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Old 05-09-2012, 10:27 AM
 
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I saw the news on WFAA-TV, a news provider discuss the emergence of vampires in a river, I just saw the end of the news, so I do not quite understand. Do you hear the same thing?

please let me know, I am very curious

Thanks Buddy

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Old 05-09-2012, 01:54 PM
 
Location: San Angelo, Texas
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I saw the news on WFAA-TV, a news provider discuss the emergence of vampires in a river, I just saw the end of the news, so I do not quite understand. Do you hear the same thing?

please let me know, I am very curious

Thanks Buddy

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Old 05-09-2012, 02:02 PM
 
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So they're showing the movie in a park along the river? I guess I am confused also.
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Old 05-09-2012, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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Don't know anything about vampires in Texas, but apparently there are reported sightings of BigFoot - which would make sense, given that everything is bigger in Texas.

Here's a news story making the headlines today:

IT'S LEGAL TO HUNT SAQUACH IN TEXAS

...assuming the Saquach you shoot is a native Texas species. If it's an Okie, it's not fair game in Texas - unless perhaps an Okie shoots it?

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Old 05-09-2012, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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I think I saw some over by Numbers in Montrose in Houston one time.
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Old 05-09-2012, 09:40 PM
 
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Don't know anything about vampires in Texas, but apparently there are reported sightings of BigFoot - which would make sense, given that everything is bigger in Texas.

Here's a news story making the headlines today:

IT'S LEGAL TO HUNT SAQUACH IN TEXAS

...assuming the Saquach you shoot is a native Texas species. If it's an Okie, it's not fair game in Texas - unless perhaps an Okie shoots it?

Joqua what if we catch Bigfoot?, perhaps we could sell at a hefty price. (btw thanks for the news, very interesting)

back to my previous post, so you do not hear all the news is the emergence of vampires? too bad.

because I read in a book that discusses the vampire, vampire black blood can treat various diseases.
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Old 05-09-2012, 11:36 PM
 
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I thought Saquach was hispanic for squash. The only vanpires in Texas are bats.
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Old 05-10-2012, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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No vampire bats in Texas. However, I do have an anecdote about that. During my years in Texas I, as well as one of my more Spanish-fluent supervisees, sometimes had occasion to do psychological assessments of primary Spanish speakers with very maginal English (or sometimes no functional English, in which case my non-Hispanic but Spanish-fluent supervisee did the interviews and testing). Anyway, it's not divulging any test security to affirm that "bat" is one of the "popular" or conventional perceptual responses for a couple of the Rorschach inkblots. The usual or proper Spanish word for bat is "murcielago" but working class Mexican immigrants more often used the word "vampiro", which also in Mexican dialect just generically means "bat". The thing is, a native English-speaker identifying a vampire on the inkblots would be giving a quite unconventional and potentially very disturbed response. It was important to know that "vampiro" was a quite normal Mexican idiomatic term for the small noctural flying mammals!
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Old 05-10-2012, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Texas Hill Country
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Did you look at the WFAA site to see if the story was on there?
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Old 05-10-2012, 08:25 PM
 
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No vampire bats in Texas. However, I do have an anecdote about that. During my years in Texas I, as well as one of my more Spanish-fluent supervisees, sometimes had occasion to do psychological assessments of primary Spanish speakers with very maginal English (or sometimes no functional English, in which case my non-Hispanic but Spanish-fluent supervisee did the interviews and testing). Anyway, it's not divulging any test security to affirm that "bat" is one of the "popular" or conventional perceptual responses for a couple of the Rorschach inkblots. The usual or proper Spanish word for bat is "murcielago" but working class Mexican immigrants more often used the word "vampiro", which also in Mexican dialect just generically means "bat". The thing is, a native English-speaker identifying a vampire on the inkblots would be giving a quite unconventional and potentially very disturbed response. It was important to know that "vampiro" was a quite normal Mexican idiomatic term for the small noctural flying mammals!
thanks a lot Doctor. yes I've read that you point out here, but you explain everything in detail, you seem to know much about these vampires, can you share more Doc, I'll look for you in addition to the above explanation.

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Did you look at the WFAA site to see if the story was on there?
hi nedd, I've looked, but didnt find anything, do you know in which category? I'll look back..



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