When I was about 8, or 9 years old. I remember how I liked to sleep with my bedroom window open. especialy in the summertime, I enjoyed the evening breeze blowing in from across the large field across our backyard.
When I was still a kid back then,(late 1970's). We use to hear stories from the old folks about witches, and spirits that haunted that part of central, and south texas. Of course, being a kid, I was easily intimidated. But still, I liked sleeping near the open window during those long summer nights. I loved listening to the crickets chirping, along with all the noises of the nite creatures. and the wind blowing through the grass, and trees. I remember most times than often waking-up the next day with my arms, and legs badly bruised. I was always a light sleeper, so I'd be sure to wake-up screaming if someone tried to sneak in through the window. But, without explaination I'd wake -up with these awful bruises. My older brothers would tease me that maybe it was a witch that had pinched me in my sleep. There were stories of such things happening as believed by the older folks. They believed that witches would go into peoples' bedrooms as they lay sleeping, and hit, slap, and pinch them, thus cuasing the bruising. As time went by, a few people around the nieghborhood also came foward with simular stories of waking up with bruises, or scratches on them. Could the stories of witches be true? Or is it all just a crazy coincidence?...
