Unexplained encounters in Brazil
17 famous cases from Brazil: 6 sky, 1 visitors, 5 creatures, 2 voices & sounds, 3 places. Famous cases set out what was reported and the explanations offered, without taking a side.
By state or region
Famous cases
The Varginha CreatureDisputedMinas Gerais, Brazil · 20 January 1996The MapinguariLegendWestern Amazon, Brazil · Told for generationsThe Great Roar of the AmazonExplainedMouth of the Amazon, Amapá and Pará, Brazil · Twice a year, at the highest tidesThe MinhocãoLegendSouthern Brazil · Reported in the 1800sThe CurupiraLegendAmazon rainforest, Brazil · Recorded since 1560Brazil's Night of the UFOsUnexplainedSão Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and nearby states, Brazil · 19 May 1986The Trindade Island PhotographsDisputedTrindade Island, South Atlantic, Brazil · 16 January 1958The Ubatuba FragmentsDisputedUbatuba, São Paulo, Brazil · September 1957The Barra da Tijuca PhotographsProbably a hoaxBarra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · May 1952The BoitatáMostly explainedSouthern Brazil · Recorded since 1560The SaciLegendSão Paulo state and across Brazil · Told for generationsThe Snoring MountainsMostly explainedSerra do Roncador, Mato Grosso, Brazil · Legends from the 1900sThe Bebedouro CaseDisputedBebedouro, Minas Gerais, Brazil · 4–9 May 1969The Real Lost City of ZPartly confirmedUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil · Settled from about 1250 to 1650The Geoglyphs of AcreExplainedAcre, Brazil · Built about 2,000 years agoThe Ingá StoneMeaning unknownIngá, Paraíba, Brazil · Age unknownThe Bendegó MeteoriteConfirmedMonte Santo, Bahia, Brazil · Found in 1784