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The Blood-Sucking Capelobo: Brazil’s Mysterious Forest Haunter

At the break of dawn, around 4 a.m., a chilling scream shattered the silence of the Xingu River’s dense forest in northern Brazil. A couple strolling along a nearby road quickly took cover behind a rubber tree. From their hiding spot, they glimpsed a shadowy figure drawing nearer. As it approached, the figure revealed itself as a man-like creature covered in coarse animal hair and emitting a foul stench called capelobo. It let out another blood-curdling scream, echoing through the