Minhocão

The Minhocão is a massive, serpentine cryptid reported from Brazil, described in 19th-century newspapers as an earthworm-like monster over 100 feet long, armored with scales, capable of uprooting trees and leaving deep trenches in its wake. Farmers claimed it caused sudden landslides and vanished into newly formed sinkholes, giving it an almost geological power. Some scientists speculated these stories could have been inspired by sightings of large anacondas or even fossil memories of glyptodonts and giant prehistoric armadillos. Others dismiss it as simple folklore born from unexplained land shifts in tropical soils. Still, the Minhocão remains an enduring legend—an earthbound leviathan representing how even the solid ground beneath us might harbor hidden titans.