Mission San Diego de Alcalá - mission-era legends

Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded by Father Junípero Serra in 1769 as the first of the California missions and the current mission complex includes early 19th-century adobe construction. The mission and its grounds figure in local legends and ghost stories, with accounts of apparitions and unexplained events appearing in folklore collections and tour literature; such claims are anecdotal and debated. The site remains an active parish and a documented historic landmark.