HEADLESS HORSEMAN
El Muerto, or the dead, is the horrifying spirit of horse thief Vidal. Decapitated & left strapped to his horse, Vidal’s body allegedly escaped decomposition, and for decades, the headless horseman of Texas was seen riding into the wilderness #WyrdWednesday
Since the time of Spanish colonization of California, the Dark Watchers of the Santa Lucia Mountains have been a thing of wonder. Los Vigilantes Oscuros have been reported from those peaks, watching the people down below: but why? #WyrdWednesday
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Our ancestors believed that Beltane was a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to cross over and mingle with mortals.
It's many, many years since I first watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and it's still my favourite western - the acting performances are superb ...and the Ennio Morricone soundtrack brilliantly strange, one of the best ever written : )
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Dan Evans: Why did you do it, Ben?
Ben Wade: I don't like owing anybody any favors. You saved my life back at the hotel. That's all right, I've broken out of Yuma before.
Dan Evans: Well, my job's finished when I get you there.
3:10 to Yuma
1957 & 2007
Ready for take-off?
'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.'
R.F.
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With so much gold, silver, and copper in the Wild West, it's no wonder there are so many tales of lost treasure troves throughout the western half of the country. There are dozens of such rumored troves, including the San Saba Gold Mine,
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Feather light on the trigger!
Desperate outlaw, rotten to the caw!
Old Three Toes stomps, boots and all,
through the wild West.
Beware the lethal beak!
It’ll cut you down.
Hope and pray Crow stays away
from your town.
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art: Crow In Cowboy Boots
- Rudi Hurzlmeier
The show 'The Wild Wild West', premiered on CBS in September, 1965. The series featured Robert Conrad and Ross Martin portraying two 1870s Secret Service agents on special assignment from President Ulysses S. Grant.
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New Mexico. Land of Billy the Kid as seen from a train Up close it looks a lot like Mars with some sagebrush except nobody bothered to 'science the s**t out of it'.
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Some superstitions suggest that if you listen closely to the crackling sounds of a fire, you might hear whispers or murmurs from the spirit world. These whispers were believed to contain messages from witches or other supernatural beings 🔥
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The Bandit Ghoul of Six Mile Canyon
With such a colorful name, one would expect this Nevada specter to also have a colorful history. Big Jack Davis was an accomplished train and stagecoach robber in the 1860s. However, one unsuccessful robbery
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A #newmoon in Venus-ruled Taurus rises 7 May 23:21 EDT, 8 May 04:21 BST. The moon is exalted in #Taurus , so this new moon is perfect for exploring all things Venusian this month - especially security & comfort, as well as sensual pleasures! #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday
