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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/Campanerut on 2024-01-01 19:22:50+00:00.
So, I was researching legendary creatures when I came across this blog post:
The author informs us that an explorer named Percy Fawcett, while exploring the Amazon, gained knowledge of a plateau that the Waikás Indians (a group of Yanomami) call "Kurupira". Percy then told about this plateau to his friend Conan Doyle, who wrote the book "The Lost World" inspired by Kurupira. All author information comes from another author, a Theco author called "Jaroslav Mares", who visited Brazil to research Kurupira.
The Indians believe that 3 monsters inhabit this plateau: Stoa, Suwa and Washorie. Stoa resembles the Carnotaurus dinosaur, Suwa resembles a long-necked dinosaur, and Washoriwe resembles a pterosaur.
I contacted a friend and author of books on legendary creatures, Ben Tejada Ingam, and we began to research this plateau further. We discovered that there is actually a large elevation where Jaroslav tells us where Kurupira is, this area is called "Cerro Delgado Chalbaud" in Venezuela. But, it may not actually be a plateau, just a mountain, which looks like a plateau when viewed from below. I contacted a professor here in Brazil who is mentioned in a book by Jaroslav, and he confirmed that Jaroslav contacted him about Kurupira, so I doubt that Jaroslav is making it all up. We also found old maps where they show "Kurupira", where Jaroslav tells us where Kurupira is located, but written with a "c":
As for the creatures, we tried to contact some Yanomami Indians on Instagram, but without success, however, a friend told us that he worked with the Yanomami and they told him about giant creatures that cut down trees, and compared them to a whale that walks on land. .A dinosaur?
I would like to know if anyone has knowledge on this subject, but me and my friend really need someone who knows Yanomami mythology to confirm if the creatures do really exist in their mythology or at least something similar to them.