Case file · Folklore / legend
The lagahoo
The lagahoo (loup-garou) of Trinidad is a shape-shifter, often a man who becomes a beast at night, sometimes headless and dragging a chain, sometimes carrying a coffin on his head.
1947 CE · 10.60, -61.20 · status: legend
The account
The name comes from the French werewolf, but the Caribbean figure mixes European and African ideas. Like the soucouyant, it was documented in mid-20th-century Trinidad village studies; the year is that approximate attestation.