Case file · Folklore / legend
El Hombre Caimán, Plato
Legend of a fisherman of Plato, Magdalena, who used a potion to turn into an alligator to spy on bathing women and was left half man, half caiman.
1945 CE · 9.79, -74.78 · status: legend
The account
The tale spread nationally with the cumbia 'Se va el caimán' in the 1940s and is honoured each year at Plato's Festival del Hombre Caimán. Year approximate.