Adobe House
Locals say that long ago a young woman and her daughter lived in the house. After marrying a soldier in Pancho Villa�s Army, the woman and her daughter were frequently abused. On particular night, the inebriated man began to beat the woman to death. As she was knocking at death�s door, her daughter came into the room. The soldier, then grabbed the child and threw her into a wall, breaking her back. Enraged, the young woman gathered enough strength to shoot the man in his face. As he fell, an oil lamp collapsed, setting the woman ablaze. Engulfed in flames, the woman went into the next room and held her daughter until they both died. It is said that if one goes to the house on cloudy nights, lays face down, and says “Mama” three times, the smell of burning flesh will arrive. Burned footprints will also appear in the floor.
thats spooky and it sounds so real
Comment by missy | 10.7.2005 | 7:18 pm
No. This sounds like an urban legend. Like the “Bloody Mary or Candy man”. I believe the story could be based off of actual events, but I don’t believe if you say mamma three times and lay face down on the ground you’ll smell burned flesh, the only thing you’ll probley smell is some bad old carpet.
Comment by Roxan | 10.15.2005 | 1:53 pm
I am glad to see that there are some sensible people in the
world.
Comment by Sparks | 10.24.2005 | 12:06 pm
This seems like a real scary story if you like urban ledgends
Comment by Candy11 | 10.24.2005 | 5:48 pm
Not only is this a creepy story it sounds like a cool urban legend but why in all of god’s green earth would you want to lie face down in a haunted house and say mama three times? Um can you say stupid.
Comment by Kylie | 10.24.2005 | 9:15 pm
um i wouldnt lie on the floor becuse if i would have smelled or saw any thing i would have took off runnin like a trackstar
Comment by bresha | 10.25.2005 | 9:13 pm
Creepy!
Comment by Jr | 10.31.2005 | 10:17 am
its sounds wierd but its just like bloody mary! like u say bloody mary three times and the window has to be opened and u have to have a mirror! its soo weird!
Comment by laura | 11.20.2005 | 4:15 pm
I was told you have to turn all the lights out, shut the door, and look into a mirror and say Bloody Mary 100 times and you’ll see her face. But that’s beside the point here.
This..might be an urban legend, but I think I’d still sacrifice a little dignity and try it. You never know. Only if I had someone with me, though. I’m a coward -.-;
Comment by Julia | 11.24.2005 | 4:03 pm
just plain CREPPY!
Comment by CHARLIE | 12.7.2005 | 11:13 am
i live in Tejas and one thing here… WHERE in the heck is this freakin place ….. EXACTLY???????
hello????? i mean COMMON HERE PEEPS this is way too much Drama for me and i aint no DRAMA MOMMA if ya hear what im say’in
Comment by i aint no DRAMMA MOMMA | 12.24.2005 | 12:36 am
talk about a myth
Comment by bob | 01.4.2006 | 2:20 am
All This is a bunch of ****, I mean seriously people get real if there were a such thing as ghosts thered be one everywhere!People die everyday. THere would be one in your house ,school everywhere this is **** and you are foolish for wasting your time.
Comment by Shelton | 02.13.2006 | 8:29 pm
that story sounds really cool!!! totally fake but cool!!! i would like to go to that house!!! of course you are going to smell the burning flesh if you actually take the time to do all of that stuff!!! it is all in your head when you do that kind of stuff!!!
Comment by keisha ringland | 02.14.2006 | 3:56 pm
i want to know where that place is too!!!
Comment by keisha ringland | 02.14.2006 | 3:58 pm
where in texas is the house located?
Comment by Abigail | 02.21.2006 | 7:25 pm
this is really creepy
Comment by lexigirl007 | 03.14.2006 | 9:43 pm
Oh wow, this sounds almost as lame as Bloody Mary. But believe me, if you are actually stupid enough to try it you *seem* to see things… To Shelton’s comment about this all being Sh** well, according to the people who *claim* to see ghosts the **are** everywhere. Just because you don’t believe doesn’t mean you should put other people down for it… Plus THESE STORIES ARE SO MUCH FUN TO READ BECAUSE OF THERE WEIRD CREEPINESS!!! Ok? Anywho, this story was pretty fun to read…
Comment by Auramine | 04.18.2006 | 9:21 am
cool but who would put their face on a dusty floor in adead persons house??? sounds like a myth, im gonna tell my friends that one.
Comment by karen | 04.28.2006 | 6:38 am
This story sounds welll scary but kind of believable but im not sure what to think…..alll i know is that i wouldnt want to go there alone and smell burning flesh
Comment by danni | 05.8.2006 | 4:31 am
Maybe real or fake!! Look this **** up on yahoo/google!! lmao
Comment by Kim | 05.21.2006 | 8:10 pm
CREEPY BUT NOT AS CREEPY AS MY HOUSE I FOUND 666 IN MAY BASE MENT IN BLOOD!!!!! PEOPLE SAY THAT ITS VERY CREEPY AT MY HOUSE AND IT IS. ALL THE TIME I HEAR LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!! AND SCREEMS I BETTER CALL THE GHOSTBUSTERS AND TELL THEM ABOUT THESE HOPE THEY GET RID OF THE GHOST.LOL WTF OMG AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GHOST NOPE ITS JUST MY DOG BUT HE IS REALLY CREEP OUT. I WOUDER WAT WOULD HAPEN ON THE DATE 6 06 6 THATS 666.LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!! TO NAT GOING TO GO LOCK MY BATH ROOM DOOR AND SAY BLOODY MARY 3 TIMES OR I’M I LOL NO WAY MAN I’M NOT DOING THAT TIPE OF **** LOL PEACE OUT BYE
Comment by TRAVIS | 05.29.2006 | 7:57 pm
You know what forget that shelton dude I TOTALLY believe you.Forget EVERYBODY that dont believe in ghost cause they are everywhere. brianna bustos
Comment by You know what forget that shelton dude I TOTALLY believe you.Forget EVERYBODY that dont believe ghost because they are everywhere.brianna bustos | 06.23.2006 | 5:07 pm
Hehe, I like Texes people, they have funny acsents
Comment by Kelsey | 07.10.2006 | 7:13 pm
SHUT UP I DID THAT ON ACCIENT!!!
Comment by Brianna Bustos | 07.21.2006 | 3:55 am
Yes as you know my name is Krystal and i live in a small town called Belton and me and my cousin would really love to see this place. So if you can write me back at MRSMAGANA_2007@YAHOO.COM Thank YOU
Comment by Krystal Magana | 07.25.2006 | 12:06 am
I agree with the idea that this sounds much like an urban legend. However, we shouldn’t really judge things unless we’ve actually experienced them. As for all the people making the negative comments, I really feel you should educate yourself; maybe just enough to be able to spell words such as “ACCENT”, “WONDER” & “TYPE”. Don’t get me wrong; I’m no genius, but atleast I think I can make sense. As for Shelton, if this website is a waste of your time, what are you doing looking through it? I would think a person as intelligent as yourself would have an abundance of other “smart” things to do. Well, like I said I’m no genius, I just have an opinion like you.
Comment by Amazed in Texas | 08.8.2006 | 6:30 pm
i went to the house after hearin the legend and i layed face down and said mama 3 times but nuttin happened so yeah yeah wateva
Comment by kila | 08.14.2006 | 7:25 pm
nah im kidding but i would like to try that just to see what happens
Comment by kila | 08.14.2006 | 7:27 pm
dat wus creepy butt com on burning flesh?
shelton i hate u! amazed in texas,u’r rite
Comment by non yo bissness | 09.1.2006 | 7:52 pm
WOW!,Thats so harsh how can he throw a child agaist the wall!How whould he like it if somone ranned him over with a mosterdruck with spickes on the tires ☻!
Comment by who cares | 09.30.2006 | 4:10 pm
Im really thinking is it real or fake like bloody mary like i tried to lock myself in the restroom and look at the mirrow and say bloddy mary more than 100 times but my gramma would throw holy water at me.
Comment by who cares | 09.30.2006 | 4:17 pm
I thought the place caught on fire,wouldn’t that home have been cleaned up or destroyed after something like that happened? and the burning smell is probably from the smoke that was in the house, if it smells like burning flesh there would be so much puke im sure.
Comment by CASSIE | 10.8.2006 | 3:03 pm
I got chills when I read this! Really creepy.
Comment by Elizabeth | 10.13.2006 | 1:46 am
Some people belive that ghosts are around because they are spirits who dont know there gone, or can’t move on so Shelton, they would not be everywhere. Even if it is fake it’s cool to hear stories like this to pass on to other people. I’m getting kinda tired of always hearing bloody mary or candyman when we tell ghost storys.
Comment by love this stuff | 10.13.2006 | 4:34 pm
Send me a pic.
Comment by brianna | 10.14.2006 | 3:59 pm
hey look this place located on 67 south between marfa and presidio…. me and my friends tool a lil road trip….. the town if freaky…. we did not encounter an ghosts of any type… but then again it was hard to explore the town since it is in ruins…. ill tell u what the towns peolpe are pretty creepy… we even found an upside down cross on one of the houses….
Comment by unknown | 10.14.2006 | 9:27 pm
hey look this place located on 67 south between marfa and presidio…. me and my friends tool a lil road trip….. the town if freaky…. we did not encounter an ghosts of any type… but then again it was hard to explore the town since it is in ruins…. ill tell u what the towns peolpe are pretty creepy… we even found an upside down cross on one of the houses….try it urself…what u need is a map of the old city…
Comment by unknown | 10.14.2006 | 9:27 pm
Wonder if it true? And by the way for some of you in case you havent read the sigh at the bottom of the page READ IT ****FACES!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by melissa garcia | 10.17.2006 | 7:49 pm
You know what, people like me just enjoy the history behind ghost stories. It you actually find ghost that’s cool, but if not, hello it’s our fine states history.
Comment by Texas angel | 10.21.2006 | 12:28 am
that was a really scary story! but i would like to see whats in the house on a cloudy night! The reason im not scared is because I know that it is not real! I love spookey stories and I would love to hear a lot more! Love Mary! Ps Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Im not scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 10.21.2006 | 10:08 am
i don’t know if it’s true but i need it for a school project.
Comment by nida | 10.25.2006 | 12:30 pm
i dont think that really happened
Comment by Brittany | 10.28.2006 | 11:08 am
On Mapquest it looks to be South East of El Paso… or Van Horn… I don’t think that is true though.. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that you can have spirits visit you… I have..it’s scary …
Comment by Jada | 10.29.2006 | 6:41 pm
when i first heard about this it sounded so sad and i started to cry i cant believe that someone could do that!
Comment by Crystal Martinez | 10.30.2006 | 1:52 pm
i cried when i heard that it made me feel bad!!!i cried and cried and cried and cried and cried i just couldn’t shut up!!
Comment by Joann alarocn | 10.30.2006 | 1:57 pm
i cried when i heard that it made me feel bad!!!i cried and cried and cried and cried i just couldn’t shut up!!and i cried some more i used a whole box of tissues cause i had issues about that
Comment by Joann alarocn | 10.30.2006 | 1:58 pm
i cried when i heard that it made me feel bad!!!i just cried and cried i just couldn’t shut up!!and i cried some more i used a whole box of tissues cause i had issues about that
Comment by crystal Martinez | 10.30.2006 | 1:59 pm
I cried like hell that reminded me so much of my friend julian hernandez haunted house, it ws so sad that my make up came of. well i enjoyed the video any way thank you!
Comment by Jasmine Flores | 10.30.2006 | 2:02 pm
after i read this i got so fricken scared that i ran like hell to my boyfriend John Paul Bosanko house. He told me that everything would be ok! So then we got into his dads locksmith truck and we started to makeout then it lead to something else.i had fun that night thanks johnpaul!!!!!!!!
Comment by Crystal Martinez | 10.30.2006 | 2:15 pm
I LOVE JULIAN!
Comment by Jasmine Flores | 10.30.2006 | 2:18 pm
Jonhpaul and me did it hard!!!
Comment by Crystal Martinez | 10.30.2006 | 2:23 pm
hey crystal keep your sex life to yourself thanks
Comment by king | 11.3.2006 | 1:51 am
Every time we go to Presidio, we pass by this town but never been trough it. I heard some things about this place, but never thought that they were true. But this little town does look kinda creepy especially the church!
Comment by Jairo | 11.6.2006 | 10:26 am
Scary!! Yikes!!!
Comment by savannah | 12.10.2006 | 11:47 am
Yall is suppose to post your comments about the story not about how hard yo man did you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also who would get on carpet and say mamma three times?!!!!
Stupid!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Me | 01.11.2007 | 6:38 pm
THIS PLACE IS CREEPY I USED TO LIVE IN PRESIDIO AND IT IS A SMALL TOWN BETWEEN PRESIDIO AND MARFA NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE LIVED THERE BUT MY DAD USED TO BE THE TELEPHONE MAN FOR THAT AREA AND BELIVE IT OR NOT MICK JAGGAR HAS A HOUSE OUT THERE I AM NOT SURE IF HE STILL DOES OR NOT BUT HE WOULD GO THERE TO GET AWAY AND MY DAD FIXED HIS PHONE AT ONE TIME
Comment by ginajaso | 01.23.2007 | 4:02 pm
WAT OP AARDE ?
Comment by imp | 02.28.2007 | 7:34 pm
that was creepy!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by hali | 03.12.2007 | 2:33 pm
This story sounds very sad. I wonder where the house is. I wanna try that a lot ^^
Comment by Just Call Me Digiko | 03.15.2007 | 9:45 am
I just visited Shafter texas on a hiking trip up the mountains there and the entire town is a ghost town. there are only 2 to 3 walls still standing per house. I doubt anyone would be able to find this house, it may not even exist anymore. but its a really cool place to explore, even more so if you know the history.
Comment by andrea | 03.20.2007 | 7:45 pm
Enraged, the young woman gathered enough strength to shoot the man in his face shooting him in the face sounds fake and wouldn’t she try to get out of the burning house what a ******.
Comment by MIchael | 03.27.2007 | 8:35 pm
I think it was pretty stupid, but cool at the same time.
Comment by Lexxy | 06.29.2007 | 11:33 pm
Being from texas good urban legend, but didnt they have a dog?
Comment by jules | 08.16.2007 | 1:16 pm
i really didnt understand what the woman shot him in the face with? was she hiting a small gun under her dress? i just didnt get it. another thing is why did the young daughter just stand and watch her mother get beat to death? i love my mother to death and would kill who ever was beating her not just stand there, no matter how young i was. But it was a way crazy story for what it was!
Comment by Diana | 08.17.2007 | 3:46 am
my grandmother was born there one hundred year ago .
Comment by lidia | 09.18.2007 | 7:40 pm
Shafter does exist and indeed, it is a ghost town. The town is surrounded by mountains and a small clear stream of water trickles thru it. It is a beautiful place despite the ruins that are still fighting the elements. Back in the early 1900’s, Shafter was a thriving silver-mining town with more than 2,000 people making their homes there. The mines became flooded with an underground river and the operation halted to a complete stop. Most of the workers went west in search of a new life. Only a handful stayed behind and somehow managed to survive the great depression. Now there are less than 30 people living there. Most of the residents are in the education field and make their daily 19-mile descent south to the town of Presidio to teach. The town’s catholic church is still standing and has services twice a month. The cemetary is the biggest attraction with hundreds of graves that are enclosed in an area the size of a football field. I am not familiar with the story told here, however, something terrible did occur in Shafter more than 100 years ago and many individuals can attest having experienced disturbing events while touring the ghost town. The town’s residents will not comment on the happenings but it is clearly evident that they know more to it. I must warn you, DO NOT WADE YOUR FEET IN THE CREEK IN NOVEMBER!
Comment by Jose | 09.22.2007 | 8:12 pm
this sounds so fake but kreepy
Comment by yesenia | 10.7.2007 | 9:27 am
Well i do believe in ghost cause i remember in my room i don’t know if i was asleep or not but i heard someone whisper my name in the middle of the night twice it was relly scary but i really don’t know if i was dreaming or not but i do believe in ghost NO LIE!!!! And about u saying mama three times and lieing on da floor faced down i don’t think you can smell any kind of burn but hey aho know Bye….
Comment by Me ma self and i | 11.9.2007 | 3:36 pm
IT SOUND AS THEY NEED IT HELP LIKE SOMETHING CHASING AND BAGGING IN THE ROMM!!
Comment by kathy | 11.10.2007 | 6:09 pm
DONT HATE TEAXES POPLE
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J/K
Comment by kathy | 11.10.2007 | 6:12 pm
Hey
Ghots are real. I have one in my house in fact her name is Sara. She hides in my brother’s closet. Her dad used to beat her. well one day he hit her and she hit him back . Well he didn’t like it so he went outside and got fishing line and strangled her then threw her body in my little brother’s closet. I know this cuz My little brother talks to her ( He is only 5). She also plays with people’s hair. Well ne ways Adobe house is a sad story. ANd ghosts are real
Comment by Meggo | 12.7.2007 | 5:01 pm
I lived in Presidio and baby sat my teachers’ son in Shafter. On Halloween we would walk the graveyard. It was always spooky, but I never heard the story about the house or even saw it. I did hear about horrible things happening because of the mine.
Comment by sweetp | 01.2.2008 | 10:53 pm
when we read that story we were so scared and the man who killed them should die
Comment by jazzy,alex | 01.26.2008 | 12:54 am
This sounds so retarted it sounds excactly like bloody mary
Comment by CLARISSA` | 04.20.2008 | 10:14 am
THAT WAS SCARY
Comment by LITTLE ME | 05.22.2008 | 5:27 pm
Actually part of that story is true. There was a couple who had a child and lived in the house. The man was named Juan Augustine Ramone who was originally under the command of Venustiano Carranza before the band joined forces with Pacho Villa. On his return home from the war he was known as a good man around the community and later was shot at and wounded by a man who held a grudge from his days in Pancho Villa’s army. The family moved away not long after the shooter was arrested and sent to prison. There was a small house fire on the property at the time of Juan and his wife lived there, but no life was taken in the fire and the area’s in the house that were fire damaged were quickly rebuilt with help from some of the members of the surrounding community. I actually heard this story from Rafe Ramone who I served with in the Army. I was told that for many years its been told in his family that the house was haunted at the time his ancestor lived there.
Comment by Captain Charles | 05.24.2008 | 3:07 pm
ok this one is fake i went to the house ages ago and i sed mama 3 times nope and it was a cloudy night so screw the **** who made up this 1 people dont waste ur time on this **** for a haunting
Comment by Brad Welch | 05.25.2008 | 12:21 pm