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Latin-American Folklore
Chupacabra - Mythical American Vampire
Appearance: In Hispanic America, the chupacabra is heavy, reptilian and alienish. It is described as having a row of spines from neck to tail.
In the United States, it is more dog-like. Many reports of chupacabra were mostly dogs and coyotes with mange, which gave them an unusual appearance.
Vampiric Activity: Chupacabra are thought to drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.
Many of the dead livestock had two holes in the neck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
''Tlahuelpuchi - Mythical Mexican Vampire
Appearance: The Tlahuelpunchi has a glowing aura when it shape shifts. They can take the form of some birds when they hunt.
Nature: Vampire-witch. According to myths, they are born with their curse, which develops around puberty. There are more females than males, with female power stronger than the males.
Vampiric Activity: Sucks the blood of infants at night.
Abilities: Shape shift (by detaching their bodies from their legs).
Weakness: They must feed on blood at least once a month, or they will die. They avoid onions, garlic and metal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TlahuelpuchiSoucouyant - Mythical Caribbean CreatureAppearance: Old man or woman during the day, at night they take off their old skin and put it in a mortar.
Nature: practices black magic, witchy.
Vampiric Activity: They are thought to be blood sucking creatures, who take blood from arms, necks, and legs while the victims are unconscious.
Abilities: Shapeshift, trade blood for power with Bazil (demon).
Weakness: Must stop to gather spilled rice, grain by grain. When they strip off their skin, and place it in a mortar, they can be destroyed by putting coarse salt in the mortar with its skin.
Soucouyant - WikipediaWendigo'' - Mythical Native American Creature
Appearance: Human like. In some versions of its stories, it is a giant humanoid with a heart of ice. Its presence can be detected by a foul smell or by chills.
Nature: Evil spirit
Vampiric Activity: They prey on humans to feed, in the form of human cannibalism.
Abilities: They can possess human beings. They can cause insatiable hunger in victims, including a desire to eat other people.
Wendigo - Wikipedia
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