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“Why Are There So Many Female Ghosts?”

At Atlas Obscura, Nathaniel Scharping writes about San Antonio’s Donkey Lady and the multitudes of female ghosts haunting America. Includes cool interviews with scholars! “This quirkily-named phantom has for decades been said to haunt the San Antonio bridge. Visitors report the sound of hoofbeats and distant screams and the presence of a specter, her face and body disfigured, lurking nearby. Some even claim to have found hoofprints on their cars. Despite the apparent danger, or perhaps because of it, the Donkey Lady bridge has become a popular spot with locals eager for a ghostly encounter, and a tourist attraction of sorts.”

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