“Mom, it’s dark and I need to go to the bathroom!” That’s the last thing we heard her say. She had been complaining about noises and someone caressing her hair at night. We didn’t believe her. Not until the day I told her she was old enough to go to the bathroom by herself.

La Mano Peluda,

The Furry Hand, in Spanish La Mano Peluda, which can also be translated as the Hairy Hand, is a Latin American legend, better known in South America, particularly in Colombia. The first mentions to this evil entity come from the early 20th Century, as population move from rural areas to live in large cities.

In other countries, like Mexico, folktales talk of the Bloated Hand, Spanish for La Mano Pa...

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