The scariest monsters

Even when during my childhood I hadn't many fears about monsters or something else, I can remember a lot of creatures from the chilean mythology that even now I would not be able to refuse their existence completely.

When I was a child many family told me many stories about their own experiences with some mythical creatures, as the Basilisk or the Tue-Tue. The basilisk was a creature with snake body and chicken head that slipped through the houses seeking for its food: the breath of the people living in the house.

Also I have heard stories about the Tue-Tue or Chon-Chon, that is a head with claws and big ears that use to fly. The Tue-Tue was a wizard that used a cream to separate his head from his body and fly to the houses of ill people looking for their blood, finally killing them. My mom told me once that if someday I hear a Tue-Tue, I must take a bunch of salt and throw it at the fire of the woodburning stove, because that makes the Tue-Tue to fall directly to the ground, being unable to stand up again.

Even when I was not afraid of many monsters or creatures during my childhood, maybe because I was quite though, I don't know, I still listening seriously when someone tells me an story about mythical creatures, especially if I am in Chiloé, a very mystic and full of secrets place.