Thought to be nearly seven feet tall and live in the caves of the mountains of Salta Province, Argentina, it is said to only leave the mountain at night to eat. This creature seems to be part bigfoot myth, part tale to keep your children in the house at night, but it also terrorizes adults…
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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…