Legend
The Colo Colo's aspects differ slightly according to which zone of Chile. In Mapuche, the Colo Colo has a serpent form with legs, similar to a long rat with feathers. Whereas in the south of Chile, the Huilliche culture represents them as a long mouse with the head similar to a head of a rooster.
The Colo Colo are born from an egg that was incubated by a "rooster", and would feed by taking the saliva from sleeping people causing them serious diseases, if Colo Colo is not killed, it will murder its victim. Commonly living in the corners or cracks of houses; the malignant creature would be identified as living in the home by listening for an animal that cries like a new born baby.
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