To hear the locals speak of it, you’d think a raptor had just walked off the set of Jurassic Park and into the real world. In the Atacomba desert of Northern Chile, people are seeing a large and fierce creature that is able to run next to their vehicles and leaves people in utter terror….
Author: Kat Engelman
San Pedro de Casta, Peru – The haunted lost city of Marcahuasi.
Deep in the Andes sitting above San Pedro de Casta, Peru, there is said to be a pre-Colonial Incan city. Locals avoid it entirely, the farmers have abandoned it, people see lights and hear odd sounds. There are rumors of tunnels full of gold, never to be sought after due to the haunting. San Pedro…
Madre de Dios River, Puerto Maldonado, Peru – el Chullachaqui
In remote villages deep in the Amazon, home to the Ese-Eja people along a tributary called the Madre de Dios River, there is a legend of a small three to four foot tall gremlin-like creature called the Chullachaqui. Often said to be preceded by a whistling sound, this troublesome creature has long arms, pointy ears,…
Pampa de Chaca, Arica, Chile – Aliens?! Mummies of the Atacomba & the unexplained region of the Aymara people.
In Northern Chile, strange remains were found in a Spanish mine thought to be that of a mummified alien that had landed in the area. The native Aymara tribe have been seeing lights and strange creatures deep into their history, and have experienced things in ancient mines, tunnels, and in their night sky. There have…
Island of the Dolls, Mexico City, Mexico
On an island within a canal outside of Mexico City, Mexico, there are hundreds of dolls left for the spirit of a young girl who was said to have drowned there years and years ago. It’s a two hour venture down a stream by boat to reach the island. When the girl was said to…
Yucatan, Mexico – Alux; Mayan Cryptid
Through much of the Yucatan, you will see little houses on roadsides and at resorts. These houses were built for the Alux, a Mayan cryptozoological creature akin to some types of fae species. Short at less than four feet in height, they are said to compact and dark in color. It is said that up…
Corrientes, Argentina – el Pombero
In Corrientes, Argentina there is a gnome-like, short, hairy creature that can impregnate women by touching their stomachs. To attract the Pombero, you leave rum, cigarettes, and honey out for the creature. They are thought to whistle in the jungle at night. There are many sightings in the Guarni Reservation; they say that the Pombero…
Corrientez, Argentina- The seventh son; el Lobizon.
Argentina has a deep-set belief in the supernatural, so it is of no surprise that they still hold such deep superstitions. It is still a commonly held belief in many rural (and some not-so-rural) parts of the country that the seventh son of a family of just boys will be cursed to be a Lobizon—a…
Nahuel Huapi Lake, Bariloche, Argentina – el Nahuelito, Argentina’s own Lake Monster.
Nahuel Huapi Lake is said to house the Argentine version of the Loch Ness Monster. The lake is 210 square miles with a multitude of underground tunnels that lead to the ocean. In the 1940s, Heumel Island was said to be used for nuclear experiments in the middle of the lake itself. The lake is…
Buin & Puemo, Chile – el Chupacabra, the legendary goat-sucker.
Myth or the real thing? If you venture into rural Chile, you will hear rumors about the Chupacabra—or Goat Sucker. In Latin America, the legend of el Chupacabra has gripped many rural farmers and villagers up and down through many countries. However, if you venture to Buin, Chile, the zoo has what they believe to…