He also recalled that his aunt was very spiritual and would often tell stories of this type to him and his brother and sisters while they were growing up, although now he does not put much stock in them, but still finds them interesting. He was reluctant to recall the details of the story, but grew more enthusiastic after he recalled certain elements. THE INFORMANT: Male, mid-twenties, who grew up in a second-generation Mexican family in Santa Fe, NM. or try to injure the owl if they thought it might be a lechuza and then they would find a body the next morning of an old woman, but I never heard about that being for real. The lechuza was supposed to be a lot bigger, like human sized. Except those normal sized ones were harmless, but they were like her messengers or something. My aunt told us we were supposed to whistle at the owls and they would leave, it was like scaring her off. You could tell if she was around when you heard an owl. I remember she was supposed to have stolen babies, and would sometimes fly over your house at night. She was an old woman who could turn into an owl. There is a story about a Lechuza being shot in Texas. In modern times, most reported run-ins with the witch-bird involve her swooping down at cars driving deserted roads at night. TB: My aunt used to tell us about the Lechuza. In other tales, the Lechuza is the vengeful spirit of a woman who has returned from the grave to torment the living and to seek revenge.
TK: What did you learn growing up in New Mexico? Any good folk tales or proverbs?
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