In this video, we review the stories behind some of South America's most fascinating cryptids, legends, and folklore, and consider if there is, in fact, some truth to them.

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Sources and further reading

[1] Burchell, Simon and Ian Brown. "Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America." Heart of Albion Press, 2007.

[2] "Cadejo." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadejo

[3] "El Cadejo." Cryptid Wiki, Fandom.
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/El_C...

[4] Bressan, David. "De Loys' Ape Was A Well Played Anthropological Fraud." Forbes, Jan 31, 2016,
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forb...

[5] Dunning, B. "De Loys' Ape." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 20 Mar 2012. Web. 4 Aug 2021. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4302

[6] "Ameranthropoides loysi." Biology Online.
https://www.biologyonline.com/article...

[7] Montandon, George. "Découverte d'un singe d'apparence anthropoïde en Amérique du Sud." Journal de la société des américanistes, 1929, pp. 183-195. https://www.persee.fr/doc/jsa_0037-91...

[8] Cellania, Miss. "7 More Mysterious Ape-men." Mental Floss, Aug 3, 2009.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/2...

[9] "Percy Fawcett." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy...

[10] "Spider Monkey." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spide...

[11] Oren, David C. "Did Ground Sloths Survive To Recent Times in the Amazon Region?" Geoldiana Zoologia, Belem,PA O Museu, number 19, 20 Aug, 1993.
https://archive.org/details/Goeldiana...

[12] Oren, David C. "Does the Endangered Xenarthran Fauna of Amazonia Include Remnant Ground Sloths?", Edentata (June 2001) p. 2-5

[13] "Mapinguari." Cryptid Wiki, Fandom. https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mapi...

[14] Brewer, Pip. "What Was Megatherium?" Natural History Museum, 22 Nov 2018.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-w...

[15] Harris, Rachel. "EL CALEUCHE: THE GHOST SHIP OF CHILOÉ." Vaya, Nov 1st, 2017.
https://www.vayaadventures.com/blog/e...

[16] "Caleuche." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleuche

[17] "El Caballo Marino." Chiloé Mitológico, Wordpress, Translated with Google Translate.
http://chiloemitologico.cl/la-brujeri...

[18] M. Auguste de Saint-Hilaire (1847) On the Minhocâo of the Goyanese, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 19:124, 140-141, DOI: 10.1080/037454809496469

[19] "A New Underground Monster." Nature, vol. 17, 21 Feb, 1878, pp. 325-326.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R...

[20] "A Gigantic Earthworm." British Newspaper Archive, 2 Mar. 1878,
https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk... "A gigantic Earthworm"

[21] "Minhocão." Cryptid Wiki, Fandom.
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Minh...

[22] Ramos, Daniel. "Strong, Deep Quake Rocks Bolivia, Shakes Buildings in Brazil." Reuters, Apr 2, 2018.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.r...

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