and since it was a small town everybody knew everybody if you know what I mean, on with the story this lady was really creepy looking, I would ask mysef how can she go into church? being a witch and all, she would never miss mass, people say she went to laugh at god, I don't know really, but she was frieky, I would try not to see her in the eyes, anyways, Was it the story about how she bewitched my grandma? that you wanted to read? well if it wasn't tell me, lol Sweet butterfly what part of mexico are you from? i always thought they were just stories but you never know!!! My mother says there real so they must be j/k. Dont know if any of its true but they sure make interesting stories. Supposedly my uncles have shot some of these birds before and the next morning old ladies have appeared dead with gunshot wounds!! i have also heard they can turn into balls of fire which can be seen dancing around in the mountainside. Well the bird followed them all the way home while they were driving and didnt leave the front of the house till early morning. They were swimming at a local pond and they saw this bird watching them from afar so they started getting freaked out and decided to go back home. I have never seen one myself but my older sister which is a skeptic saw one a few years ago when she went back to visit family. Its not really that its just one particular person/witch that does this its any of the witches have the ability to turn into these birds. In this day and age, most encounters with La Lechuza occur when she swoops down on cars that are driving on a deserted road late at night.My family is also from mexico (chihuahua) and this story is very common over there. Once she has them in her sights, she swoops down on the confused and frightened individual and carries them off to her lair, where she may devour them at her leisure.

And anyone who attempts to locate the source of the sound risks their lives, for they may become the Witch Bird’s next meal. It is said that when Lechuza locates her prey, she perches herself in a hidden area, and will then commence making strange whistling sounds or an eerie sound resembling the crying of a newborn baby.

La Lechuza uses sound that bears a supernatural compulsion to lure her prey to her. Every night, she is said to transform into a five to six-foot tall bird (most commonly an owl) with the face of a beautiful or wizened old woman and enormous wings. In others, she is a woman that has sold her soul to the Devil in order to gain supernatural powers. Sometimes, she is the ghost of a woman who was widowed by a man who remarried, or was the devoted wife of an unfaithful husband. Legends say that she returned from beyond the grave as a ghost to seek revenge upon those who murdered her in the form of a human-sized bird with a woman’s face. La Lechuza, the Witch Owl, is said to be a witch that can shape-shift into an owl and is well-known throughout Mexico and Texas.Īccording to legend, La Lechuza was once a curandera (someone who practices white magic) who, after being exposed as a witch (or bruja), was killed by the angry and frightened townspeople.

Lechuza bird