Stone Bull (Canyon Lake, Canyon, Boerne: camp, fence, yard)

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I remember the commune (I think). Was it called OHM SAT TAT or something close to that? It was another of those mythical places. Lots of stories but few facts. My Dad knew the original owner of the land you lived on. He would let us hunt. No electric fences back then (late sixties). Stone Bull was someplace to go on a sunday afternoon. It wasn't really much of anything but if you were in your teens and had a full tank of gas, it was an adventure!

You could be right! Too long ago for me to recall.. All our deer leases were south of the area back in the 60's had one in Centerpoint early 70's. I never heard of Stone Bull and it wasn't in my area as a kid.

Originally Posted by HillCountryHotRodMan

Are you talking about CTI? Concept Therapy Institute. It's still there, has been there as far back as I can remember.

Could be ...little cottage houses as I recall maybe some recreational facilities.

The Saathoff's families (Appliance stores) used to live in Grey Forest near the Grey Moss Inn.

Dolph Briscoe supposedly lived on the hill south of I-10 (heading out of town) before you got to Boerne Stage Road exit in the early 80's.

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

Originally Posted by SATX56

Could be ...little cottage houses as I recall maybe some recreational facilities.

Yes, that's the place.

[GWhopper]

Thanks, guys!!!
I asked on the Friends of Midget Mansion about Stone Bull, but got no answers. If you all have any more info, please post it here.

[4kohlers]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

I've heard about a place called Stone Bull mentioned here and in other areas of the internet. It's always mentioned as another haunted contemporary of Midget Mansion, but located out near 1604. However, I can find no details of this place. Anybody know what it is and where it was located?

Don't remember exact location. Last time I saw the bull was in the mid 70's. We never got close, too scared to stop.

[kirkdoc]

I grew up near the Stone Bull. We moved there in 1969 when I was age 9. It was located on Babcock Road near the intersection with Scenic Loop. The Stone Bull stood about 6 feet tall and was made of concrete on chicken wire. It stood on top of a cedar wood cabin and looked like a rustic fort. My friends and I climbed all over it, looked inside, but we could never figure out any purpose for it. That part of Babcock road was gravel back then and it was located in the middle of nowhere. It was already falling apart in 1969, so I estimate it was built in the 1950's. I noticed it was gone in the 1990's. It's location was about 100 feet West past what is now Tim Duncan's driveway.


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[4kohlers]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I guess I am your last resort so I will tell you what I remember about Stone Bull. Dial the wayback machine to around 1970. My friends had cars and income and we would spend the weekend looking for haunted houses, abandoned farms--anything! Stone Bull was a favorite because nobody knew where it was. I am not even sure anymore. I think it was out Babcock road before it connects to senic loop. I remember a low water crossing and an incline toward the loop. Stone Bull was on private property behind a barb wire fence. It was on the left heading toward Boerne. I can't think of another road it could have been on. Not Blanco--that was Edge falls! Not Callahan (Or Kinney). I was told by fellow pioneers to stay away because Indians would throw rocks at the cars.

Last night I ran across some color negatives of the stone bull. I will try to make a manageable print for proof. Pics are from about 1974 or so. I agree with your description location, about where Tim Duncan lives now.

[OrangeTopaz]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I remember the commune (I think). Was it called OHM SAT TAT or something close to that? It was another of those mythical places. Lots of stories but few facts. My Dad knew the original owner of the land you lived on. He would let us hunt. No electric fences back then (late sixties). Stone Bull was someplace to go on a sunday afternoon. It wasn't really much of anything but if you were in your teens and had a full tank of gas, it was an adventure!

Yes Om Tat Sat...it was some kind of meditation/Bhagavad Gita religious study/commune place.

[albert soliz]

Originally Posted by 4kohlers

Last night I ran across some color negatives of the stone bull. I will try to make a manageable print for proof. Pics are from about 1974 or so. I agree with your description location, about where Tim Duncan lives now.

I hope to see those PICS,cause back in the early 70's it was the place to go after looking for the DONKEY LADY in Helotes.
A.SOLIZ

[albert soliz]

Originally Posted by OrangeTopaz

Yes Om Tat Sat...it was some kind of meditation/Bhagavad Gita religious study/commune place.

This ALM SAT TAT at the time in '73 was supposed to be like anasylum of sorts.I remember very clearly of one night being out there seeing someone standing at window and you can see this person swaying left to right from the road which was about 150yds.looking up towards the hill.A very creepy place,it was a tightly guarded place,once the spotlights came on,we took off.There was a house located before the this place that supposedly had midgets living in it,never saw any. asoliz

[albert soliz]

Originally Posted by 4kohlers

Don't remember exact location. Last time I saw the bull was in the mid 70's. We never got close, too scared to stop.

There was a time that my buddies and I drove up to it and someone started taking pot shots at us,we didn't get hit but we weren't gonna hang around.I know at one time someone had roped the right horn from the Stone BULL and yanked it off. Many Good times OUT THERE. Asoliz