I really appreciate that this isn't clickbait like one of those "TOP 10 MYTHICAL CREATURES FROM HALLOW EARTH" it actually shows the them and doesn't use clickbait thumbnails and red circles
You probably haven’t watched many of this guys videos. All of his videos are amazing in terms of quality and mostly factual. This guy isn’t a top 10 channel.
I LOVE Cryptid videos that are informative and NOT full of garbage sightings and obviously faked pictures and video. PLEASE do more of these in the future.
Hey if you want more videos like these, go check out Trey the Explainer. He does similar videos that are more focused. Meaning he focuses on one cryptid per video.
Fun fact about the lobisomem: Here in Argentina there actually is a law, that if someone is to be born the seventh cosecutive son of a seventh cosecutive son, they are to be formally declared the current president's godson; in other words, the president at the time of their birth becomes their Godfather. I've actually met one lucky (or unlucky) enough to have been so, although it is extremely rare.
The deep jungle almost scares me as much as the deep ocean. It's the same vibe as being way too out of your depth in a place you have no business being in and being at the total mercy of the Earth. Animals that you've never encountered before at every corner, the fear of not knowing what is going on around you because it's just too dense to see anything properly for more than a few feet. I can't tell which is worse, On one hand, you drown in the water and there could be Sharks or Krakens or some shit down there in the ocean, but on the other hand spiders, lots and lots of spiders.
It’s not usually the big things of the jungle that will end up killing you, but the little things like the quintillions of bugs (like you said) that are designed to do nothing but kill you. Ocean scares me more though knowing how much of the Earth it is and how little we actually know about what’s at the bottom of it (imo Cthulhu)
The vast, deep, wide, plains of western Asia terrify me.. imagine being dropped in the middle of a rocky Anatolian steppe, with no ocean or stream for miles around, and the only friendly people with no food to spare for you. You would simply die, of hunger or murder.
Here i thought i was going to bed but no, my main man fire of learning has to post a late night video preventing me much needed rest. Well played fire of learning... Well played.
Not all Ground sloths were elephant size like Megatherium. Mylodon is a "small" species of ground sloth that lived in South America as recently as ten thousand years ago. It was ten feet long and when standing up wouldn't be that much taller than a man. It also had a relatively longer skull than other ground sloths giving it an almost horse like face. Mummified remains have been found showing that it had yellowish to reddish brown fur.
@@hwitt2237An explanation may be that, perhaps, few of the ground sloths make it to adulthood, thus sightings of the adults are far fewer. Although, this idea is flawed as, even if the adults are few, we still should have found at least one.
Just a fun fact In portuguese, “minhocão” can be translate to “big worm” because “minhoca” is worm, and the end “ão” means “big” So, many words with the end “ao” is just the “big” version, like: Carro = car Carrão = big car Anyway, great video, I’m a brazilian and I didn’t know many of the creatures you say in the video
Here in Brazil, some legends say the lobisomem is the seventh son conceived on a crossroads and, when standing at a crossroads where a horse rolled on the ground, will transform into a wolf, but with the flesh outside and the fur on the inside, and from midnight until dawn, go around killing every animal and person he finds along the way. He can be killed by a bullet dunk in wax made from candles that burned on midnight masses. There are other variants, but this one is the most horrible for me.
I was told as a child that something which made a 7th son more likely to become a Lobisomem was if he inflicted physical violence upon his own mother and that the thorns of the orange tree would either kill him/cure him
Especially in ancient times, who could ever document that any of that happened? "Oh yeah, a horse rolled there." Good thing all these christian related solutions came available.
Tree sloths can have a terrible smell for several reasons: 1, the leaves they eat actually rot/ferment inside them, 2, their low body temperature and slow movement allows mold to grow in their fur, 3, they are coprophagic. So, the foul odor is very possible, if ground sloths acted similarly.
I love your cryptid videos, i think its so cool to see what different cultures fear and have come up with. Please do one for every continent or major region. Great work.
12:25 This picture made me so happy, this statute of the Mapinguari is located in the Chico Mendes Park in Rio Branco, Brazil, my hometown, I have a picture of me as a kid by the side of this statue, it still exists. In the same area of the park there are some plaques and other statues about the local Amazonian folklore.
I actually have a Lobisomem story in my family - or almost My grandmother had seven brothers, that were all born in a row and indeed, out of fear uncle Benedict, the seventh and youngest, would become a lobisomem, he was baptised by uncle Deomar, who was the oldest of them. That was said to break the curse and grant a normal life to the boy. What is funniest about it is that the entire family is German in origin and mostly didn't speak Portuguese at home at the time, but anyways the fear of a son becoming a blood drinking monster was enough lmao
Woah thanks, dude! I am currently learning the history of South America for a project, this will bring up my points quite a bit! Also while I'm at it, Great content my guy! you're like the way clearer Tierzoo, He's fun and informative but you're even more information I'd say. Can't wait for the 500.000 mark!
Paraguayan here, I'll add my two cents in. I have a cousin who has a black Great Dane and it's funny seeing people's reactions on the street when he takes it for walks at night. The headless Dog isn't associated with Luison (at least I've never heard of it) But it is associated with "Plata Yvyguy" or buried treasure, Which are said to be hidden by people during the war in 1870s, often they're supposed to be cursed, Some people have on occasion found some gold and such. The backwards feet is a feature of many myths as the idea is that you cannot tract these being's footprints, we have "Pombero" a hairy, wild man with backward feet who comes out at night and is a bit of a Puck character. can give some more Paraguayan folklore here for folks asking
@@daniellikesgoogle7080 well, I'll elaborate a bit further on Pombero with some personal information, my grandparents claim to have encountered Pombero, and Dad (who's a big skeptic of this stuff may I add) also claims to have seen him while on guard duty when he was a cadet. Pombero is said to protect your fields if you show him respect and if one leaves rum and cigars for him, he's meant to bring you good fortune, but he is also spiteful and a trickster and will whistle in the night to confuse you in the bush (it's said the further away it sounds, the closer he is) Then there's the seven beastly offspring of Tau and Kerana. Kerana was a "native sleeping beauty" of sorts that was kidnapped by an evil spirit, Tau, and so they were cursed so that their children would be monsters. the first one was Teju Jagua (Lizard dog) he's a large creature with the body of a Teju lizard and seven dog heads and a fiery gaze, Teju Jagua is the protector of the woods and is arguably the most benign of the seven. As he eats wild fruits and will only attack trespassers. there's also Mboi Tu'i (Snake parrot) a giant snake with the head of a parrot that eats people. Ao-Ao, which a large part sheep, part bear, part boar (depending on who you talk to) that also eats people. the fourth child is Jasy Jatere, the moon child, accounts vary but most say he's a blue eyed, blond feral child that will seek lost children in the woods, will get them drunk with honey and play with them. When he gets bored he either drowns the child, steals his youth of feeds him to Ao Ao, again depends on whos talking. he also can casts magic and his source of power is a staff he carries (think a bit like the godling from the witcher, but nastier) then there's Kurupi which, oh boy, prepare yourself because I'm not making this up this is the actual myth. Is human like but has a Penis so long he winds it around his waist like a belt. He's a violent rapist and will rape lost women to death or some derivation, again depends on who you talk to. sixth is Monhai, which is either another giant Snake monster or a Bigfoot like monster, the only consistent thing is that he was burnt alive in a cave. The seventh Monster is Luison (this is why the seventh son of a seventh son turns into one) Luison is as he said above, but he's also akin to the black shuck of England, if you feel his touch, it means that you or someone you know is going to die. these are the universal ones, but there are others such as Malavision (literally bad vision, if you see it you will be lost in the bush forever) a lot of this is oral traditions that go back generations and no two people will tell you the same thing. Some places also have their own local mythical monsters, lake Ypoa has it's own lake monster (I don't know much about it)
On Pombero in my family, I'm skeptical of these but something about the conviction my relatives have when saying these stories unnerves me, as if something strange did happen and this is the way they reason it For some reason my grandparents couldn't keep dogs in their farm as each dog they got ended up dying of illness, this is were Grandad got his habit of picking up random critters he found and raising them as pets. We have a photo from the nineties of the pet Maned wolf that Grandad raised, Grandad had also raised a black vulture and a Koati, raccoon like thing but they didn't have a camera back then. Grandad apparently gave an offering of Rum and cigars to Pombero in order to get whatever killed the dogs cleaned and it apparently worked. Dad was in the Paraguayan army and one of his tasks as a Cadet was guard duty. The barracks he was at was on the outskirts of town and so it bordered part of the bush. He claims that while him and another cadet were patrolling the area one night, something in the bush threw rocks at them and they fired back, with no result. One guy was pushed into a fence with barbed wire from behind by Pombero supposedly in that same part of the barracks. The guy claimed he was walking alone to replace some one on guard when he was pushed and tangled in the barbed wire, Dad was the one that found him apparently when going back from guard. As I said, He's the kind of guy that scoffs at these things and thinks they're a joke, but he's dead serious that something was off with that part of the barracks.
Like many others who have said, I'm so glad this isn't clickbait filled with those eyesore-causing red circles with 144p videos of "sightings" that look very much fake. I know you've done plenty, as I have watched the North American & British cyptids. Tbh, listening to other country's cryprids is very interesting to me, as I know the majority of the Northern American cyptids. Please keep doing these videos. I love them.
Came for the history, stayed for the greatness of the content… Thanks for everything Fire of learning these videos have been getting me through lockdown here in New Zealand!!
Ok, so I want to comment on the cadejos. I'm from Guatemala and I have first hand experience with them. I'll admit I haven't finished watching this segment but I would like to talk about it. I've seen the black cadejos when I was a child. I was miss behaving and ran away. When my mom went to look for me she said she saw me staring directly in the eyes of a huge black dog with a chain on its neck and fire in its eyes. The cadejo growled at her, turned around and just vanished. My mom took me to a witch (because she is very superstitious) and before my mom told the witch anything about what happened, the witch told her I am being protected/guarded by the black cadejo. Which is a very common thing many witches tell me when I visit one. But as for the white cadejo, the stories I have been told is that they follow drunks or people about to die. They follow them before their death's and protect them as their soul has been claimed by the devil. But this story goes both for the black and white cadejo. Both are very evil in my culture according to many elders.
Interesting in Nicaragua it's the opposite when you're wandering around late at night you don't want to run into the black cadejo. If you're lucky the white one will come along and protect you from the black one if not then it mauls you. If you find the white one first it protects you and follows you until you get home. You also don't have to be a drunk to see them, they just appear to anyone who is out really late at night.
Sidenote, the black cadejo (Nicaragua) starts following you, and if you feel it's presence you can't look back, cause it will attack you. The only way to protect yourself is to just keep walking and go home...never look back. I live in Brazil now and even now, when I am walking at night and feel like I'm being followed I don't look back and just try to get home fast. Hahaha, oh that social conditioning.
Love the cryptid videos. As for the ghost ship- it's both a fun afterlife and a malevolent ghost trap. The captain was a real introvert, so he designed his evil ghost ship to just be a neverending party. But it's got really chill vibes, so everybody else is having a good time. "Hey, great party! But it looks like we're out of chips." "YOU WANT CHIPS, DO YOU? WELL THEN, CHIPS YOU SHALL HAVE! MUHAHAHAHA!!" "Hey, thanks!" "...sigh."
I can't believe this video flew under my radar for over a week. I've been enjoying this series since I saw Mythical Creatures of North America, as it feeds into my love of folklore and legends. I'm glad you're still making these; thank you.
Im from north-eastern Argentina, bordering Brazil, and we have the minhocao legend here too, only called miñocón. There are some natural ditches or trenches-like formations cutting through the middle of my town and legend has it that those were formed by the miñocón passing by. Another version has it that it was instead Teyú Yaguá, another of the monstrous sons of Tau and Kerana, said to be a huge lizard with the head of a dog or something. I've read that those are actually ancient caves or subterranean rivers whose roof collapsed long time ago, leaving those formations like trenches. It's interesting to see how the myths of the aboriginals and the europeans have mixed to such an extent that they form totally new legends and folklore.
Are you from San Tomé? I have hear of the ditches dug by the raging Teyú-yaguá in the legend Also have the minhocón legend in Rio Grande, but we are more likely to call it cobra grande
@@mattsavigny6084 indeed, the region's folklore, fed by the different cultures along the Uruguay, became quite rich The teyú yaguá / teiniaguá legend as it was recorded by Lopes Neto is my favourite, a shame an epic like that isn't known outside the Plata region
He speaks clearly and concisely, the most important thing to have if you are a video essay/research channel. If you sir are a true fire of learning, than that must make me a moth. So be it, your content is great and I appreciate the work you put in.
I'm from Brazil my father was the 7th son of a 7th son and his father made his older brother and older Sister baptize him só he wouldnt turn in to a werewolf.
I love these cryptid videos as they help tell in more detail about all these different cryptids. I'm doing a bit of research on several cryptids as of now and this helps lots. Thank you Fire of Learning for making these videos :D
You guys will call fake news on me but I'll say it anyway. I'm Latino and the creature that appears on 17:16 is called the monster Labatut. Legend says he was a French pirate that was feared by the locals for doing all sort of nasty things to them, including cannibalism and whanot. The locals quickly turned him into a myth and that's how the legend was born. However the quirkiest part - the part you guys will call fake news on me - is that I know one of his descendants. He used to be a friend of mine, and believe it or not he was a super hairy guy - even though we were just teenagers when we met.
There were all kinds of extinct sloths, some even aquatic. Of the ground sloths, there were species within the range of the reported size of the mapinguari, which would also be more likely to be able to survive in the deep rainforest, unlike the better known and truly massive species like the Megatherium or Eremotherium.
After hearing the description of Mapinguari, I immediately thought of a giant ground sloth, based off of the "backwards feet". Some details in the description fits so well to these strange animals, but I'm not convinced. Although I'm heavily skeptical that it still exists, I'll admit the possibility. As far as I know, the lack of evidence put forth doesn't prove their continued existence, and suggests that ground sloths are indeed extinct. However, the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Seeing that the climate shifted in the native ranges of ancient ground sloths over the last few thousand years, they would have needed to severely and quickly adapt to a changing environment, evade overhunting by predators and early humans(if they even began inhabiting the area) and still retain enough genetic diversity to keep stable populations. Almost everything about their lifestyle would need to change, including behaviors, diet, size, and overall ecological niche, which may or may not have been open for their occupation. I will remain skeptical about their existence, but I will not disregard it. Of all cryptids I've heard of, either from the laughable imaginations of creationists, to the folklore of tribes and cultures, the Mapinguari probably has the best chance of actually being real. Until evidence is shown and properly examined, I will remain skeptical. As an amateur evolutionary biologist, zoologist and lover of paleontology, I want this animal to be real, but skepticism is more important. Thank you for informing me on this cryptid I otherwise would never have heard about. I assure you, my colleagues would be interested in hearing this.
Hi! I am from Chile, and I must say that the work you did is amazing!, you covered everything in a very detailed way, It is great to see videos like this that talk of this region of the world, and for my part, the most interesting legend of my country may be the one about the warlocks of Chiloe, beacuse it is not just a mere history of the island, it is a horror tale, a cult of devil worshipers and the black arts that lie in the caves and islands of the archipelago, they are presented as evil human beings who have made pacts to gain unnatural abilities and personal benefit from them . The monsters that you mentioned, the imbunche, were actually little children who were kidnapped by the warlocks and through torture and black magic they were disfigured until they became their mindless servants, they protect the caves where the cult of the warlocks called ''the majority'' lies. They dedicate themselves to whatever field they want, from the search for power over nature to find mortal riches. And long ago it was said that they "flew at night" due to their ability to become birds, but many people now say that they fly in the day.... but of course, it is just an interesting legend of an island in the south of the continent! ... or maybe not?
My grandpa farm used to be attacked by "lobisomens" to the point he lost some workers out of fear, took him a while to catch one to show to the workers they were just guys in costumes. The costume was basically a heavy leather shirt and pants with long iron spikes sewed on it to hurt the dogs when they bite them, machetes and he said they used to make weird noises to scare people. He was from Rio de Janeiro and grew in farmlands but he never believed in legends because he was a delinquent as a teen and made many of these legends "real" just to screw with people some stuff he did was dressing like a bride and crying in cemeteries and run screaming if someone got close, jumping people at long desert roads with a cow skull in his head and using a black cowhide around his body, braiding horses manes and tails, passing pig blood* in peoples doors at night, anything dumb you can think a teen would do he did. *His family had a pig farm so he had easy access to pig blood Not saying that cryptids can't exist but we need to remember how much people loves to mess with others for fun too.
When I was in grade school I really wanted to start rumors about some strange creature. I used to wrap animal furs around my body, jump out of the bushes and run across the street in front of cars while screaming strange sounds. I never heard anything about it from anyone in the neighborhood, pretty sure they just assumed it was me. Plus it was in the city in a neighborhood where it was mostly doctors and college professors.
Its amazing how some cryptids follow extinct creatures.. like the man who turned into what is described as the megatherium (a giant ground sloth) and how bigfoot might be a gigantopithecus. One I love the thought of is how the Loch Ness moster is a plesiosaur. All of these share some sort of agreement that creatures thought to be extinct might actually be alive still
I recommend stories written by Miguel Angel Asturias, a guatemalan writer who adapts mayan and folk tales from his country into short fantastic realism stories, including the Cadejo.
A random fact by a Brazilian, Minhocão is actually one of the names for an event that we believe has three names for the same "creature", A cobra Grande, "Minhocão" and Boitatá. All of them were super influenced by the indigenous culture that links the Boi Tatá to these two other beings, but what happens is that in the original story of Boitatá, he is a snake that flies in the sky and the people did the rest to actually link these creatures what is in reality only one into the folclore and myth of the region. Nowadays most of ppl that actually studied these reports and the possibilities of that creature believe that the event of the "minhocão" actually maybe it was something UFO or some major atmospheric phenomenon in the sky. The main reason for this was photos recently revealed by the government of one of the largest documented operations on UFOs called Operation Dish (Operação Prato), where in some of these photos we can see these supposed ships in "snake" shapes. In this lecture you can see some of these photos ua-cam.com/video/xm1bz48TiP0/v-deo.html Around 4:50
Houston's Museum of Natural Science hosted the excellent LOTR show some years ago: Props, weapons, costumes, art. This was before the construction of our fine Paleontology Hall. On leaving the show, a giant sloth skeleton could have passed for a Troll. Mounted above, Quetzalcoatlus, the largest pteranodon, reminded all of a Fell Beast. Could fossils have inspired legends of fantastic beasts?
In early colonization period in Brazil had numerous enconters with fantastic creatures but almost all of then were normal animals like for example the history of the Ipupiara in the coast of Brazil, they inhabited beachs and rocks close to the beach and were huge and fat animals that could stand in his two flippers and attacked fishing sites of the native tribes of the region stealing their fish, had many stories written in books that were send to Portugal telling what animals had here and this animal was one of the most facinating one because was like a mythcal creature but real and being in contact everytime by the settlers. Well the story don't end so well they started to hunt the Ipupiara expulsing him from the coast of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, no is pretty clear by the description, some remains found and some eventual sights that were just sealions that the portuguese never saw and the natives that the portuguese allied that were from more further inland never saw this animals and only know then by legend or by their rivals account were pretty happy see then go away from theirs new fishing places. BTW this legend spread from all regions of Brazil and they started creating legends about Ipupiara found in rivers
@@omnius1357 yeah almost because some of then were legends or spirits that natives talked and the portuguese misunderstand this, so not every one was animals
Man I love these types of videos u explain everything in detail instead of just telling that it's this type of cryptid u cover every theory instead of others who just say that it's this and this and they don't explain anything else
One of my favorite books is The Monstrumologist, and I’m stunned by how many similarities the Mapinguari has with Anthropophage. Like, the Anthropophage in that book has two eyes, but other than that, it has the stomach mouth, smells bad, walks bipedal, and so on. I wonder if the author drew inspiration from that cryptid? (I know the Anthropophage predates that book, but I don’t know how detailed the descriptions are for the ones in other literature)
Very interesting general coverage of some of the mythical creatures here, it is worth commenting that mapinguari is also known in the colombian amazon basin region as the "curupira". It would be cool if you expand in the chiloean mythology, including southern Chile's horrible "El cuero" water monster, nice video, cheers!
Love this channel. This was a great addition to the campfire series. However, Trey The Explainer debunked the De Loys Ape. Trey is a credible Paleontologist. His channel is indepth and fascinating just like Fire of Learning. A collab would be amazing. Combining both each other's expertise would be intellectually thought provoking and a good dive.
So in love with this video. South American legens and cryptids get rarely any attention, and a lot of the time it's a version adapted/imagined by someone in the US and they sound so lame and stupid compared to the original, which in turn puts people off from looking further into it. And the inclusion of more than just Brazil and Mexico shows that you actually care about what you're saying! Awesome job!! Finally someone mentions Chile, Perú, Guatemala, Ecuador, Paraguay, etc!! Also, if anyone wants more Chilean cryptids, I would also throw in the Yastay, the Cuchivilu, the Piuchén, the Basilisco Chilote... And my favourite due to how wild the creature description is: the "Cuero" (cuero means hide/leather in Spanish), truly interesting critters! If you want more "human" ones you have the Trauco and the Fiura, the Pincoya and the Pincoy, the witches of Chiloé, the Tue-Tue, the 3 Pascualas, among many others.
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Black dogs are also prevelent in some African cultures, they say if you walk through a doorway and somebody sees a black dog follow you in it means you'll die soon. They view it as a peaceful omen though, as if the little guy is there to comfort or warn you in the last of your days
l love these, they're the innocent equivalent to irl murderers but retain the same mystique, they are also informative of the regions these fictional creatures come from.
Hello. I'm from Costa Rica. Our Cadejos is only one, a huge black dog with goat's hooves, long hair and fiery eyes. Sometimes he carries chains. He's said to appear to drunkards to guide them home safely and scare them into sobriety, but sometimes sober men can see him. If he has no business with you he will pass by harmlessly. I know of no stories of the Cadejos attacking anyone or appearing to women. Some legends say he was a young man who was cursed by his father. In some areas of the country they say his name is Joaquin (no relation to Phoenix) and you can call him to you, though I don't know why anyone would want to do that. In my country he's neither good nor evil. Only terrifying. My father says he saw him once, about a week before my grandfather's death. Less frequent are the sights of a small, pretty white dog named Copito (Snowflake), who walks on air and appears only to women, specially pregnant women. He's sort of a protective spirit, limited to some specific regions of the Costa Rican highlands.
The big mouth on the mapingwari / ground sloth cryptid may be a pouch that they're describing instead of a mouth. I was thinking about that and that would be the right area and it would look weird if it was covered in moss and other things that sloths are usually covered in. I would imagine it would also smell.
The mapinguari/ground sloth connection is so cool. I'm totally on board with the 'distant cultural memory' theory, especially since some giant sloth bones fashioned into pendants have recently been discovered, proving that people and ground sloths lived together in South America.
Me a few minutes ago: "It's almost midnight in Peru ,I need to turn off my PC and go to sleep" Fire of Learning releases new video (this time about South America) Me now: "Damn, I just wanted to go sleep, I'm happy and angry"
Salvadoran here! About cadejos: in our region, it is believed that they whistle. If you hear the whistling close, means they are far from you, but if you hear it far, its right behind you.
I always come back to your cryptid videos to fall asleep to, I’ve watched/listened to them a bunch of times. Usually the North American one is my go to cuz I’m Native American & relate more to the stories but I love it all.
23:45 Ah so that what El Caleuche is. I was always wondering about this ghostly vessel since I saw it featured as a skin for the player controlled pirate ship in the Pirates of the Caribbean adventure in the original Disney’s Infinity video game I played when I was younger. I love story’s like these with mythical vessels and ghostly crews. I’m going to carry the tradition forth of telling tall tales on the high seas when I’m eventually going on the ocean myself once I graduate from nautical school.
In Chile the region in witch this ship is from is known for the various crypto tales in the area. Dwarves, witches in forms of birds and the coast being such a part of Chileans lives the sirens and Caleuche. Pretty neat
The greatest link between mapinguari and ground sloths to me is that mapinguari are said to have stones under their skin that protected them from attacks, and ground sloths actually had osteoderms under their skin that were tested and would actually protect from spears. And yes, it died off so recently that we have preserved skin and fur from it!
My dad claims to have been followed by a Cadejo. First followed by a dog, then a man and a dog, then a man, and then they disappeared. They could be shape shifters like in North America.
Great job with the cryptid and mythologies videos. I love listening to them in the background while doing other stuff. You should do videos on Australia and Africa.
I really love your content. And I have to say like many people on the comment stream I really appreciate this not being Clickbait and actually having well researched information. Good job Bob lol
Thank you for your wisdom and a serious video about cryptids and didn't know how much I appreciated that until I read a comment pointing that out ...cheers
The Canejo is like the Amerindia SkinWalker Whereas a Witch Doctor or Shaman goes rogue and starts to practice black magic . Turning himself into a Canejo or Skinwalker
The equivalent of the skinwalker is the mexican nahual (also spelled "nagual") and the guatemalan "characoteles". The legends is basically about a shapeshifter that using a black magic ritual, they turn into unnaturally large animals. A turkey, a donkey, pigs, dogs and cats. The purpose is to perform damage on others at night, by entering to their properties. They are dangerous, but if harmed, they return to human form.
This one wound up being super fascinating! I’m loving the cryptid series my friend, and I’m looking forward to the aliens on the second channel! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
I think the colocolo cat here in chile is a good example on how an animal could perfectly dissappear from human sight for decades, i just can't imagine how it would be in a jungle. Also there's the example of the golden bear found in northern europe a while ago.
I am from Chile and I already knew some of the stories told here but there were many who did not. without a doubt the Latin American continent is very mysterious even for its own people
I really appreciate that this isn't clickbait like one of those "TOP 10 MYTHICAL CREATURES FROM HALLOW EARTH" it actually shows the them and doesn't use clickbait thumbnails and red circles
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And it's actually cryptids than folklore and mythical creatures like wendigo or skinwalkers.
You probably haven’t watched many of this guys videos. All of his videos are amazing in terms of quality and mostly factual. This guy isn’t a top 10 channel.
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I LOVE Cryptid videos that are informative and NOT full of garbage sightings and obviously faked pictures and video.
PLEASE do more of these in the future.
Hey if you want more videos like these, go check out Trey the Explainer. He does similar videos that are more focused. Meaning he focuses on one cryptid per video.
@@JeilyFan124 trey the explainer just calls everything an owl. I don't understand how people like his channel.
@@SonsOfMars. That's basking shark erasure, and dunno for me his crypt videos are quite nice and funny
@@CoolMagmar he called this alien people saw an owl also lmao even tho it was like 7 feet tall
ARE ya sayin bigfoot aint real son! Get outta here GLenn!
Fun fact about the lobisomem: Here in Argentina there actually is a law, that if someone is to be born the seventh cosecutive son of a seventh cosecutive son, they are to be formally declared the current president's godson; in other words, the president at the time of their birth becomes their Godfather. I've actually met one lucky (or unlucky) enough to have been so, although it is extremely rare.
Here in Chile also that law exist, and also it's extremely rare, but it happens.
thats very interesting.
Man, you Argentinian's are some hc Iron Maiden fans, up the irons \,,,/
How ridiculous.
Wtf? Why?
The deep jungle almost scares me as much as the deep ocean. It's the same vibe as being way too out of your depth in a place you have no business being in and being at the total mercy of the Earth. Animals that you've never encountered before at every corner, the fear of not knowing what is going on around you because it's just too dense to see anything properly for more than a few feet. I can't tell which is worse, On one hand, you drown in the water and there could be Sharks or Krakens or some shit down there in the ocean, but on the other hand spiders, lots and lots of spiders.
It’s not usually the big things of the jungle that will end up killing you, but the little things like the quintillions of bugs (like you said) that are designed to do nothing but kill you.
Ocean scares me more though knowing how much of the Earth it is and how little we actually know about what’s at the bottom of it (imo Cthulhu)
And somehow, people pull it off anyway.
Never get off the boat
Not the spiders, think of the snakes they are way worse
The vast, deep, wide, plains of western Asia terrify me.. imagine being dropped in the middle of a rocky Anatolian steppe, with no ocean or stream for miles around, and the only friendly people with no food to spare for you. You would simply die, of hunger or murder.
Here i thought i was going to bed but no, my main man fire of learning has to post a late night video preventing me much needed rest. Well played fire of learning... Well played.
Is that your car??
@@tarancehill651 he IS the car
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Not all Ground sloths were elephant size like Megatherium.
Mylodon is a "small" species of ground sloth that lived in South America as recently as ten thousand years ago. It was ten feet long and when standing up wouldn't be that much taller than a man. It also had a relatively longer skull than other ground sloths giving it an almost horse like face. Mummified remains have been found showing that it had yellowish to reddish brown fur.
They may have also encountered juvenile ground sloths.
@@jerikropp6394 Exactly. Just like paleontologists assumed every dinosaur was an adult. Ot never accrued to them that juveniles existed. Lol
@@jerikropp6394 but if they run into enough juveniles to make a real story, shouldn’t they also run into adults?
@@hwitt2237An explanation may be that, perhaps, few of the ground sloths make it to adulthood, thus sightings of the adults are far fewer. Although, this idea is flawed as, even if the adults are few, we still should have found at least one.
Just a fun fact
In portuguese, “minhocão” can be translate to “big worm” because “minhoca” is worm, and the end “ão” means “big”
So, many words with the end “ao” is just the “big” version, like:
Carro = car Carrão = big car
Anyway, great video, I’m a brazilian and I didn’t know many of the creatures you say in the video
Wait, so is João... Big Jo?
@@juniperrodley9843 Yes.
@@juniperrodley9843 It would be Joãozão don't ask me way but would be this way for big Joe
@@R............. that's hilarious
@@juniperrodley9843 Big John
These videos are great. Not just a short video with a few cryptids but an in-depth one. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Here in Brazil, some legends say the lobisomem is the seventh son conceived on a crossroads and, when standing at a crossroads where a horse rolled on the ground, will transform into a wolf, but with the flesh outside and the fur on the inside, and from midnight until dawn, go around killing every animal and person he finds along the way. He can be killed by a bullet dunk in wax made from candles that burned on midnight masses. There are other variants, but this one is the most horrible for me.
That is oddly specific
Hahaha!
Must be horrible for you because it's so goddamn specific
I was told as a child that something which made a 7th son more likely to become a Lobisomem was if he inflicted physical violence upon his own mother and that the thorns of the orange tree would either kill him/cure him
Especially in ancient times, who could ever document that any of that happened? "Oh yeah, a horse rolled there." Good thing all these christian related solutions came available.
Tree sloths can have a terrible smell for several reasons: 1, the leaves they eat actually rot/ferment inside them, 2, their low body temperature and slow movement allows mold to grow in their fur, 3, they are coprophagic.
So, the foul odor is very possible, if ground sloths acted similarly.
Didn't know sloths where that smelly.
@@nidohime6233 they are. I have a few as distant relatives.
I love your cryptid videos, i think its so cool to see what different cultures fear and have come up with. Please do one for every continent or major region. Great work.
Velocirapper is a great username
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@@Fireoflearningyes indeed, it is quite a fantastic and beautiful name.
12:25 This picture made me so happy, this statute of the Mapinguari is located in the Chico Mendes Park in Rio Branco, Brazil, my hometown, I have a picture of me as a kid by the side of this statue, it still exists. In the same area of the park there are some plaques and other statues about the local Amazonian folklore.
I actually have a Lobisomem story in my family - or almost
My grandmother had seven brothers, that were all born in a row and indeed, out of fear uncle Benedict, the seventh and youngest, would become a lobisomem, he was baptised by uncle Deomar, who was the oldest of them. That was said to break the curse and grant a normal life to the boy.
What is funniest about it is that the entire family is German in origin and mostly didn't speak Portuguese at home at the time, but anyways the fear of a son becoming a blood drinking monster was enough lmao
Germans in south america?
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@@userequaltoNull why not?
did your great grandfather have a funny moustache?
My great-grandfather had a lot of werewolf stories
@@moctezooma lmfao IYKYK
I love this. Please do one for cryptids in Germany and/or continental Europe.
Yeah I bet Germany have some cool ones. Or 'Prussia'
The British Isles cryptid video was awesome!
Woah thanks, dude! I am currently learning the history of South America for a project, this will bring up my points quite a bit!
Also while I'm at it, Great content my guy! you're like the way clearer Tierzoo, He's fun and informative but you're even more information I'd say. Can't wait for the 500.000 mark!
Paraguayan here, I'll add my two cents in.
I have a cousin who has a black Great Dane and it's funny seeing people's reactions on the street when he takes it for walks at night.
The headless Dog isn't associated with Luison (at least I've never heard of it)
But it is associated with "Plata Yvyguy" or buried treasure, Which are said to be hidden by people during the war in 1870s, often they're supposed to be cursed, Some people have on occasion found some gold and such.
The backwards feet is a feature of many myths as the idea is that you cannot tract these being's footprints, we have "Pombero" a hairy, wild man with backward feet who comes out at night and is a bit of a Puck character.
can give some more Paraguayan folklore here for folks asking
Feel free to talk about anymore folklore you think is interesting.
We also have a man with backward feet here in Brazil its called Curupira.
@@daniellikesgoogle7080 well, I'll elaborate a bit further on Pombero with some personal information, my grandparents claim to have encountered Pombero, and Dad (who's a big skeptic of this stuff may I add) also claims to have seen him while on guard duty when he was a cadet.
Pombero is said to protect your fields if you show him respect and if one leaves rum and cigars for him, he's meant to bring you good fortune, but he is also spiteful and a trickster and will whistle in the night to confuse you in the bush (it's said the further away it sounds, the closer he is)
Then there's the seven beastly offspring of Tau and Kerana. Kerana was a "native sleeping beauty" of sorts that was kidnapped by an evil spirit, Tau, and so they were cursed so that their children would be monsters.
the first one was Teju Jagua (Lizard dog) he's a large creature with the body of a Teju lizard and seven dog heads and a fiery gaze, Teju Jagua is the protector of the woods and is arguably the most benign of the seven. As he eats wild fruits and will only attack trespassers.
there's also Mboi Tu'i (Snake parrot) a giant snake with the head of a parrot that eats people. Ao-Ao, which a large part sheep, part bear, part boar (depending on who you talk to) that also eats people.
the fourth child is Jasy Jatere, the moon child, accounts vary but most say he's a blue eyed, blond feral child that will seek lost children in the woods, will get them drunk with honey and play with them. When he gets bored he either drowns the child, steals his youth of feeds him to Ao Ao, again depends on whos talking. he also can casts magic and his source of power is a staff he carries (think a bit like the godling from the witcher, but nastier)
then there's Kurupi which, oh boy, prepare yourself because I'm not making this up this is the actual myth. Is human like but has a Penis so long he winds it around his waist like a belt. He's a violent rapist and will rape lost women to death or some derivation, again depends on who you talk to.
sixth is Monhai, which is either another giant Snake monster or a Bigfoot like monster, the only consistent thing is that he was burnt alive in a cave.
The seventh Monster is Luison (this is why the seventh son of a seventh son turns into one) Luison is as he said above, but he's also akin to the black shuck of England, if you feel his touch, it means that you or someone you know is going to die.
these are the universal ones, but there are others such as Malavision (literally bad vision, if you see it you will be lost in the bush forever) a lot of this is oral traditions that go back generations and no two people will tell you the same thing. Some places also have their own local mythical monsters, lake Ypoa has it's own lake monster (I don't know much about it)
On Pombero in my family, I'm skeptical of these but something about the conviction my relatives have when saying these stories unnerves me, as if something strange did happen and this is the way they reason it
For some reason my grandparents couldn't keep dogs in their farm as each dog they got ended up dying of illness, this is were Grandad got his habit of picking up random critters he found and raising them as pets. We have a photo from the nineties of the pet Maned wolf that Grandad raised, Grandad had also raised a black vulture and a Koati, raccoon like thing but they didn't have a camera back then.
Grandad apparently gave an offering of Rum and cigars to Pombero in order to get whatever killed the dogs cleaned and it apparently worked.
Dad was in the Paraguayan army and one of his tasks as a Cadet was guard duty. The barracks he was at was on the outskirts of town and so it bordered part of the bush. He claims that while him and another cadet were patrolling the area one night, something in the bush threw rocks at them and they fired back, with no result. One guy was pushed into a fence with barbed wire from behind by Pombero supposedly in that same part of the barracks. The guy claimed he was walking alone to replace some one on guard when he was pushed and tangled in the barbed wire, Dad was the one that found him apparently when going back from guard.
As I said, He's the kind of guy that scoffs at these things and thinks they're a joke, but he's dead serious that something was off with that part of the barracks.
@@the_chosen_one5642 Kurupi in Paraguay is a... big penis demon.... that's the easiest way to sum it up. More info on it in the long write up below
Like many others who have said, I'm so glad this isn't clickbait filled with those eyesore-causing red circles with 144p videos of "sightings" that look very much fake. I know you've done plenty, as I have watched the North American & British cyptids. Tbh, listening to other country's cryprids is very interesting to me, as I know the majority of the Northern American cyptids. Please keep doing these videos. I love them.
Came for the history, stayed for the greatness of the content… Thanks for everything Fire of learning these videos have been getting me through lockdown here in New Zealand!!
Ok, so I want to comment on the cadejos. I'm from Guatemala and I have first hand experience with them. I'll admit I haven't finished watching this segment but I would like to talk about it. I've seen the black cadejos when I was a child. I was miss behaving and ran away. When my mom went to look for me she said she saw me staring directly in the eyes of a huge black dog with a chain on its neck and fire in its eyes. The cadejo growled at her, turned around and just vanished. My mom took me to a witch (because she is very superstitious) and before my mom told the witch anything about what happened, the witch told her I am being protected/guarded by the black cadejo. Which is a very common thing many witches tell me when I visit one. But as for the white cadejo, the stories I have been told is that they follow drunks or people about to die. They follow them before their death's and protect them as their soul has been claimed by the devil. But this story goes both for the black and white cadejo. Both are very evil in my culture according to many elders.
I appreciate you sharing your personal experience with us
@@Fireoflearning I enjoy your videos. If there's ever another I'm familiar with or have experience with then I will definitely comment! 👍
Interesting in Nicaragua it's the opposite when you're wandering around late at night you don't want to run into the black cadejo. If you're lucky the white one will come along and protect you from the black one if not then it mauls you. If you find the white one first it protects you and follows you until you get home. You also don't have to be a drunk to see them, they just appear to anyone who is out really late at night.
bro that sounds kinda scary ngl
Sidenote, the black cadejo (Nicaragua) starts following you, and if you feel it's presence you can't look back, cause it will attack you. The only way to protect yourself is to just keep walking and go home...never look back. I live in Brazil now and even now, when I am walking at night and feel like I'm being followed I don't look back and just try to get home fast. Hahaha, oh that social conditioning.
Hey, I'm here from Brazil, watching the vídeo right now, loved the way you showed part of our culture, great vídeo
Love the cryptid videos. As for the ghost ship- it's both a fun afterlife and a malevolent ghost trap. The captain was a real introvert, so he designed his evil ghost ship to just be a neverending party. But it's got really chill vibes, so everybody else is having a good time.
"Hey, great party! But it looks like we're out of chips."
"YOU WANT CHIPS, DO YOU? WELL THEN, CHIPS YOU SHALL HAVE! MUHAHAHAHA!!"
"Hey, thanks!"
"...sigh."
I love South America, especially my brothers in Brazil. You guys had the balls to fight in WW2.
I can't believe this video flew under my radar for over a week. I've been enjoying this series since I saw Mythical Creatures of North America, as it feeds into my love of folklore and legends. I'm glad you're still making these; thank you.
These videos are so damn good, they deserve more views to be honest.
In some regions of Brasil you can still find preserved caves made by ground sloths, where you can even see claw marks on the cave's wall.
Search around those spots for bones and teeth fossils!
Funnily enough I was binge watching the other videos in this series as this popped up
Im from north-eastern Argentina, bordering Brazil, and we have the minhocao legend here too, only called miñocón. There are some natural ditches or trenches-like formations cutting through the middle of my town and legend has it that those were formed by the miñocón passing by. Another version has it that it was instead Teyú Yaguá, another of the monstrous sons of Tau and Kerana, said to be a huge lizard with the head of a dog or something. I've read that those are actually ancient caves or subterranean rivers whose roof collapsed long time ago, leaving those formations like trenches. It's interesting to see how the myths of the aboriginals and the europeans have mixed to such an extent that they form totally new legends and folklore.
Are you from San Tomé? I have hear of the ditches dug by the raging Teyú-yaguá in the legend
Also have the minhocón legend in Rio Grande, but we are more likely to call it cobra grande
@@riograndedosulball248 I am. We have tons of legends here. Brazilian legends permeate throughout this whole region of the Uruguay river.
@@mattsavigny6084 indeed, the region's folklore, fed by the different cultures along the Uruguay, became quite rich
The teyú yaguá / teiniaguá legend as it was recorded by Lopes Neto is my favourite, a shame an epic like that isn't known outside the Plata region
They are 100% real but I believe that the size is exaggerated
1:27 Los Cadehos
6:51 Lobisomem
9:10 Latin American Chupacabra
11:56 Mapinguari
23:05 Calauche
27:01 Amaranthropoides Loise
36:07 Minhocão
Thanks
Minhocão*
@@kayz.o1054 ok
You missed the "lobisomem"
@@YoureRatharStewpidMate when is that
He speaks clearly and concisely, the most important thing to have if you are a video essay/research channel. If you sir are a true fire of learning, than that must make me a moth. So be it, your content is great and I appreciate the work you put in.
I'm from Brazil my father was the 7th son of a 7th son and his father made his older brother and older Sister baptize him só he wouldnt turn in to a werewolf.
I love these cryptid videos as they help tell in more detail about all these different cryptids. I'm doing a bit of research on several cryptids as of now and this helps lots. Thank you Fire of Learning for making these videos :D
You guys will call fake news on me but I'll say it anyway. I'm Latino and the creature that appears on 17:16 is called the monster Labatut. Legend says he was a French pirate that was feared by the locals for doing all sort of nasty things to them, including cannibalism and whanot. The locals quickly turned him into a myth and that's how the legend was born. However the quirkiest part - the part you guys will call fake news on me - is that I know one of his descendants. He used to be a friend of mine, and believe it or not he was a super hairy guy - even though we were just teenagers when we met.
There were all kinds of extinct sloths, some even aquatic. Of the ground sloths, there were species within the range of the reported size of the mapinguari, which would also be more likely to be able to survive in the deep rainforest, unlike the better known and truly massive species like the Megatherium or Eremotherium.
Great Documentary, Pretty Informative
After hearing the description of Mapinguari, I immediately thought of a giant ground sloth, based off of the "backwards feet". Some details in the description fits so well to these strange animals, but I'm not convinced.
Although I'm heavily skeptical that it still exists, I'll admit the possibility. As far as I know, the lack of evidence put forth doesn't prove their continued existence, and suggests that ground sloths are indeed extinct. However, the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Seeing that the climate shifted in the native ranges of ancient ground sloths over the last few thousand years, they would have needed to severely and quickly adapt to a changing environment, evade overhunting by predators and early humans(if they even began inhabiting the area) and still retain enough genetic diversity to keep stable populations. Almost everything about their lifestyle would need to change, including behaviors, diet, size, and overall ecological niche, which may or may not have been open for their occupation.
I will remain skeptical about their existence, but I will not disregard it. Of all cryptids I've heard of, either from the laughable imaginations of creationists, to the folklore of tribes and cultures, the Mapinguari probably has the best chance of actually being real. Until evidence is shown and properly examined, I will remain skeptical. As an amateur evolutionary biologist, zoologist and lover of paleontology, I want this animal to be real, but skepticism is more important. Thank you for informing me on this cryptid I otherwise would never have heard about. I assure you, my colleagues would be interested in hearing this.
Were giant sloths marsupials? The pouch might explain the mouth on the stomach part of the myth.
@@roringusanda2837 no, they weren't marsupials
@@Bunny-ns5ni ahh, maybe then it was the scent-gland patch of fur the video mentioned...I'm disappointed, I was about 80% sure they were marsupials.😮
Hi! I am from Chile, and I must say that the work you did is amazing!, you covered everything in a very detailed way, It is great to see videos like this that talk of this region of the world, and for my part, the most interesting legend of my country may be the one about the warlocks of Chiloe, beacuse it is not just a mere history of the island, it is a horror tale, a cult of devil worshipers and the black arts that lie in the caves and islands of the archipelago, they are presented as evil human beings who have made pacts to gain unnatural abilities and personal benefit from them . The monsters that you mentioned, the imbunche, were actually little children who were kidnapped by the warlocks and through torture and black magic they were disfigured until they became their mindless servants, they protect the caves where the cult of the warlocks called ''the majority'' lies. They dedicate themselves to whatever field they want, from the search for power over nature to find mortal riches. And long ago it was said that they "flew at night" due to their ability to become birds, but many people now say that they fly in the day....
but of course, it is just an interesting legend of an island in the south of the continent! ...
or maybe not?
Forget trying to socialize during my first week of college, I’m watching this instead
Good Luck at school..🙂
WHAT better time to watch a Hi I'm Justin and this is Fire of Learning video. Thanks, boss!
My grandpa farm used to be attacked by "lobisomens" to the point he lost some workers out of fear, took him a while to catch one to show to the workers they were just guys in costumes.
The costume was basically a heavy leather shirt and pants with long iron spikes sewed on it to hurt the dogs when they bite them, machetes and he said they used to make weird noises to scare people.
He was from Rio de Janeiro and grew in farmlands but he never believed in legends because he was a delinquent as a teen and made many of these legends "real" just to screw with people some stuff he did was dressing like a bride and crying in cemeteries and run screaming if someone got close, jumping people at long desert roads with a cow skull in his head and using a black cowhide around his body, braiding horses manes and tails, passing pig blood* in peoples doors at night, anything dumb you can think a teen would do he did.
*His family had a pig farm so he had easy access to pig blood
Not saying that cryptids can't exist but we need to remember how much people loves to mess with others for fun too.
My god your grandpa was a legend
When I was in grade school I really wanted to start rumors about some strange creature. I used to wrap animal furs around my body, jump out of the bushes and run across the street in front of cars while screaming strange sounds.
I never heard anything about it from anyone in the neighborhood, pretty sure they just assumed it was me.
Plus it was in the city in a neighborhood where it was mostly doctors and college professors.
It was literally a Scooby-Doo setup XD
Your cryptids videos are always amazing. Waited for this one for a long time! Thanx 🍻🍻
Its amazing how some cryptids follow extinct creatures.. like the man who turned into what is described as the megatherium (a giant ground sloth) and how bigfoot might be a gigantopithecus. One I love the thought of is how the Loch Ness moster is a plesiosaur. All of these share some sort of agreement that creatures thought to be extinct might actually be alive still
Fun Fact: One Of The Titans From 'Godzilla: King Of The Monsters', Behemoth, Is Partially Based On The Mapinguari.
I recommend stories written by Miguel Angel Asturias, a guatemalan writer who adapts mayan and folk tales from his country into short fantastic realism stories, including the Cadejo.
I've been awaiting this moment
Yes! I've been waiting for another of these. It's rare you get to hear about these things with the skeptical mind included in the argument.
A random fact by a Brazilian, Minhocão is actually one of the names for an event that we believe has three names for the same "creature", A cobra Grande, "Minhocão" and Boitatá. All of them were super influenced by the indigenous culture that links the Boi Tatá to these two other beings, but what happens is that in the original story of Boitatá, he is a snake that flies in the sky and the people did the rest to actually link these creatures what is in reality only one into the folclore and myth of the region. Nowadays most of ppl that actually studied these reports and the possibilities of that creature believe that the event of the "minhocão" actually maybe it was something UFO or some major atmospheric phenomenon in the sky. The main reason for this was photos recently revealed by the government of one of the largest documented operations on UFOs called Operation Dish (Operação Prato), where in some of these photos we can see these supposed ships in "snake" shapes.
In this lecture you can see some of these photos
ua-cam.com/video/xm1bz48TiP0/v-deo.html
Around 4:50
They are South American lungfish
Your voice is calming. (I fall asleep to this playlist)
Houston's Museum of Natural Science hosted the excellent LOTR show some years ago: Props, weapons, costumes, art. This was before the construction of our fine Paleontology Hall.
On leaving the show, a giant sloth skeleton could have passed for a Troll. Mounted above, Quetzalcoatlus, the largest pteranodon, reminded all of a Fell Beast.
Could fossils have inspired legends of fantastic beasts?
Highly likely.
I’m a simple man. I see a notification for the best history channel on UA-cam, I click.
Even if I’ve been awake for 18 hours today…
You’ll be awake for 19 at least.
@@muckyesyesindisguise3854 You were right.
In early colonization period in Brazil had numerous enconters with fantastic creatures but almost all of then were normal animals like for example the history of the Ipupiara in the coast of Brazil, they inhabited beachs and rocks close to the beach and were huge and fat animals that could stand in his two flippers and attacked fishing sites of the native tribes of the region stealing their fish, had many stories written in books that were send to Portugal telling what animals had here and this animal was one of the most facinating one because was like a mythcal creature but real and being in contact everytime by the settlers. Well the story don't end so well they started to hunt the Ipupiara expulsing him from the coast of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, no is pretty clear by the description, some remains found and some eventual sights that were just sealions that the portuguese never saw and the natives that the portuguese allied that were from more further inland never saw this animals and only know then by legend or by their rivals account were pretty happy see then go away from theirs new fishing places. BTW this legend spread from all regions of Brazil and they started creating legends about Ipupiara found in rivers
"almost all of them were normal animals"
Let's say all of them were normal animals, or made up.
@@omnius1357 yeah almost because some of then were legends or spirits that natives talked and the portuguese misunderstand this, so not every one was animals
@@joaosantiago5717
I Agree. Have a nice saturday!
Man I love these types of videos u explain everything in detail instead of just telling that it's this type of cryptid u cover every theory instead of others who just say that it's this and this and they don't explain anything else
I think if the Mapunguari is based on ground sloths its probably a cultural relic thats survived the ages
I love how this video here is done more as educational rather than like most videos where it’s like “oh they’re real, I saw it” side
l love your cryptid videos especially it's not clickbait and l hope you do it more
One of my favorite books is The Monstrumologist, and I’m stunned by how many similarities the Mapinguari has with Anthropophage. Like, the Anthropophage in that book has two eyes, but other than that, it has the stomach mouth, smells bad, walks bipedal, and so on. I wonder if the author drew inspiration from that cryptid? (I know the Anthropophage predates that book, but I don’t know how detailed the descriptions are for the ones in other literature)
Guatemalan here :) the research was clearly done extensively at least for the ones I know.
Great job on this one it was very informative
My brother waited 25 years to tell me he saw a Sasquatch. Lake DeGray Arkansas 1991
LET’S GO MORE CRYPTIDS! WOO!
Very interesting general coverage of some of the mythical creatures here, it is worth commenting that mapinguari is also known in the colombian amazon basin region as the "curupira". It would be cool if you expand in the chiloean mythology, including southern Chile's horrible "El cuero" water monster, nice video, cheers!
Love this channel. This was a great addition to the campfire series. However, Trey The Explainer debunked the De Loys Ape. Trey is a credible Paleontologist. His channel is indepth and fascinating just like Fire of Learning. A collab would be amazing. Combining both each other's expertise would be intellectually thought provoking and a good dive.
feeling down, woke up to fire of learning crypdid video! life is good!
YES OMG THE CRYPTID VIDS ARE BACK
keep the campfire cyrptid videos coming. Love it!
So in love with this video. South American legens and cryptids get rarely any attention, and a lot of the time it's a version adapted/imagined by someone in the US and they sound so lame and stupid compared to the original, which in turn puts people off from looking further into it.
And the inclusion of more than just Brazil and Mexico shows that you actually care about what you're saying! Awesome job!! Finally someone mentions Chile, Perú, Guatemala, Ecuador, Paraguay, etc!!
Also, if anyone wants more Chilean cryptids, I would also throw in the Yastay, the Cuchivilu, the Piuchén, the Basilisco Chilote... And my favourite due to how wild the creature description is: the "Cuero" (cuero means hide/leather in Spanish), truly interesting critters!
If you want more "human" ones you have the Trauco and the Fiura, the Pincoya and the Pincoy, the witches of Chiloé, the Tue-Tue, the 3 Pascualas, among many others.
Omg that Alaskan Bull Worm bit at the end caught me off guard, great video!
Edit: Spelling
Great video! Love the in-depth look at cryptids!
I just discovered you and I am loving these cryptid videos. THIS is the skeptical curiosity I crave
Please do one of these for the rest of the continents Please 👍
This dude’s videos should be taught in school (also if you see this are you going to reupload US history part 2?)
Yes
@@Fireoflearning 👍
Wow I like your content. Editing and narrating make your channel my favorite. Your work should be appreciated. You are deserve more subscriber I hope you must gain 1 Million subscriber by the end of this year. Please keep continue this type of amazing work. Your admirable hard work and deep research make you the best channel on UA-cam. But brother I am waiting for an promised video on Skanderbeg when it will come? I have a curiosity also can I ask your name? And Where are you from?
Black dogs are also prevelent in some African cultures, they say if you walk through a doorway and somebody sees a black dog follow you in it means you'll die soon. They view it as a peaceful omen though, as if the little guy is there to comfort or warn you in the last of your days
Thanks for sharing
l love these, they're the innocent equivalent to irl murderers but retain the same mystique, they are also informative of the regions these fictional creatures come from.
I slow clapped at the ending with the Alaskan Bull worm. Bravo
You should do cryptids of the Middle East, that would be very interesting
Hello. I'm from Costa Rica. Our Cadejos is only one, a huge black dog with goat's hooves, long hair and fiery eyes. Sometimes he carries chains. He's said to appear to drunkards to guide them home safely and scare them into sobriety, but sometimes sober men can see him. If he has no business with you he will pass by harmlessly. I know of no stories of the Cadejos attacking anyone or appearing to women. Some legends say he was a young man who was cursed by his father. In some areas of the country they say his name is Joaquin (no relation to Phoenix) and you can call him to you, though I don't know why anyone would want to do that. In my country he's neither good nor evil. Only terrifying. My father says he saw him once, about a week before my grandfather's death.
Less frequent are the sights of a small, pretty white dog named Copito (Snowflake), who walks on air and appears only to women, specially pregnant women. He's sort of a protective spirit, limited to some specific regions of the Costa Rican highlands.
It's likely a true creature, there were hoofed wolves before they apparently went extinct, there could still be small populations.
The big mouth on the mapingwari / ground sloth cryptid may be a pouch that they're describing instead of a mouth. I was thinking about that and that would be the right area and it would look weird if it was covered in moss and other things that sloths are usually covered in. I would imagine it would also smell.
I'd not be surprised if the ground sloth-looking cryptid was influenced by a cultural memory of the real deal.
The mapinguari/ground sloth connection is so cool. I'm totally on board with the 'distant cultural memory' theory, especially since some giant sloth bones fashioned into pendants have recently been discovered, proving that people and ground sloths lived together in South America.
Me a few minutes ago: "It's almost midnight in Peru ,I need to turn off my PC and go to sleep"
Fire of Learning releases new video (this time about South America)
Me now: "Damn, I just wanted to go sleep, I'm happy and angry"
Lol😁
Salvadoran here!
About cadejos: in our region, it is believed that they whistle. If you hear the whistling close, means they are far from you, but if you hear it far, its right behind you.
I always come back to your cryptid videos to fall asleep to, I’ve watched/listened to them a bunch of times. Usually the North American one is my go to cuz I’m Native American & relate more to the stories but I love it all.
23:45 Ah so that what El Caleuche is. I was always wondering about this ghostly vessel since I saw it featured as a skin for the player controlled pirate ship in the Pirates of the Caribbean adventure in the original Disney’s Infinity video game I played when I was younger. I love story’s like these with mythical vessels and ghostly crews. I’m going to carry the tradition forth of telling tall tales on the high seas when I’m eventually going on the ocean myself once I graduate from nautical school.
That's an awesome career path! May you have many adventures ;)
In Chile the region in witch this ship is from is known for the various crypto tales in the area. Dwarves, witches in forms of birds and the coast being such a part of Chileans lives the sirens and Caleuche.
Pretty neat
500k!!!! congrazzz
The greatest link between mapinguari and ground sloths to me is that mapinguari are said to have stones under their skin that protected them from attacks, and ground sloths actually had osteoderms under their skin that were tested and would actually protect from spears. And yes, it died off so recently that we have preserved skin and fur from it!
Under the 10000years mark right?
My dad claims to have been followed by a Cadejo. First followed by a dog, then a man and a dog, then a man, and then they disappeared. They could be shape shifters like in North America.
Great job with the cryptid and mythologies videos. I love listening to them in the background while doing other stuff. You should do videos on Australia and Africa.
Fire dropped a cryptids video 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I really love your content. And I have to say like many people on the comment stream I really appreciate this not being Clickbait and actually having well researched information. Good job Bob lol
As a person coming from southamerica I truly appreciate this video.
Thank you for your wisdom and a serious video about cryptids and didn't know how much I appreciated that until I read a comment pointing that out ...cheers
The art and images are fantastic.
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YES, my favorite videos from your channel are about mythical creatures, and I was hoping to see one from Latin America since I'm from Brazil!
This is high quality content
The Canejo is like the Amerindia SkinWalker Whereas a Witch Doctor or Shaman goes rogue and starts to practice black magic . Turning himself into a Canejo or Skinwalker
No, the quivalent to the skinw▪︎lker would be the n▪︎hu▪︎l or the c▪︎mbi▪︎ pieles
The equivalent of the skinwalker is the mexican nahual (also spelled "nagual") and the guatemalan "characoteles". The legends is basically about a shapeshifter that using a black magic ritual, they turn into unnaturally large animals. A turkey, a donkey, pigs, dogs and cats. The purpose is to perform damage on others at night, by entering to their properties. They are dangerous, but if harmed, they return to human form.
“This is where the fun begins”-Anakin Skywalker 2003 ROTS
This one wound up being super fascinating! I’m loving the cryptid series my friend, and I’m looking forward to the aliens on the second channel!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
I think the colocolo cat here in chile is a good example on how an animal could perfectly dissappear from human sight for decades, i just can't imagine how it would be in a jungle. Also there's the example of the golden bear found in northern europe a while ago.
sounds like the pampas cat pulled the classic domestic cat move. disappears, cant find it at all and then just reappears out of no where.
Man I love your videos about Crypted I like to see more
I am from Chile and I already knew some of the stories told here but there were many who did not. without a doubt the Latin American continent is very mysterious even for its own people