MYSTERIES IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE

THE MINHOCAO is a legendary creature from Brazillian folklore that is variously claimed to be a large fish or snake measuring from 20 to 80 metres.

THE MARICOXI are ape-like creatures which were first reported in 1914 when the explorer Perry Fawcett saw a group of them. He said they were extremely hairy, lived in villages and used bows and arrows. Maricoxi are reported as being aggressive to humans. They are generally described as being between 2 to 12 feet tall.

THE AMAZON ALIEN. Is this creature pictured in the Amazon jungle an alien? The picture was taken by 2 british tourist in 2011.

THE ZOMBIE ANTS: A fungus called "Ophiocordyceps" turns ants into zombies

Over half a century ago, deep in the jungles of Guatemala, a gigantic STONE HEAD head was uncovered, with its face pointing up at the sky. The face had fine features, thin lips and large nose and its face was directed up at the sky. However such features were not consistent with any of the pre-Hispanic races of America.

THE AMAZON RINGS are some human-made structures which might have been used for defense, drainage, or perhaps ceremonial or religious reasons.

The socratea exorrhiza, also called THE WALKING PALM, produces new aerial roots, which allow them to very slowly relocate to another part of the forest floor with better conditions for life.

In the 1930s, workers from the United Fruit Company, found several perfectly round STONE SPHERES, apparently man-made. They are over two meters in diameter and weighs over 16 tons. No one is sure exactly when or how they were made, or for what reason,.

THE HOLADEIRA was a cryptid dolphin reported from an unknown lake in the Brazilian Amazon Basin by Jeremy Wade in 1993 and 1994. None of the locals saw the animal again.

THE BOILING RIVER which temperature ranges from 120 degrees up to almost 200 degrees Fahrenheit, killing everything that falls into it.