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Anecdotal reports in New Mexico

New Mexico keeps 15 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

15 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsAcoma Pueblo — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other New Mexico shelves:documented legends22 local folklore6 media-reported hauntings4

Acoma Pueblo

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico

"Sky City"—the mesa pueblo continuously occupied since ~1150.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Taos Pueblo

Taos, New Mexico

The 1,000-year pueblo—the multi-story adobe still lived in.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chimayó

Chimayó, New Mexico

The "Lourdes of America"—where the dirt is said to heal.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bandelier

Los Alamos, New Mexico

The cliff dwellings of the Pajarito Plateau—Frijoles Canyon.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Zuni Pueblo

Zuni, New Mexico

The pueblo that met Coronado—1539, still sovereign.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chaco Canyon

Nageezi, New Mexico

The great houses—where the roads converge on the solstices.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shiprock

Shiprock, New Mexico

The "Winged Rock"—the Navajo sacred peak.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Camino Real

Socorro, New Mexico

The 1,600-mile road—where the dead of the trail are remembered.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Jemez Historic Site

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

The mission ruins—where the 1680 revolt burned the church.

Aztec Ruins

Aztec, New Mexico

The great house misnamed for the Aztecs—the reconstructed kiva.

Gila Cliff Dwellings

Silver City, New Mexico

The Mogollon cliff houses—where the canyon kept them.

Hillsboro

Hillsboro, New Mexico

The 1877 county seat—where the courthouse and the graves remain.

Kingston

Kingston, New Mexico

The camp that claimed 7,000—now a handful of buildings.

Steins

Lordsburg, New Mexico

The railroad quarry town—where the fire took the buildings.

San Ildefonso

San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

The pueblo of Maria Martinez—the black-on-black pottery.

Full New Mexico record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive