Discovering Paranormal Latin America
LATM1110D01 Final Project
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…
In 1965 Juan Moricz discovered what the natives call Cueva de los Tayos, and claimed to find within it a Metal Library. Not metal like the music, mind you, but rather tablets made of shining metal, deep within the cavern. In 1976 an expedition was lead by Stanley Hall and included Neil Armstrong (yes, that…
Cenotes: The entrance to the Mayan underworld; the portal between life and death; bringer of water. You cannot have life without water. The Maya knew this, and laid out their cities and temples in respect to their sources of water– cenotes. In Chichen Itza, many cenotes have been explored, and it has been determined they…
When Francisco Pizarro invaded and sought the riches of the Inca, the Inca fled to Paititi, and took with it, their gold. A document found at the Vatican suggests that this lost city may, in fact, be real. The Incan empire was vast, spreading from Quito to Santiago, the capital was Cusco. Machu Picchu was…
Cerro Azul, Panama is a beautiful slice of paradise that, in 2009, made world-wide headlines after a group of young boys saw, claimed they were attacked by, accidentally killed, and snapped a creepy phone photo of what appeared to be a hairless, pale monster. About three feet in length with sharp looking talons, the boys…
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….
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…
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…