Case file · Cryptid
Fawcett and the Maricoxi
Fawcett wrote that around 1914 his party met large, hairy, ape-like men with bows, the 'Maricoxi', near the land of the Maxubi people on the Bolivia-Brazil frontier. They raised arrows and his party fired to scare them off.
1914 CE · -13.50, -60.00 · status: claim
The account
The story appears in Exploration Fawcett, compiled by his son Brian from his papers in 1953. Position approximate.
The sceptical view
Likely an encounter with an Indigenous group, described through Fawcett's racial prejudices; the 'hairy' details are not confirmed.