CHIVATO

Among the Araucanian people of Chile, Chivato was a cannibalistic monster. He had been a child who was abducted by witches. Over the years, he changed into a monster who had a taste for his own kind’s flesh. Several Chivatos were believed to live in the caverns beneath the towns of Ancud and Chiloc. The caverns were accessible by a tunnel leading from an islanded lake. They preyed upon young women who came to draw water from the lake.