Jake Collins
Jake with the Intel on the minhocao a amphibian creature similar to a huge earthworm that reputedly exists in the forests of South America.
Minhocão is derived from 'minhoca' meaning 'earthworm' in Portuguese.
According to legend,Minhocão was a big serpent which survived a
great deluge. To save itself, it entered a cave and rested in the
darkness for centuries, so that its eyes grew. After it left the cave,
it went through the fields looking for the bodies of animals to eat,
but also sometimes attacked people and animals. The beast is said to have the appearance of a giant worm, with scaly
black skin and a pair of tentacle-like structures protruding from its
head. The length of the Minhocão has been reported as being as great as
at least 25 meters (82 ft) long and a meter (3.28 ft) thick, capable of
overturning boats, capturing livestock and dragging it under the water,
besides digging enormous subterranean trenches.
Sightings of the Minhocão were mostly reported fin the 19th century with emphasis in the 'São Francisco' river region. All of instances he reported took place in the Brazilian province of Goyaz.