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Amazon's Mapinguari more than myth?
Amazon's Mapinguari more than myth? - Baltimore Sun
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- It haunts the Amazon jungle with a giant bear's body and a monkey's face, clad in dark red fur and trailing a cloud of flying beetles. Its stench is disabling, its ... www.baltimoresun.com
This Sloth Monster Is Said To Roam The Amazon Rainforest – Here’s What The Evidence Says
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Mapinguari
The mapinguari (see etymology below) or mapinguary is a cryptid reported from the Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon and possibly Paraguay, described most simply as a bulletproof, extremely foul-smellin animal with long hair, robust claws, and both quadrupedal and bipedal locomotion. Popular folklore also gives it a number of characteristics typical of mythical South American monsters, such as a mouth in its abdomen, and the European cyclopean characteristic of a single eye, features rarely... cryptidarchives.fandom.com
Mapinguari, The Legendary Sloth Monster Of Your Nightmares
Rumors of mapinguari sightings have become so common that in scientists have been drawn to the area t investigate. Dr. David Oren, the former director of research at the Goeldi Institute, led an expedition to South American to look for clues that the sightings may be based on more than just an urban legend. allthatsinteresting.com
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According to Brazilian stories, the Mapinguari or Mapinguary was once an Amazonian shaman who discovered the key to immortality thousands of years ago. He angered the gods and was severely punished as to his discovery, which forced him to be transformed into a wandering, hairy beast for the rest of his life Due to application of the name to what seem to be different cryptids, modern sightings show the beast as giant sloth, whereas older sightings described it as an ape-like creature. Many... cryptidz.fandom.com
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