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Chilean Mothman

The Chilean Mothman is less a single creature than a Chilean cluster of winged-humanoid stories: a 2013 Santiago flap, later southern highway-impact tales, and related gargoyle-like reports that together formed Chile’s own dark version of the Mothman legend.

Cryptids / Entities Insectoid And Arthropod/cryptid/2026-03-25
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Clock Insect

The Clock Insect is one of Chile’s strangest folkloric insects: a small green ticking being said to appear in the rooms of the terminally ill, counting out the last minutes of life before dying alongside the person it has accompanied.

Cryptids / Entities Insectoid And Arthropod/cryptid/2026-03-25
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Coniponi

The Coniponi is one of the rare benevolent beings in Chilote mythology: a small gray worm found among potato plants and placed beneath a newborn’s pillow to calm the child, guard sleep, and bring protection to the household.

Cryptids / Entities Insectoid And Arthropod/cryptid/2026-03-25
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Deñ

Deñ is one of the sinister bird-forms of Chilote witchcraft: a nocturnal omen-being, similar to a tiuque but with brighter owl-like eyes, used by witches to torment households, announce misfortune, and spread fear through dark silent nights.

Cryptids / Entities Insectoid And Arthropod/cryptid/2026-03-25