10/26/2026
๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ
Everyone in the boat could see the moonlit river. But according to one published account, only Mary Ducroz could see the man approaching its bank.
He carried a bridle over his arm... and seemed to glide rather than walk.
Along the San Bernard River, the stories surrounding Music Bend go beyond its mysterious fiddle music. They include strangers seated in a road, a horse that refused to move forward, and a skeptical listener who reportedly heard something he never wanted to hear again.
This video follows three accounts preserved by Bertha McKee Dobie through Mrs. West of Velasco, who shared stories involving her family and an older boarder.
๐ช๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด... ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ? ๐
These are published folklore accounts; the supernatural claims remain unverified.
๐ Source: Bertha McKee Dobie, โMysterious Music in the San Bernard River,โ in Legends of Texas, edited by J. Frank Dobie, second edition, 1924, pages 137โ141.
๐จ Illustrations depict imagined people and settings, not historical photographs.
