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title: Chancho verde
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<h2 id="chancho-verde">Chancho verde</h2>

Tradition of northwestern Argentina and Bolivia. The chancho verde is a fabulous animal that guards access to precious metals. It is often identified with the devil, among other reasons because it is said that both when it appears and when it vanishes, it generates sulfurous clouds.

The chancho verde grunts and lets out terrifying screams that so confuse and frighten those who hear them that it can kill them with fright.