2022年8月31日 · The true origins of the Donkey Lady Bridge Legend are unknown. The tale has been around long enough that there are multiple versions of it. Supposedly, it all started when a farming family living outside San Antonio met a horrific end. The farmer set fire to his home, murdered his children, and left his wife horribly disfigured.

The real-life persona of the mythical Donkey Lady was a woman by the name of Doc Anderson. In the mid 1940’s and 50’s, she ran “Doc’s Little Dude Ranch,” that legend says she originally existed in the area of the Medical Center in northwest San Antonio.

2021年10月20日 · There are stories of people seeing a half-human, half-donkey creature on or near the bridge at night. That would be creepy enough, but things just get worse from there. Some say the figure screamed at them in what sounded like the hellish blending of a woman's cries of anguish and a donkey's HEE-HAW braying.

2023年10月2日 · In yet another version of the story, however, the woman is a childless spinster, living alone with a donkey she cares for in the place of a human child. Labeled as “other” by the village locals, she existed as a transgressive figure living within a liminal space, ostracized and often heaped upon with scorn.

One urban legend that continues to captivate people is the story of the Donkey Lady Bridge. This bridge has become notorious for its supposed paranormal activity. According to local folklore, a woman who was transformed into a half-woman, half …

2018年10月31日 · San Antonians up for a good Halloween scare no longer have to drive to an old, dilapidated bridge at night, in a dark corner of the Southside, to hear the legendary Donkey Lady. From midnight Oct. 31 through Nov. 6, they only have to call a local phone number.

It is a tale that is part ghost story and part cryptozoological puzzle; it is the legend of the “Donkey Lady Bridge.” Don’t let the somewhat silly-sounding name fool you. The “Donkey Lady” has been a source of terror for residents of south San Antonio for generations.

2025年1月27日 · Whether the Donkey Lady is real doesn’t stop San Antonio from adopting her. She is as much a part of the local history as the Alamo is. There was even a beer named after her—Texan Donkey Lady from the Texas Brewing Company. They have retired The Golden Sour Ale aged on apples and spices.

2024年11月13日 · Donkey Lady Bridge may be a conduit for spectral energy, the river serving as the perfect manifestation point for an unsettling legend that exists just outside San Antonio’s suburbs. The horrific Donkey Lady of San Antonio claims …

2024年3月31日 · The legend of the Donkey Lady has firmly rooted itself in Texan folklore. There’s even a hotline where you can hear the voice of the Donkey Lady over the phone. Real life incident of the donkey lady. The Donkey Lady Bridge crosses Elm Creek via Applewhite Rd., about four miles north of Loop 1604 on the south side of San Antonio.