Case: GG-2026-196
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: C
Location: Tapajós River region, Brazilian Amazon, Brazil
Mapinguari is the name applied to a range of creature and forest-being traditions found in the Brazilian Amazon, commonly describing a large, hairy, powerfully built figure associated with an overwhelming odor, enormous claws, unusual feet and a frightening human-like or thunderous cry. Folkloric versions vary considerably and may add supernatural features including a single eye, backward-facing feet, unusually resistant skin or a mouth extending toward the abdomen, making any single standardized anatomical description misleading. During the late twentieth century, ornithologist David C. Oren…
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