
Pishtaco
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Oct 29, 2026
The Face Peelers: Peru's Alien Nightmare Fuel
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15:25TravisHOST
Older stories from the Andes focus on human fat.
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15:29TravisHOST
One of the best known figures is the Pishtaco.
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15:32TravisHOST
Other communities use names such as Carisi and Nakak.
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15:36TravisHOST
The details change by place, but the basic fear is similar.
Miguel Conner on The Vampire Myth: From Lilith to Wetiko
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40:53Miguel ConnerHOST
You haven't been attacked.
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40:55Miguel ConnerHOST
by any vampires because now we are going to part three empire power and the vampire who consumes whom and who gets to name the monster well isn't that a good question let's find out Vampires of the Colonized, Pishtaco and Kuntilanak.
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41:18Miguel ConnerHOST
And this has to do with colonization, victimhood and the blame and the blame and the terrible stories of when we conquered or other lands.
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41:30Miguel ConnerHOST
First, we'll do with Pistaco.
12 MINS LATER
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54:01Miguel ConnerHOST
People and systems treat other lives as resources for their own appetite.
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54:06Miguel ConnerHOST
The colonizer, rather than the colonized outsider, becomes the object of moral scrutiny.
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54:14Miguel ConnerHOST
Pishtaco sits between them, the consuming outsider seen from below.
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54:20Miguel ConnerHOST
The shared question is who gains life, wealth, or power by taking it from others? That is indeed a very good question.
Terror on Dead Mountain: The Haunting Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
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76:38JoshHOST
All right, next one.
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76:38JoshHOST
An older regional legend describes a figure called the Pishtaco.
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76:43TravisHOST
Cool.
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76:44JoshHOST
What is it said to steal from its victims? Is it A, their shadows-
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79:09JoshHOST
I know.
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79:10JoshHOST
Next one.
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79:11JoshHOST
An older regional legend describes a figure called the Pishtaco.
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79:15JoshHOST
What is it said to steal from its victims?