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My grandmother grew up in the mountains of Mexico, near a town called Leon. There was talk about a creature named "a serpe" or serpent. It was supposed to be a rattlesnake that had gotten very old. It had wings like a bat, feet like an eagle with long talons, and thick black hairs between some of the scales. Its head was just like a rattlesnakes with huge fangs. |
It built a nest like a birds, between large rocks. Supposedly, it was dangerous because it could bite like a rattlesnake, and it was easier to get you because it could fly. When it flew, it would make a strange humming sound. Whenever one was heard or seen, the villagers would chase it until they killed it. When my grandmother was eight years old, she was chased by a bull. To get away from it she climbed up on a big pile of rocks. When she reached the top, she saw a bird's nest and there in the middle was a serpent. As it started to uncoil, she jumped off the pile and ran to go tell her father what she had seen. Everybody from the ranch came back and killed it.
