Case file · Folklore / legend
The Chullachaqui of the Peruvian forest
In the Peruvian Amazon, the Chullachaqui is a forest spirit with one foot different from the other, which takes the form of a friend or relative to lead people deep into the forest until they are lost.
1986 CE · -3.90, -73.60 · status: legend
The account
It is said to guard the forest and its animals. It is widely recorded in Loreto and Ucayali folklore; the year here is an approximate attestation date, not the belief's origin.
The sceptical view
Read by folklorists as a warning tale about getting lost in the forest.