Poppahop Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I guess my buddy wasn't lying when he told me back then that they went to Willowridge. This guy was from Quail Valley and friends with a bunch of people at the 'Ridge and Madison.I grew up in Ft. Bend County and went to both Mo. City Jr. High and Willowridge High School during the heyday of the so-called Smurf "gangwar". 1981-1984 (Mo. City Jr. High) and 1984-1988 (Willowridge)Yes, the Smurfs were out of Willowridge; matter of fact, I had several childhood friends back then that were part of the Smurfs. However, all the hysteria and hype was just exactly that - hysteria and hype. Yeah, it was a gang; no doubt about that, but the Smurfs weren't the killers all the rumors made them out to be.They were a bunch of 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 year old juvenile delinquent committing petty crimes across southwest Houston, primarily in the Fort Bend school district and part of southwest HISD (Madison, etc.) I think the furthest north that the Smurfs ventured was in the Meyerland area and then back across to 3rd, 4th, and 5th Wards back down to Almeda Rd and 288.The older crew that the Smurfs patterened themselves after (the blue color) was Fort Bend's own chapter of the notorious L.A. gang, The Crips. Crack, prostitution, petty thievery, and gang violence were just starting to become prevalent out in Ft. Bend right about the time I started Willowridge as a freshman, so naturally these knuckleheads wanted to act like bad-a**es and imitate one of the most notrious gangs in the U.S.The Smurfs dissolved right around 1986 - 1987; I was in between my sophomore and junior years and I can remember hearing the main principle at Willowridge (the late Ed Glover) talking about the gang having been disbanded by the Ft. Bend Sheriff's Department.Needless hype and hysteria over a bunch of ignorant juvenile delinquents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptarmigan Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 I can confirm that the rumor lived on until at least 1989. That year, I was a seventh grader at Holub Middle School in Alief and remember hearing tales of an ultra-violent gang in the area that called themselves the Smurfs. I thought it was a stupid name, but I didn't question the necessity of my being deathly afraid of them.Interesting. Didn't know the Smurf rumor lasted until 1989. I thought it ended in 1983. I know it peaked that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truelovexists Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I remember the smurfs. We lived in Alief around this time. We found this HUGE drainage tunnel under the Sam Houston Tollway and Brays Bayou. They were said to have their lair in there. We took flashlights and walked in. No sign of the smurfs but about 300 yards in was an amazing spray paint mural of Houston and a surfer and some other art. Wish cell phones existed then. I would have pics. I wonder who did that mural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 And here I thought Americans in 2020 were stupid... Some things never change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebird65 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Not sure why I didn't respond to this thread back in 2008. Like cowboybud, I was at Aldine. I was senior and I figured this story was BS. But there was some hysteria going around. Supposedly the Smurfs were a gang from our rival, MacArthur. But then I spoke to a friend at Mac and he said everyone there though the Smurfs were a gang from Aldine, pretty much confirming it was just a wild rumor. But I did get a kick out of it and how lots of people were going nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 12:28 PM, Firebird65 said: Supposedly the Smurfs were a gang from our rival, MacArthur. But then I spoke to a friend at Mac and he said everyone there though the Smurfs were a gang from Aldine, pretty much confirming it was just a wild rumor. But I did get a kick out of it and how lots of people were going nuts. Generals = red and white Mustangs = blue and white Smurfs = blue Circumstantial evidence would seem to suggest a certain level of Aldine involvement. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebird65 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, mkultra25 said: Generals = red and white Mustangs = blue and white Smurfs = blue Circumstantial evidence would seem to suggest a certain level of Aldine involvement. 😉 That's part of the reason why I figured the rumors were false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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