Mexico
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Durango Six Armed Reptilian
The Durango Six-Armed Reptilian was sighted near Durango Mexico on November 10, 1965. A witness and his 15 year old son sighted a hovering disk close to the ground. A round opening was visible at the top and a reddish smoke leaked out. What climbed out was a creature described as a short humanoid creature with long ears, six tubular arms, and a long greenish tail. It carried around something resembling a metallic umbrella and seemingly used this to make signals. The creature saw the witnesses and jumped down before they immediately ran away. Citations: Rosales, Albert. Humanoid Encounters 1965-1969: The Others Amongst Us. N.p., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
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Cucuy/Cucui
El Cucuy is a bogeyman figure from Mexico and other Spanish speaking areas. It is usually described as a small creature hiding in closets and under beds, but could be described simply as a scary person or beast. It can be identified by its glowing red eyes that can be seen in the dark. It is considered most dangerous to those out at night. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Herrera-Sobek, María. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions. United Kingdom, ABC-CLIO, 2012.
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Chorti
The Chorti are mythical creatures from Mexico and Guatemala. They resemble hairy humanoids standing seven feet tall or larger, with arms and shoulders heavily packed with muscles. They have bowed legs and long ape-like arms with large claws at the end of their fingers for tearing bark off trees, cracking stones, and decapitating humans. Sometimes they’re described with backward facing feet by the Yaqui native americans. On occasion, they are viewed as nature spirits that guard forests, and other times just violent predatory creatures that kill humans to feed on their flesh and blood. They are known to leave footprints and claw marks on trees that have been seen and…
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Central American Whintosser
The Central American Whintosser is from Lumberjack Folklore. Mean and constantly causing trouble, they are often found in coastal California and Mexico. They have a long body shaped like a triangular prism with a set of four legs on each of its three sides. If there is an earthquake, they are unbothered as they won’t lose their footing even if they roll. Their heads and tails are connected to their bodies in a swiveling joint for this same reason. They have forward-facing bristling fur. They cannot be clubbed, spiked, or shot and have more lives than a cat. They can be killed by luring them into an area where all…
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Cactus Cat
The Cactus Cat is a creature from Lumberjack folklore. It is from Arizona and has the “scientific name“ cactifelinus inebrius. They live among cholla and palo verde trees. They have thorny hairs covering their body, a forked tail, and sharp knife-like bones coming from their paws. They slash open large cacti to drink the sap from inside. The Cactus Cat lets it ferment during the day and returns at night to drink up the alcohol and yells through the night while intoxicated. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Matthews, John, and Matthews, Caitlin. The Element Encyclopedia of…
