"Whoppers and ghostly tales from Rancho Santa Teresa expand on the old tradition of telling a good tale. These colorful and vivid tales are written and recorded from the actual living sources in the tradition of passing a legend to a friend. These stories capture the oral history of our modern times. Many are retold by today's neighbors and educators who truly lived and worked in the area. Charmed by the background of the ancient burial grounds and the early Bernal Spanish settlement, the stories try to explain the "Spirit" happenings to its modern day audience. The stories are a collection of tales from the same area, all rewritten and recorded from their original sources. All were told to the author without the knowledge of the other happenings. These legends continue to add to the hundreds of stories that exist around the famous Santa Teresa Springs since the beginning of early human beings. Individually these stories are fun to read, but collectively they will capture your speculative imagination as you try to understand why early people hold Santa Teresa Springs as a sacred place. All the stories have survived in the neighborhood as an enchanting tale even with competition from modern movies and computer animation. This is a fun book for children to read about San Jose's local history."--