From the Rio Grande Valley: Journeys Into the Occult

What Else Could It Be?

by Elsie Medina


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 13/09/2005

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 116
ISBN : 9781420829440
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 116
ISBN : 9781420829457

About the Book

Stories depict a way-of-life of the Hispanic culture of South Texas where superstition still rules the lives of many.

La Llorona scans the waters of the Rio Grande looking for her children; little Duendes create a ruckus to gain attention; the Grim Reaper skulks about the corridors of the big house biding its time; ghosts guarding treasure inhabit back yards and the brushlands along the Rio Grande; Sasquatch sloshes along on the shores of South Padre in freezing weather on an Easter weekend, and snakes love mothers’ milk and menstrual blood.

Experience with ghosts or other supernatural phenomena is as prevalent today in South Texas as it has been for hundreds of years.


About the Author

Elsie Mae Ayala Medina was born and raised in McAllen, Texas. She is one of ten children born to Margarito Ayala and Dolores Elizondo Ayala, who in 1928 were pioneers to the South Texas area. She and Plinio C. Medina were married in 1954 and made their home in McAllen. They had six children: Mark, Lisa, Michael, Larry, Jordan, and Kelly. Jordan died at age three in a fire at home. The surviving children are married with children, and all but Lisa make their home in McAllen and its suburbs. Lisa lives with her family in San Antonio. In 1981, studies at Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas earned her a degree in Science. Areas of expertise are biology and cultural anthropology. Hobbies are photography, pursuit of religious studies, painting on canvas, collection of fine art, and world traveling.