Brazil
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Jaracacas/Jaracas
The Jaracacas is a vampiric and demonic creature from Brazilian myth. They move around in the form of a snake searching for humans to feed on. Often, they prey on mothers who are breastfeeding. They nurse off the sleeping mothers and drain their blood at the same time. Sometimes they are thought to consume the entire breast. If the baby cries in response to this creature, then it stuffs its tail in the child’s mouth. This keeps the infant quiet, but may also suffocate it. When attacking a man, they feed off the upper arm and take a small amount of blood. They will repeatedly feed on the same victim,…
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Torres Crystalline Aliens
The Torres Crystalline Aliens were sighted on January 25, 1968, at 11 p.m. The sighting occurred in Torres, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, by Axel Aberg Cobo as he was walking on a beach. He saw a silver colored glowing object come out of the ocean 25 yards away. He felt frozen in place and saw two six-foot-tall men who looked like they were made of crystal. They walked towards him stiffly and did not bend their knees. They began communicating telepathically by touching shoulders. One introduced themselves as “Rubinako” and said the words “Krebs, Navis, Carsicujo, and Krero.” The witness wrote these words down on his arms and legs…
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Mapinguari
The Mapinguari is a monstrous creature known to natives of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil, and Bolivia. Some believe it’s a giant anteater, a hairy hominid, or a giant ground sloth, like a Mylodon. This last possible identity has been extinct for 8,500 years. They were thought to range from five or six, to nine feet tall on hind legs. They are believed to have bright red fur, sharp claws for tearing apart pam trees to eat, and a foul odor. Despite being herbivores, they have been known to kill cattle by ripping out their tongues. Some stories claim its feet point backward and others say it hops on one leg.…
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Colares Dehydrating Alien
The Colares Dehydrating Alien was sighted in Colares, Brazil in October 1977. The witness was a woman named Claudomira Paixao. She was sleeping in a hammock when a bright light shone through her window and woke her up. Initially, the light was green but changed to red. She then saw a being holding something like a gun which fired a beam of light into the witness’s chest. After being hit, the witness became incredibly hot and thirsty. The being then drew blood from three places on the witness’s body. When the being and the light disappeared, the witness screamed and was immediately taken to the hospital. She was treated for…
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Lobizón/Lobisón/Lobis-Homen
The Lobizón is a werewolf from Argentina, Brazil, Uraguay, Portugal, and Paraguay. It is believed if the seventh child is male, and especially if the six previous are female, it is likely they will become a Lobizon. The belief is strong enough in Argentina that it has been common for seventh sons to be abandoned or given up for adoption. There is a large amount of stigma attached to giving birth to a possible Lobizon. The president of Argentina is officially the godfather to any seventh son as a way to avoid this. This has been largely successful. They eat the flesh of the dead, poop, and unbaptized children. They…
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Jaguareté/Cougar Noire
The Jaguareté is a cryptid from Brazil and Guyana that commonly live on the seashore. Its name comes from the Guaraní word meaning “great beast” which is also the linguistic origin of the term jaguar. They resemble jaguars with black fur on their heads, backs, sides, and tails, as well as largely white fur on the undersides, lower jaws, and paws. They are known to eat lizards, alligators, fish, turtle eggs, and the buds and leaves from the prickly pear cactus. Citations: Eberhart, George M.. Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology. United Kingdom, ABC-CLIO, 2002.
