Ghosts of the Alamo

From what I have read the first experience with ghosts happened a few days after the last battle. A Mexican Army contingent went to destroy the Alamo because of disease caused by the carnage. The men fled when they saw six spectral Diablos guarding the fort who screamed at them while waving flaming sabers. When General Andrade investigated the incident, he also saw the Diablos. Other ghostly experiences include:

•Guests at nearby hotels see bizarre specters emanating from the Alamo’s walls. They also report hearing screams, explosions and faint trumpet notes of El Deguello, a melody.

•A cowboy’s apparition, believed to be a courier, is seen wandering the Alamo’s gardens.

•A ghost puts his head and shoulders outside a window, then leans back and vanishes.

•A little blonde boy is seen in an upstairs window and walking on the grounds.

•A woman’s misty apparition appears next to a well on the site.

•An AmerIndian’s phantom is seen in the basement, abruptly vanishing or walking through a wall.

•A mournful Mexican officer’s phantom wanders on the grounds. Many believe he’s the shade of General Manuel Fernandez de Castrillon, one of Santa Anna's regimental commanders who was against the Alamo’s final attack.

•Davy Crockett’s ghost, dressed in buckskins and a coonskin cap, stands at attention.

•Ghosts of a man with a toddler on the roof are seen during the daily sunrise. Mexican officers saw a man, child in his arms, leap to the ground during the final siege.

•Two ghostly boys follow tour groups and vanish when the group reaches the sacristy room. They’re thought be the phantasms of Artilleryman Anthony Wolfe’s sons who were killed during the battle.

•In March of each year, a few days after the anniversary of Alamo’s demise, many people are awakened by the sound of a horse galloping on the pavement. Many believe the unseen rider is James Allen’s ghost. He was the last courier to leave the fortress on the evening before its last battle.

•John Wayne’s ghost is said to haunt the Alamo. When he directed and started in The Alamo, he was obsessed with its history. Shortly after his death, visitors and staff reported seeing his ghost conversing with specters of the fort’s soldiers.

The Alamo is an awesome place to visit and expierience, when you are there you can for sure feel the presence of something around.