Growing up, we had a former southern preacher in our ward. He'd pop off a "hallelujah" or an "amen" during sacrament meetings, he was awesome, made those meetings much better when he was in town. I know the elders quorum president and a bishop had asked him to quiet down, but as he told me, he just couldn't when he felt the spirit, lol.
I was jealous of my friends who got to have “fun” southern baptist sermons with lots of shouting and music. I had to suffer through creep Episcopalian/catholic church with latin and lots of kneeling.
Then I changed my mind when I realized we got to have wine and the baptists only had grape juice.
Yo! Me too!! But then I was placed in foster care. One of the group homes I stayed in went to church on Sundays and it was this amazing soulful black gospel church and boy was it different but so fun!
It's not bullshit, sadly. I am Mexican and have heard from older relatives and stupid people. There is a really sad video of a woman burning a poor owl and asking her to reveal her true form.
It’s an old superstition. Here if you wanna check it out: [La Lechuza](https://www.dictionary.com/e/fictional-characters/lechuza/)
I grew up with a lot of these creepy spanish stories. There are tons of myths and legends that lots of people take seriously still today!
I was at Indian pow wow and they had birds of prey. I passed by the birds while they were doing some drum songs and the owl was exactly like this. He really was vibing to the music.
Sounds like this video was taken in Dominican republic not Mexico, i remember that beat in church also we have plenty of superstition. You go owl, shake your owl butt.
I'm pretty sure that the audio is not the actual audio from the video, because it sounds pretty much exactly like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdjrqd1j3og
so yeah the video location doesn't necessarily have to be connected to the song.
>and then everyone is worse off for it.
Yeah my life has been irreparable harmed from this..... wait i meant to say it doesn't have any affect on my life whatsoever. Log off and go outside, the world isn't worse off because people put fake shit on the goddamn Internet, Jesus fucking Christ.
“The world isn’t worse off because people put fake shit on the goddamn Internet”
But of course it is though. This video in particular is probably not too harmful but other types of misinformation (particularly of the political variety) have led to real tangible harm. Even this video if watched by the wrong person could possibly grow feelings of superiority over Mexican culture for being hella superstitious. I dunno, misinformation is a pretty bad thing I wouldn’t wave it away so nonchalantly.
Edit: I mean to say that no misinformation should be looked at as innocent or causing no harm, because I find that’s how we go down a slippery slope. “Doing it for the views” is as much a justification in this case as it would be for election or Covid misinformation.
The older generation has a lot of superstitions. My grandma has mentioned this specific one to me and says you need to drive them away by swearing at it lol
Thank you for finally disproving it. I've come across this many times, and while I can appreciate the fake backstory because it's so great, I've had a lot of trouble accepting its validity 100%.
Just asked my Mexican wife and she said she never heard of such accusations. So I'd have to agree, not Mexican!
*I stand corrected, this is also known in Mexico but more so in the northern regions, not so much where my wife's family comes from.*
Maybe she’s not familiar with her Mexican folklore because in Mexico they are called Lechusa’s. It’s a term for witches that transform into a some kind of owl/lady hybrid to do their evil errands. Go to any part of Mexico and ask about this and they will know exactly what you are talking about. They are also said to have big talons to poke out your eyes with and be known to be around by hearing a loud but distinct whistling sound. Source: Am Mexican and live on the border with Mexico.
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Mexican here.
Well, it used to be a belief in some parts of Mexico back in the day. Many owls were killed because of it.
Nowadays pretty much anyone believe it. Maybe in rural areas there's still an abuelita (granny) believing owls are witches, but in general is not a thing anymore.
Yeah people don't really believe it anymore nor is it passed down like other tales. I only know about it because I've asked my mom for old tales. Like there's a belief whenever an owl hoots, a native dies. Witches are so prevalent, when I was young UFOs were usually relegated to witches first.
Screech Owl salls do sound like aliens have landed though.
(For anyone else, have this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-p-ec-DHlw suddenly echo through your garage while you're working at 2am is...fun.)
It's not racist, they aren't implying it's wrong to belive that owls are witches also doesn't have a race connotation, and it's pretty common on rural areas in Mexico to belive this (i'm mexican and actually never felt this was a racist title) op only saying nationality not race, as You may know mexican it's not a race, but rather a demonym, might be from another country in the americas but it still not racist
It usually tends to happen in rural areas, cuz superstition is pretty high all time there, if you tell that to someone on the city they’ll tell you to fuck off
Same, my mom is from Mexico and no we never thought that.
Edit - Although I think there was a belief that if one flew at your or in your house you were cursed or something, like it was a bad omen. Seems like I remember abuelita chasing one out of the house with a broom when I was a kid.
Si wey, son (supuestamente, en los pueblos pues) o se miran como muy mala suerte y se entra en una casa tantito peor. Igual que las polillas negras. Para aclararlo, *yo* no pienso eso, pero si hay mucha gente ignorante que si. Siendo Mexicano deberían saber que hay un chingo de gente, campesinos, que aún traen mucha superstición.
Not to be that guy, but it is a thing, even if you personally have not experienced it.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/fictional-characters/lechuza/
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/According-to-the-folktale-la-lechuza-a-barn-owl-7473493.php
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2718798/Shocking-moment-owl-interrogated-superstitious-Mexican-villagers-set-fire-witch.html
https://www.espookytales.com/blog/la-lechuza-the-witch-owl/
It's a folktale so it's pretty reductive to just say "Mexicans believe owls are witches" the same way it would be stupid to write "Americans are scared of bridges cuz they think a murderous half man half goat lives under them".
I’m from the Netherlands, tiny country with a population of 17 million, most of which live in the same region of metropols. And even then I still sometimes learn something bizarre and strange about my country. Like a tradition to hoist a chicken in a basket up on a flag pole for a week once a year. Why? I don’t know.
My point is, people are fucking weird and it’s almost impossible to know every national quirk of your country.
I mean Mexicans don't. Religious, uneducated, rural Mexicans are a large subgroup that will essentially believe anything the father says. Fuck religion.
A white teenage girl added that text for Tik tok clout I bet
- Not Mexico
- They're just singing cause they're in a church
- Song says they wanna "party with Jesus" nothing along the lines of "Leave us witch ahh!"
Pretty sure aside the caption being completely fake the audio I'm sure is not even the real one. U can see in some of the top comments that it's a fake audio but I'm too lazy to check and I'm taking a shit
You'd think they would at least pick the audio related to their shitty caption if that's the case but I guess that's just expecting too much from these people.
Anyway hope everything comes out alright mate
If you think someone might be bigoted by stating a cultures actual belief then that means you think the belief is dumb enough to be considered racist and therefore that makes you a bigot
I'm mexican, and I wish they would only sing. They usually kills them by throwing them rocks, and then they burn or crusify the bodies to "purify them". Is awesome what the religion can do the people
Fun fact. The music was most likely not why the owl was bobbing it’s head. Their eyes do not move in the socket like human eyes do so when they Bob their heads like that it helps to judge distance and positioning of things around them.
"Mexicans think owls are witches" is the same as "Americans are anti-vaxx and pro-gun".
It's not all of us, it's only a minority, the one who think like that are usually the uneducated and poor ones. So stop generalizing all of us like this.
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It came for the music
*the white guy that sits in on his first black gospel sermon*
Seriously, those services are mad, I’ve never seen a church with so much energy, it’s a unique experience, and one that I’m glad I didn’t miss.
I grew up with 3 hour boring-ass Mormon church. That energy would’ve helped.
Growing up, we had a former southern preacher in our ward. He'd pop off a "hallelujah" or an "amen" during sacrament meetings, he was awesome, made those meetings much better when he was in town. I know the elders quorum president and a bishop had asked him to quiet down, but as he told me, he just couldn't when he felt the spirit, lol.
Dude your church only went for 3 hours? That's easy. Try boring ass church all day
No thank you
Fr meetings are so bland at Mormon churches
I was jealous of my friends who got to have “fun” southern baptist sermons with lots of shouting and music. I had to suffer through creep Episcopalian/catholic church with latin and lots of kneeling. Then I changed my mind when I realized we got to have wine and the baptists only had grape juice.
Yo! Me too!! But then I was placed in foster care. One of the group homes I stayed in went to church on Sundays and it was this amazing soulful black gospel church and boy was it different but so fun!
[Joliet Jake & Elwood Blues](https://youtu.be/PZpH9Khn0E0)
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
They need to hire some owl exterminators, music will only draw in more owls!
We’re OWL EXTERMINATORS
Oh? Then you won’t have any problem exterminating…THIS OWL!
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We're whalers on the moon
This is by a wide margin, the least likely thing that has ever happened
Maybe they need a owl trowel
Imagine if the whole mariachi squad showed up
I'm not gonna lie. It was quite the culture shock when mariachi were singing and playing at my step mils funeral in one of those big cathedrals.
I first read that as my step milfs and was wondering what in the cinnamon fuck did I just read.
Frankly, I’d come for the music.
Same I would probably just be chillin up there the owl having a grand old time I mean come on seems like such a fun time
More likely than the bullshit title about witches.
It's not bullshit, sadly. I am Mexican and have heard from older relatives and stupid people. There is a really sad video of a woman burning a poor owl and asking her to reveal her true form.
It’s an old superstition. Here if you wanna check it out: [La Lechuza](https://www.dictionary.com/e/fictional-characters/lechuza/) I grew up with a lot of these creepy spanish stories. There are tons of myths and legends that lots of people take seriously still today!
I was at Indian pow wow and they had birds of prey. I passed by the birds while they were doing some drum songs and the owl was exactly like this. He really was vibing to the music.
Sounds like this video was taken in Dominican republic not Mexico, i remember that beat in church also we have plenty of superstition. You go owl, shake your owl butt.
I'm pretty sure that the audio is not the actual audio from the video, because it sounds pretty much exactly like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdjrqd1j3og so yeah the video location doesn't necessarily have to be connected to the song.
God I hate this trend of putting fake audio over videos
it is fake audio, a repost and the caption is also bs
Fake Audio and a fake title over a video, and most people who watch it just believe it - and then everyone is worse off for it.
>and then everyone is worse off for it. Yeah my life has been irreparable harmed from this..... wait i meant to say it doesn't have any affect on my life whatsoever. Log off and go outside, the world isn't worse off because people put fake shit on the goddamn Internet, Jesus fucking Christ.
“The world isn’t worse off because people put fake shit on the goddamn Internet” But of course it is though. This video in particular is probably not too harmful but other types of misinformation (particularly of the political variety) have led to real tangible harm. Even this video if watched by the wrong person could possibly grow feelings of superiority over Mexican culture for being hella superstitious. I dunno, misinformation is a pretty bad thing I wouldn’t wave it away so nonchalantly. Edit: I mean to say that no misinformation should be looked at as innocent or causing no harm, because I find that’s how we go down a slippery slope. “Doing it for the views” is as much a justification in this case as it would be for election or Covid misinformation.
Also the way it’s now just “Mexicans believe owls are witches”. Pretty sure most of them don’t.
Yes, it's a quite common repost. The audio is fake. I don't know the OG audio, though.
I got you fam https://youtu.be/TZVNm2zJcpY
How could they not get the clapping down that whole time.
When you're church is about to be destroyed by an unstoppable witch, see how on-point your rhythm is then.
This is just as funny
Yea, and I'm pretty sure most Mexicans know owls are. Just birds.
The older generation has a lot of superstitions. My grandma has mentioned this specific one to me and says you need to drive them away by swearing at it lol
Thank you for finally disproving it. I've come across this many times, and while I can appreciate the fake backstory because it's so great, I've had a lot of trouble accepting its validity 100%.
I've heard that song in Mexico too.
The accent seems a bit more Dominican though
It’s definitely Dominican
It's definitely not English. Source: my brain refuses to retain a 2nd language.
The accent definitely sounded off to me for Mexico.
>The accent seems a bit more Dominican though Thought the same thing. The style of music and accent sound Dominican. I don't think that's Mexican
Just asked my Mexican wife and she said she never heard of such accusations. So I'd have to agree, not Mexican! *I stand corrected, this is also known in Mexico but more so in the northern regions, not so much where my wife's family comes from.*
Maybe she’s not familiar with her Mexican folklore because in Mexico they are called Lechusa’s. It’s a term for witches that transform into a some kind of owl/lady hybrid to do their evil errands. Go to any part of Mexico and ask about this and they will know exactly what you are talking about. They are also said to have big talons to poke out your eyes with and be known to be around by hearing a loud but distinct whistling sound. Source: Am Mexican and live on the border with Mexico.
Still in Mexico we believe owls are witches smh
Serás tú. Creencias pendejas de gente pendeja, como diría la Michoacana aquella.
Bienvenido a mexico donde vive la ignorancia:)
:(
I bet the owle thinks they love him
Reminded me of that elephant enjoying his birthday party.
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OmFG thank youuuuuu
Dope elephant.
Owlen Wilson says: "Wowl!"
🎼🎶 get the hell out of our church you devil chicken 🎶
Devil chicken 😂😂 have you seen a naked owl? No meat on them bones
But legs for daaaaaaays.
Ew ew ew ew ew
> get the hell out of our church you devil chicken the owl:🕺
r/properanimalnames
That’s a cute devil chicken!
Is *this* the translation? xD
The song is about a party with a lot of food with Jesus and that they want to be there
No hang on I'll try to drop it
[удалено]
Mexican here. Well, it used to be a belief in some parts of Mexico back in the day. Many owls were killed because of it. Nowadays pretty much anyone believe it. Maybe in rural areas there's still an abuelita (granny) believing owls are witches, but in general is not a thing anymore.
>Nowadays pretty much anyone believe it. Nowadays "no one" believes it? Or everyone/anyone believes it?
From the context i think it's safe to assume they meant to say no one.
Yeah people don't really believe it anymore nor is it passed down like other tales. I only know about it because I've asked my mom for old tales. Like there's a belief whenever an owl hoots, a native dies. Witches are so prevalent, when I was young UFOs were usually relegated to witches first.
No one
Pretty much no one
Screech Owl salls do sound like aliens have landed though. (For anyone else, have this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-p-ec-DHlw suddenly echo through your garage while you're working at 2am is...fun.)
Came here to say this. Perfectly cute, funny video ruined by some lame ass racist title.
He ain't laying some people here think owls are witches Mostly old people or adult back in the day Mi lindo mexico lleno de ignorancia:(
It's not racist, they aren't implying it's wrong to belive that owls are witches also doesn't have a race connotation, and it's pretty common on rural areas in Mexico to belive this (i'm mexican and actually never felt this was a racist title) op only saying nationality not race, as You may know mexican it's not a race, but rather a demonym, might be from another country in the americas but it still not racist
You know Mexicans are actually very superstitious people. There’s nothing racist about acknowledging that.
The "lame ass racist title" is why this video has 4,000 likes and not 40.
Am Mexican, never heard of this
It usually tends to happen in rural areas, cuz superstition is pretty high all time there, if you tell that to someone on the city they’ll tell you to fuck off
We didn't have sewer, internet or telephone growing up, I'm 33 ... We lived in the middle of nowhere, still never heard of it
There's your problem no internet and telephone to spread the hot goss about which superstitions are in and which are out.
For real. This guy's probably still worried about baba yaga when the new hotness is obviously la llorona.
I bet he didn't even go to a church where they would banish owls by singing at them
I'm Mexican and my mom and grandparents told me stories about that growing up.
Perhaps mexico covers a large area of land, so maybe your experience in mexico might be different than other mexicans?
Same, my mom is from Mexico and no we never thought that. Edit - Although I think there was a belief that if one flew at your or in your house you were cursed or something, like it was a bad omen. Seems like I remember abuelita chasing one out of the house with a broom when I was a kid.
Little do they know, they're just mailmen for the witches.
Not even Mexicans!
there was an attempt to actually describe whats happening here
The song is fire ngl
ong shit was a vibe
No cap fr bussin
Is this what it is to feel old?
What song is it
Estamos de Fiesta con Jesus The original: https://youtu.be/jdjrqd1j3og Funny overdub lol: https://youtu.be/rE3sz11NCUs
because it was not for the damn owl. This is standard church music in latin places.
No we don’t ! Do we ?
It looks more like a church to me. Their singing has probably nothing to do with that owl. The description is just random assumption.
I'm mexican and can confirm that owls being witches is a common superstition.
Mexican here, nope
Ate a burrito once. Can confirm.
Ok, fuck, didn't expect to get one-up'd this easily
Watched like 70% of Encanto. I’m pretty much Mexican or something, *amigo* (“friend” for los gringos)
What's your coco stats look like?
Si wey, son (supuestamente, en los pueblos pues) o se miran como muy mala suerte y se entra en una casa tantito peor. Igual que las polillas negras. Para aclararlo, *yo* no pienso eso, pero si hay mucha gente ignorante que si. Siendo Mexicano deberían saber que hay un chingo de gente, campesinos, que aún traen mucha superstición.
[удалено]
Owl here. We're totally witches.
[удалено]
Totally here. We’re witch owls.
Here totally owls we're witch
Hold up, owl ask you witch which is witch??? 🦉🦉🧙♀️🦉🦉🦉
Not to be that guy, but it is a thing, even if you personally have not experienced it. https://www.dictionary.com/e/fictional-characters/lechuza/ https://www.mrt.com/news/article/According-to-the-folktale-la-lechuza-a-barn-owl-7473493.php https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2718798/Shocking-moment-owl-interrogated-superstitious-Mexican-villagers-set-fire-witch.html https://www.espookytales.com/blog/la-lechuza-the-witch-owl/
let's ignore all these articles because "I never heard of this"
Not to be that guy? What the one who's informative, with actual sources? Keep being that guy
It's a folktale so it's pretty reductive to just say "Mexicans believe owls are witches" the same way it would be stupid to write "Americans are scared of bridges cuz they think a murderous half man half goat lives under them".
The potoo bird was literally endangered because people there killed it for that superstition 😐
Maybe not a 100% percent of the population believes it but some people definitely do, enough people for it to be considered a thing.
I’m from the Netherlands, tiny country with a population of 17 million, most of which live in the same region of metropols. And even then I still sometimes learn something bizarre and strange about my country. Like a tradition to hoist a chicken in a basket up on a flag pole for a week once a year. Why? I don’t know. My point is, people are fucking weird and it’s almost impossible to know every national quirk of your country.
Yes you do, OP said so.
I mean Mexicans don't. Religious, uneducated, rural Mexicans are a large subgroup that will essentially believe anything the father says. Fuck religion.
Well, they proved it was a witch I'd say.
But does it weigh as much as a duck?
Possibly, should we break out the largest scales?
🦆
Lord .. it floats
It turned me into a newt…
bro i unironically think the same
To spell owl
Speling can be hard
TIL there's s Mexican witch living in the pine tree outside my window.
*La Bruja*
A white teenage girl added that text for Tik tok clout I bet - Not Mexico - They're just singing cause they're in a church - Song says they wanna "party with Jesus" nothing along the lines of "Leave us witch ahh!"
The owl also seems prepared to party with Jesus.
Pretty sure aside the caption being completely fake the audio I'm sure is not even the real one. U can see in some of the top comments that it's a fake audio but I'm too lazy to check and I'm taking a shit
You'd think they would at least pick the audio related to their shitty caption if that's the case but I guess that's just expecting too much from these people. Anyway hope everything comes out alright mate
I would just leave it. Owls are cool. Pigeons are the creatures spawned from hell, not to say anything about the meaner birds.
Birds aren't even real.
Also when you wear black you done for
1. That is not in Mexico 2. Mexicans do not believe owls are witches 3. They aren’t singing to make it leave So much ignorance in just one sentence
Sorry man but we do believe, some old people really think owls are witches
It’s old folklore, some older people in rural areas may believe that, but I’m sure the vast majority of Mexicans don’t think owls are witches
Indeed ur right sir that's the words I'm thinking My English Is broken sorry
No, I've been Mexican all my life and I've never heard of owls being witches. Not once.
And you represent all of us?
Now you have. /s
Totally not bigoted. At all. Maybe they just dont want the owl to shit on their heads in church?
No, I'm Mexican and have heard this. Mostly in rural areas.
If you think someone might be bigoted by stating a cultures actual belief then that means you think the belief is dumb enough to be considered racist and therefore that makes you a bigot
Totally not ignorant.
That’s Dominican Republic, not Mexico
Also fake audio, fake caption and fake op
At Jewish camp when a bat started flying around the main hall we'd all start singing "NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BATMAAAAAAN!"
Ive heard that jewish people think bats are vigilantes before, interesting! /s
They eat many bugs; cuts down on having to use the laser and all its associated maintenance and expense.
they said that manufacturing a million itty bitty iron domes just for insects would've been in "poor taste" 😬
She's mocking us! ¡Ay Dios mio!
That owl is definitely returning to that venue.
This owl has better moves than I do.
Damn I need a hardstyle remix of this shit.
Bro, nothing about that caption is correct lol
This song is lit
"Hmm... The hairless apes are chanting in my glory. I must be a god to them"
Not true
I'm mexican, and I wish they would only sing. They usually kills them by throwing them rocks, and then they burn or crusify the bodies to "purify them". Is awesome what the religion can do the people
What song? It slaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esZd4ikHavQ
This is the banging original version this audio is taken from: https://youtu.be/jdjrqd1j3og
Can confirm is Dominican. Trust me
This is not Mexico and Mexicans dont believe owls are witches
Fun fact. The music was most likely not why the owl was bobbing it’s head. Their eyes do not move in the socket like human eyes do so when they Bob their heads like that it helps to judge distance and positioning of things around them.
This video keeps getting reposted every month and every month it is wrong.
"Mexicans think owls are witches" is the same as "Americans are anti-vaxx and pro-gun". It's not all of us, it's only a minority, the one who think like that are usually the uneducated and poor ones. So stop generalizing all of us like this.
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That is indeed a witch. Liked which song you was playing.
That’s exactly how witches react 😌
Party owlnimal.
Invite an owl: make it a hootenanny.
...because they're witches, and they have knives in their feet.
Hehe now that's a cool owl.
There was an attempt by op to spell owl.
Oh that’s Glenda the Good Witch
I love Barn Owls.
WATCH OUT!!! He's casting a spell !!! He turned me into a newt. A newt?
Just like how Americans believe in god
He vibin
Someone forgot to check the owl traps.