Urban Legends in San Antonio and South Texas

Theme: uncanny predators feeding on humans or livestock.

• Kelly AFB Bigfoot Sightings – Cryptid predator, wild-man motif (memorate).
• Fang-Toothed Toddler (overlaps here) – predatory child spirit.
• Chupacabra – Cryptid predator

• cryptid AND folklore AND predator

• "wild man" motif AND legend

• blood-drinking AND spirits

• "predatory ghost" AND folklore

• "chupacabra" AND folklore AND Texas

• "chupacabra" AND urban legend AND Texas

Note: UTSA’s catalog will be a bit lean on urban legends specific to our region. We unfortunately do not have a folklore program or a center for horror studies. As such, it may be beneficial to broaden the search language so you can still pull useful scholarly sources in JSTOR, Project MUSE, Anthropology Plus, etc., through the UTSA Libraries search. You can also use Google Scholar! 

The themes (weeping women, children ghosts, headless riders, etc.) show up in lots of cultures, so you can compare across regions.