The Evil eye but in Mexican Culture called "El Mal Ojo"

A few days ago a friend of mine told me of her conversation she had with a man at the grocery line. The whole conversation started because of the man’s curiosity with Mexican culture mainly superstition.

Needless to say ignorance is bliss when this man asked why Mexicans or Latinos for better words are superstitious. She turn and smiled and said what do you mean? He said for example he had a lady touch his shirt and said to him I wanted to touch your shirt because I don’t want to give you ojo. (or maybe it was an easy way to come on to him without him knowing )

If your not familiar with the term giving you ojo, it’s a term used to wish someone bad luck unintentionally because you like what that person is wearing or eating or anything involving that person in front of you.

 So the superstition to counter it is to touch the item or sometimes if someone is admiring your baby to touch the baby.

She went on to explain that El Mal Ojo’s origin is pretty much a universal superstition such as in Greece or in many religions and regions such as in Turkey where glass amulets are worn to ward off the evil eye.

You hear it more with Hispanic culture because of the cultural belief such as people placing a horse shoe on top of their door, or carrying a rabbits foot or wearing green for saint patricks for good luck. Superstitions are a form of traditions which have been passed on from generation to generation.

Which is why when latinos have babies they are given an amulet for a baby to wear what is called el ojo de venado(eye of the deer(which is not a real eye) It is a sea bean given to babies to counter any Mal Ojo.

Well the man looked at her indifferent I guess because she had a pretty extensive insight on where the Mal Ojo came from.  As he was walking to his car his phone fell . Could it have been the Mal Ojo? Who knows but my friend walked a away with a smile knowing that she was able to give this guy some insight that the Evil eye is not just an isolated belief.

Anyway speaking of Latino folklore the belief is if you think you got the effects of the evil eye you can cure yourself with an egg which is called curar con un huevo.

Next article on what the Curar con un Huevo. Which means cure with an Egg. Stay tune for the next article.

The Donkey Lady Urban Legend reflection

I was reading a blog called Ghost Stories and Haunted Places and the blog allowed me to reflect on how urban legends and ghost stories change depending on who you ask.

Tonight I wanted to reflect on the story of the donkey lady who's some say her spirit lingers by the bridge if your brave enough to summon her. 

One version of this story is that an old woman lived by this bridge alone and many of locals who lived by there were not very fond of her. One night some local trouble makers decided to burn her house while she sleeping. As the house burned trapping her she dashes out of her front door on fire as the flames distorted her body parts changing her appearance to what some say took on characteristics of a donkey. She died where she stood and some say her spirit lingers by the bridge seeking her revenge.


Another version to this story is that the lady is identified as a Chinese woman who lived with donkeys or took care of donkeys.(I wasn't really clear on this one) Many people saw this Chinese woman were afraid of her because of her practice of witch craft Fearing the unknown a few locals took it upon themselves to burn her house to get rid of her due to her witch craft practices. They boarded her house and torched the house so she could not escape. Her donkeys had also been killed and some say her spirit took on the form of the donkey to terrorize those who come need the bridge.

What is similar in both of these stories is what happens when you go to the donkey bridge. Both stories state
 if you flicker your flash light 5 or 10 times you will summon her spirit and bad things will happen. Bad things such as a full body apparition of this donkey like woman.

Personally I have had friends go to the bridge with no paranormal experience. I also read an article a while back that local cops have had reports of dead bodies thrown over the bridge and that spirits do linger at night which can probably explain many of the paranormal activity.

If your wondering where this bridge is I believe its by the Toyota plant on the south side of San Antonio. Most urban legends are around that area I wonder why that is?  Anyway good night and don't flash your lights 10 times unless you want to be visited? jk.

House Blessing Follow up

My fiance and I went to her friends home to perform the catholic house blessing. We could of asked a priest but I wasn't sure if she would be ok with a catholic priest preforming the house blessing. So to respect her wishes I decided to do the blessing with the help of her friends. By the way she made some good lasagna which always helps bring the good vibe.

Anyway as of today no ghosts activity has been reported. I'm glad the blessing worked and can help her sleep at night.

If you know of a house blessing that you preform please share. It does not have to be a catholic house blessing.

House blessing recommendation

A friend of mine suggested to use this catholic house blessing. Most people who do blessings is either to welcome a new home if you purchase a home or a way to renew
positive energies from god.

Don't worry I won't get all preachy so will leave it at that. House blessings are also used to ward off evil spirits or bad energies.

Anyway here is the house blessing prayer. 

I like this one because it involves more then one person doing the house blessing. Tell me your thoughts or if you have any alternatives to house blessings or warding off spirits please share.

addition - 6-3-11

A simple house blessing can be as easily as getting friends together and doing a prayer. Another friend of mine who is non Catholic told me they did this in a friends home because of the paranormal activity that had occurred recently after they did some renovations to their home. They called a few friends over and did a normal prayer as you would praying over a meal and each person would say postive things and ask for protection of the owner and those saying the prayer.

Hope this helps for those experiencing ghost activity.

A friend of mine experiencing paranormal activity

Recently my fiance was telling me one of her good friends had been experiencing paranormal activity in her apartment. She said the activity has been getting worse
and she does not know what to do.

I did recommend for her friends and I to get together to do a house blessing. Normally done by a priest but can also be done by a parishioner. So even if there isn't anything paranormal it may give her a sense of assurance in her faith as well as providing a positive environment. I've done a few and have never had problems after doing a house blessing.

I will keep you posted on the result and how the house blessing went. Let me know your experiences or if you have alternative remedies that ward off ghosts.

If you read the last post on my friends paranormal activity you can click here to read more. Sunday we will preform the house blessing.

San Antonio insane Asylum Video part 2

For more information on a previous post on the insane asylum in San Antonio click here.

Mission San Jose Hauntings video

Ghost Girl picture by the deer feeder - solved ghost ap

Nov 17,2011 Thanks to one of our guest posts we figured out that this photo of the ghost girl is a fake. Done with the ghost ap that you can find on your smart phone. Apparently this photo had been floating around the internet. 


I've been meaning to post this picture for a while but have not gotten around to it. From the looks of the picture she is dress in the 1900 period but thats just a guess.

The picture I believe was taken up somewhere up north of Texas. No one really knows for sure but a friend of mine showed me this on his phone while we at Chris Madrids. If your wondering its not the ghost ap most people think where you can take the picture and it puts a ghost in the picture so this one is ruled out because the photo does not resemble any from the ghost ap.

Real or fake is the question? Well even if the photo is real people out there Im sure will say its fake. I hope its real.

Black Swann Inn Hauntings video

Paranormal Activity 2 review

My girl friend and I went to go see paranormal activity and I have to say it was not bad. I still think the first paranormal activity movie was scary but it was good how they tied in the first movie with the second one.

If your looking for a classic horror film then your going to be very dissapointed. If you haven't seen paranormal activity (the first one ) check it out but expect no audio music in the background. For this movie is displayed in a documentary style.

Anyway check out Paranormal activity 2 the movie. Its good and will keep you jumping.

Ghost Video of the Alamo Theater