In Red Dead Redemption 2, you can find a mysterious donkey-woman who likely died in a terrible way. Players have long speculated about what might be behind it. Is there a connection to a glitch from the first game?
What kind of woman is she? The donkey-woman (“Donkey Lady”) is a woman that can be discovered as an important point on the map, known as a “POI”. She is located south of Armadillo at a rundown ranch, which can only be discovered when playing as John Marston towards the end of the game. As the name suggests, the woman has a donkey’s head.
However, how the body is found makes the death of the mysterious donkey-woman even more tragic. Bound to a mill, the skeleton of the woman remains. Normally, horses or donkeys were tied to such a mill to walk in circles and thereby grind grain.
This suggests that the donkey-woman was also meant to perform such work and was simply left to die. Her remains are then so sad.
Such small hidden details can often be found in the world of cowboys.
What could have happened to the donkey-woman?
What is known about her life? The story surrounding the woman with the donkey’s head is mysterious because it is not known who she is and how she ended up at this ranch.
Was she a woman who was experimented on and thus given a donkey’s head? Or is she a supernatural being that has existed for so long? Not even geologists have an answer to this question, as a newspaper article in the “Blackwater Ledger No. 70” shows.
This report recounts that remains of a woman and a donkey’s head were found near Armadillo. However, it remains unclear where the rest of the body parts have gone.
Such mysteries that can be repeatedly discovered in the world of RDR2 are likely a welcome distraction, as there has hardly been anything happening in the game for months.
Why is the donkey-woman even in the game?
This theory exists about it: Some players have tried to solve the riddle of the mysterious being. The YouTuber MrBossFTW has even visited the donkey-woman multiple times. After the 2nd visit, the dead woman lay on the ground, and during the 3rd visit, he was able to saddle her and take her with him (via YouTube)
Players believe that Rockstar intentionally placed the donkey-woman as an Easter egg in the game. The connection lies with Red Dead Redemption, the predecessor, which had a glitch known as “Donkey Lady”. The glitch allowed NPCs to be used as mounts and to ride around with them.
Is this now a small hidden Easter egg from Rockstar, who wanted to make amends for the glitch from back then? It would be exciting to see if there is more behind the mysterious donkey-woman and perhaps find out who she really was. Because even if she is meant to be an Easter egg, the way she died is still sad.
In Red Dead Redemption 2, there are many mysterious puzzles that players can discover. But these 3 big puzzles have probably already been solved.
