Wait...he's known for his whistle, punishes womanizers, attacks the innocent, and is unsettlingly misshapen? El Silbón is The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

@evajulia2121

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, punishing womanizers it's normal with legends here in Venezuela. There's another one called The Sayona, that does quite the same. It apparently appears in Caracas and round that area. It was made for men to stop looking for prostitutes in the streets or party until very late at night.

@taho3692

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha! XD

@KanaidBlack

2 жыл бұрын

La Xtabay is similar here in Yucatán, but she is a beautiful mayan woman with long black hair that seduces drunk men and womanizers, and kills them. If they survive, they suffer days and nights with fever until they finally die.

@MrCseanp

2 жыл бұрын

Eva Julia that's funny police the streets and grass lands with ghosts

@tubbolard6514

2 жыл бұрын

@@KanaidBlack that's awesome

The concept of "if your hearing it louder you are safe and if you're hearing it softly means your in danger" really baffles me on how this concept started because in my country we have a folk lore that applies that concept

@TaterKakez

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the ..”just when you think you’re safe…” idea… extra creepy!! Can you describe your folklore and the creature / myth around it? :)

@TerenceMejos

2 жыл бұрын

@@TaterKakez tikwi

@ErenYeager-zf3td

Жыл бұрын

Yes like the Wakwak in the Philippines . If you hear the flapping noise that is still loud , you only have time to run or hide but once the flapping noise is faint or not loud , he is nearby

@edzsama7767

Жыл бұрын

​@@ErenYeager-zf3td also Tiktik from the Philippines also, loud "eeek" sound when far, and fades the closer it gets

@azhariarif

11 ай бұрын

@@TaterKakezIn Malaysia, it's the smell of frangipani or jasmine flower, if the scent is strong, Pontianak is present but far from you, if it's just a hint but you hear a wailing of women, it could very well be perching on a tree around your vicinity.

So, his father murdered an innocent woman, his own grandfather brutally tortured him to death, but he is the monster material because killing your abusive father is where we draw a line?..

@TruculentSheep

2 жыл бұрын

Somebody needs to sort that grandfather out.

@JMTgpro

2 жыл бұрын

Yeap... That's the point, is a tragedy. Latin myths tend not to have monsters, per se. The silbón is an anima in pain, which in Latin culture, corresponds more to the figure of a ghost cursed by actions or third parties. The Latin "monsters", like the silbon, the sayona, the llorona, etc ... always have versions where they were only innocent cursed by the real villains.

@meowmeowoverlord9504

2 жыл бұрын

@@JMTgpro Talk about sad...

@inannaxanthus1749

2 жыл бұрын

The story of LA Llorona is similar,a girl about to marry a guy,the guy becomes atrangely close to her mother,he is seduced by the girl's mother and they have sex from time to time,then a friend of both of the,jealous of Hus friend who is gonna marry the woman he loves discovers them having sex and one day tells the woman about this,and she witness how her own mother has sex with her husband,goes mad,kills them both,and before dying,her own mother curses her for life.

@ZimVader-0017

2 жыл бұрын

@@inannaxanthus1749 I guess that's another version of it. The one told to me is that the young woman was going to marry her lover after they had two children together, but he left her at the altar because he found a rich noble woman to marry. In a fit of rage, she drowned her two children and then, realizing what she had done, threw herself into the river and killed herself. She now roams the area looking for the souls of her children because without them, she can't atone and enter Heaven. They tell kids to not wander at night near water because she might confuse them for her children and take them instead.

Whenever we stayed in my grandfather's farmhouse I would tell this story to scare my younger cousins. Another thing that I heard as a child was that, if you whistle in the countryside at night, el silbón would answer and seek you, you would be basically summoning him to you

@Ryquard1

2 жыл бұрын

ohhh a nice dare to play with drunken friends at young adulthood age

@NoneOfTheAbove123

2 жыл бұрын

Brazil or Argentina?

@NouvelIVague

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s really interesting how so many cultures say not to whistle at night. It makes me wonder how many spirits or monsters are out there that respond to human whistle

@fematrailer

2 жыл бұрын

Whistling taboos are very interesting when studying myths and folklore. Whistling in the wilderness is almost universally prohibited in folklore, even among cultures that have had no contact with one another. Mariners in age of sail believed that whistling above decks at night was bad luck. The Yami people, an Austronesian tribal people on the Island of Irala between Okinawa and Taiwan believed that whistling in the woods called ghosts (interestingly, they believed that everyone who dies becomes a ghost, and that all ghosts were inherently evil. Its actually pretty dark). These people were mostly uncontacted before WW2. It's likely that, when hunting, people knew not to whistle so as not to scare off the game. Since hunting was important in nearly every human society at one time or another, this evolved into a generalized taboo against whistling when in a forest or at nighttime. Although the purpose was to not scare things away, the mythological justifications were usually based on not attracting a dangerous entity towards them. This may also be be a hold over from tribal warfare as well, which usually involved sneaking and raiding rather than pitched battle. However, the superstition remains. I was even told as a small child that whistling at or near a church will bring the devil to you, lol.

@jellysharkbat

2 жыл бұрын

@@NouvelIVague I've also heard of stories where, if you hear a voice calling for help (for instance) in the dark, not to respond back. Because it's a monster who learned human speech well enough that it figured out how to lure its well-meaning victims to them.

Clever but subtle scare at the end by playing the whistling noise extra quietly. You just gave your more attentive watchers a delayed scare via realization.

@Monica-mf2vq

2 жыл бұрын

It made my cat wig out before I noticed it. Extra freaky

@venezolanoanimatios5863

2 жыл бұрын

The far the whistle sounds the close he is.

@XonixDerps

2 жыл бұрын

I couldnt hear it D:

@MegaGun2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@XonixDerps you should probably look over your shoulder

@AlfonsoSRT

2 жыл бұрын

The whistling noise actually plays several times thoughout the video

Funny thing, the sound tapirs make is kinda similar to a human whistle. I always thought that maybe the legend of el silbón may have been inspired or at least reinforced by that. Imagine walking alone in the wilderness and hearing the noise of something big moving in the vegetation an making a sounds like a whistle

@BonaparteBardithion

2 жыл бұрын

This made me look up a video. You weren't kidding. The whistle even has a wavering rise and fall pattern. That would be creepy as heck in the dark.

@fiberpoet6250

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh kewl I love learning about scientific explanations for myths

@realtrini2007

2 жыл бұрын

that might be the reason. The region has a lot of tapirs.

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980

2 жыл бұрын

Yah that would *DEFINITELY* do your head in if you heard that!

@leviroch

2 жыл бұрын

Personal experience, peacocks are by far the most horrific thing to hear in the dark if you're not familiar with the sound of them roosting at night. . . It's like a woman getting stabbed repeatedly. First time I encountered it I had a head full of LSD and was walking towards a graveyard as it was a shortcut to my mates place. Let's just say I took the long way after not being able to convince myself I wasnt about to die at the hands of a banshee lol. . . Then I moved to rotto and heard it every single night for months, so I learned fairly quickly what did actually make that mindshatteringly terrifying sound. . .

My grandfather would always tell me of the stories of El Silbón, La Llorona, the duendes from the mountains, and la lechuza. It’s always good to see these stories be told to a mainstream audience, it warms my heart and reminds me of my grandfather :)

@lemon6780

2 жыл бұрын

Duermete porque a esta hora salen duendes

@dubuyajay9964

2 жыл бұрын

What is your bird?

@elic4106

2 жыл бұрын

@@dubuyajay9964 “La Lechuza bruja” is a witch that can transform into an owl, it’s either a warning of death like the banshee or she steals you away by mimicking a baby crying or stealing your soul if you look into her eyes.(kinda my fault for not specifying the lechuza as a witch because lechuza just means owl)

@dubuyajay9964

2 жыл бұрын

@@elic4106 Uh oh. D:

@ghoultooth

2 жыл бұрын

@@dubuyajay9964 Bearded vulture/lammergeier :) I have the same bird in my pic!

El Silbon was nightmare content back when I was 8 years old living in Venezuela, and it's still nightmare content for me now, twenty years later. It's exactly as the Argentinian director said: we laugh about it, but in seriousness, it's a damn scary monster. I remember the Venezuelan story saying that if you ever saw him sitting down on the sidewalk, his knees would reach higher than his head.

@romeersharma5423

2 жыл бұрын

creepy...

@Toneill029

2 жыл бұрын

You South Americans have the creepiest monsters I’ve ever heard.

@ghirardellimilkchocolateca6705

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude trinidad has nothing compared to this

@venezolanoanimatios5863

2 жыл бұрын

@@Toneill029 pretty much, centuries of believe and superstition..

@venezolanoanimatios5863

2 жыл бұрын

@@Toneill029 and the list goes on

A small 'fact' about El Silbón is that if you hear his whistling close he's far away but if you hear him really close he might be behind you. That's what I've heard and is probably the scariest thing about, imagine not knowing that and thinking you're safe.

@lordsandwich4570

2 жыл бұрын

I find this detail quite common with multiple creatures, ghosts, and monsters across the world.

@Ancor_Vantian

2 жыл бұрын

I swear to God, that's was happened to me when I 'encountered' him when I was about 8/9 years old. We used live in a kinda 'farm' in a rural part of my state, anyway, the main gate of the farm's entrance was about 3/4 mile away from the house, and since we didn't have electric gates back then, someone had to get out of the car an open/close them every time. I'd always choose to walk the rest of the by myself since I enjoyed looking the cows and horses running around. One night after locking the gate, I started hearing this weird whistle right on top of me and I thought it was a night bird or something. As I got close to the house, the whistle became more and more faint so I stopped paying attention. When I finally made it, the farm's foreman immediately came up running and asked me if I was okay and I told yeah, why wouldn't I be? He asked if I 'heard the whistle' and I told him yeah, I guessed it was some bird I've never heard before. He then told me: "That wasn't no bird, kid. It was him. who? "El Silbon, carajito!!" I remember I started sleeping in my dad's room for like month after.

@Goblinhandler

2 жыл бұрын

That pretty common La Llorona is supposed to be heard close when far and in reverse, most Latin American monsters have this aspect

@lordsandwich4570

2 жыл бұрын

@@Goblinhandler there was a creature in Australia with this trait as well I forgot which one though.

@XiELEd4377

2 жыл бұрын

In the Philippines there's a legend about the "Tiktik". When it makes a sound and it sounds close, it's actually far away, and when it sounds far away, it's actually close.

People were pointing out that Death from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is similar to this, and I find it fascinating

@zage932

Жыл бұрын

It's just the whistle and both killing people. Death waits, Silbon doesn't

@nprospekt

Жыл бұрын

Likely inspired by this legend

@AndorRadnai

Жыл бұрын

I hope the whistling was inspired by this legend as I love lesser known (excluding their region of origin, of course) tales being woven into media in a respectful way.

@MrSophire

Жыл бұрын

I looked this legend up because I saw it a clip and it reminded me of this legend.

I really like the part where if the whistle sounds far away, that's when El Sibon is close. Creatures that bend/violate our understanding of time, space, matter, energy, etc. are fascinating and frightening.

You know, a lot of the different motivating incidents for El Silbon name him sound entirely justified in killing his father.

@amberkat8147

2 жыл бұрын

Some do, but until now the only version I'd heard was the deer heart one. That definitely wasn't justified.

@Goblinhandler

2 жыл бұрын

There is one version where he ate his father, pretending the meat was deer meat

@venezolanoanimatios5863

2 жыл бұрын

@@amberkat8147 i know that one

@harlowitter3060

2 жыл бұрын

@@amberkat8147 yeah that's the first time I'd heard of him too, from watching Snarled's video on him.

I fought this legends in D&D. My DM forgot our homebrew Asians monsters for our Japanese Campaing and we end up fighting Latin american monsters instead. It was fun.

@foolslayer9416

2 жыл бұрын

That's super cool

@stefanjakubowski8222

2 жыл бұрын

In the beginning sadly, DnD really screwed up folklore, And mythology, and then with the self created creatures, it was off the charts, so when I threw actual folkloric beings at the party the rules lawyers fled, lol

@foolslayer9416

2 жыл бұрын

@@stefanjakubowski8222 I once watched a D&D game my friends were playing only the monsters they were using were things like the aswang and whatnot. Southeast Asian monsters.

@MichaelOfCainhurst

2 жыл бұрын

Now I really want to homebrew an encounter with El Silbón.

@stefanjakubowski8222

2 жыл бұрын

@@foolslayer9416 awesome, both RQ and HERO have "accurate" folklore critters, 5th ed hero actually had two books dedicated to asian monsters,

As a Venezuelan, this legend frightened me as a kid.

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980

2 жыл бұрын

I can't blame you, your monsters are *SERIOUSLY* Fucked up man! I though Fredy & Jason were scary as a kid, but this guy - Nuh Uh! That is a whole other level of Nope! No way! No How!

@Lobolink14

2 жыл бұрын

@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Not gonna lie i saw this comment and for the firts time i realize yeah monsters of my country are really something, funny how one just don't get it after so many years of knowing about him

As someone who grew up with this tale, it's awesome to see it here!! In the version I heard, it was about killing the father because he didn't brought back the animal the son wanted for dinner, and the sack with the father's and the victim's bones is made of the father's flesh. It's also said you shouldn't whistle at night in Los llanos cause that its gonna summon him, and then you gotta walk endlessly cause if you story he'll get you (hence The Endless). Dad told me he and a few friends went through a similar experience while walking back to the ranch they a worked at very late at night, and that what was supposed to be a 49 min walk turned into a two hours walk where they constantly heard the whistle getting closer (which is good) and it wasn't until the ranch owner and his dogs found them that they realized they finally made it back. Of course they probably just got lost and heard the wind hehe, but it's still an urban tale that's very present in peoples mind even now. Never heard about Silbon going after unfaithful man though, I think you got that mixed up with La Sayona, who you should totally do by the way, we love femme fatales!! In high school we did a deep dive about her tale and it's just amazing.

Yes a Colombian and Venezuelan myth! Finally!

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980

2 жыл бұрын

So just wondering are there any superstitions in this region regarding people whistling (especially after dark) because of this monster?

@MrGreen-sw1ly

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Negan's whistling, from The Walking Dead.

@MasterodD

2 жыл бұрын

@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 is more like a way to tell how near the specter is to you

@bobpobcf9723

2 жыл бұрын

Im just waiting for Peru

@bbmnb

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobpobcf9723 same here, although in the Amazon we got el tunchi

They: Slender Man is this really scary tall skinny monster! Me, a Colombian: Hold my aguardiente...!

@artifacthunter9293

2 жыл бұрын

We have Freddy vs. Jason,now they need to make Slenderman vs. El Sibon.

@sweeney60

2 жыл бұрын

@@artifacthunter9293 El Sibon would eat Slender Man for breakfast!

@miklo1980

2 жыл бұрын

Pls don’t do daddy longlegs dirty like that :(

@trin873

2 жыл бұрын

What is aguardiente

@eriathdien

2 жыл бұрын

@@trin873 a sugar-cane based liquor that is the typical spirit in many Hispanic countries.

Just finished watching Puss in Boots The Last Wish. Immediately had to come and rewatch this after meeting The Big Bad Wolf.

@aliryan-uy8qq

Жыл бұрын

death you mean

@hypocriticalcritic6915

Жыл бұрын

@ali ryan No spoilers for the people who ain't seen it yet!

Maybe he's just a dedicated worker... ya know? Whistle while you work

@driftingdruid

2 жыл бұрын

Whistle while you work on finding new bones for your to-go collection :P

This is the first time I've ever heard of this particular legend. Fascinating stuff!

@Hivedragon

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Oooh now do "Las animas" the souls in purgatory who will protect others if someone prays for their sould's salvation but will pull your feet while you sleep if you don't leave a glass of water for them

@Abyssaracnis

2 жыл бұрын

someone with a kink would do a power move and do it intentionally.

@saral8033

2 жыл бұрын

Aaaa extraño esos cuentos

Also known as the Old Sack Man here in Uruguay (El Viejo de la Bolsa)

@eugeniapizarro9313

2 жыл бұрын

In Chile is "el Viejo del saco"

@Argentvs

2 жыл бұрын

El viejo de la bolsa doesn't hit people, it takes disobedient children away. Totally unrelated.

@nicanornunez9787

2 жыл бұрын

Nada papi, no es lo mismo, es como decir que la pata sola es babayaga

@blacksitemadhatter6721

2 жыл бұрын

Saca la bolsita!

@medueleaca

2 жыл бұрын

No es lo mismo

El Silbon: *looks at Venezuela* ... They have other monsters to deal with right now.... *Goes away*

@MariaGonzalez-ur4bi

2 жыл бұрын

Silbón for president. I would 100% vote for him🥲😌

@MocaHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@MariaGonzalez-ur4bi i know right?, Nice guy, dedicated worker, you know, whistling while working

@MariaGonzalez-ur4bi

2 жыл бұрын

@@MocaHere he clearly is committed to what he does and has been doing it incredibly well for centuries now. If I were registered to vote in Venezuela I would do it 😌😌😌 plus he kills criminals? My life would have been different with him in Miraflores

@fenrir6685

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, I'd rather deal with the silbon

@sebastiangudino9377

2 жыл бұрын

@@MocaHere i don't know If another "Presidente Obrero" (Working-class president) is what we need right now....

If I hear El Silbon's whistle in the dead of night, I'll be praying that he's whistling Twisted Nerve.

@calvinmilleriii2628

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile I’m grabbing my knife and shotgun and dog and a cameraman AND we going hunting

@Jz-sv1ju

2 жыл бұрын

@@calvinmilleriii2628 your weapons will be useless against a being that is supernatural and not mortal.

@classydrgs

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jz-sv1ju But not the dog tho, El Silbón is scared of dogs, so they'd protect you.

As a Llanero from Venezuela, I'm glad to listen to people from outside talking about our culture. Los Llanos region has a lot of interesting myths and superstitions.

@stan9106hehe

13 күн бұрын

I'm in Indonesia. Will the silbon come and potentially endanger myself, my family and friends?

In Brazil it's known as Homem do saco, or sac man and i was was so afraid of him when i was a kid!

@guairefernandezamil4084

2 жыл бұрын

the man of the sac also exists in Spain and the rest of latin America, so i doubt it has any relation with El Silbó.

@shikigranbell7608

2 жыл бұрын

@@guairefernandezamil4084 because it has a relation to el silbon.

@eugeniapizarro9313

2 жыл бұрын

It also remind me of the sac man. But the man sac is used to scare children into obeying.

@raquelbeatrizbretzke7194

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! In that case, I think Sac Man deserves a video of it's own :D

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980

2 жыл бұрын

@@raquelbeatrizbretzke7194 Ok now I'm curious. Who the Hell is this Sack Man? & why is he so bad/scary?

Welp, now I'm having flashbacks to the Whistler video that was circulating around the internet a while back.

@IamJacksSTD

2 жыл бұрын

That's what immediately came to my mind, too. Like "dude better run like hell before that boat lands."

@shortleader0958

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have the link

@IamJacksSTD

2 жыл бұрын

@@shortleader0958 Video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q22DrstvcZXYqrg.html Related story: www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3xg36j/serious_what_is_the_creepiest_thing_that_has_ever/cy4f6mm/

Now I know where they got the concept of Wolf/Death whistle in Puss in Boots 2.

I love how across so many cultures and continents, some of the scariest monsters are tall, spindly, and mysterious humanoid figures. Makes you think why it’s such a common thing

As a kid I was absolutely terrified of him... And probably I'm still scared of that whistling lol

5:50 I remember there is a Southeast Asian lore of a certain bird would make a noise that sounds loud meaning the bird or monster is actually quite a distance away; when the bird's call/noise is faint or seem to be far off, the monster is really close by or even behind the person listening.

@buttercupbite

2 жыл бұрын

In the Philippines, there's a monster that's called a Tiktik that does that but the noise it makes is like 'tik-tik-tik-tik'.

@leylinfarlier889

2 жыл бұрын

In the Philippines its called Wakwak.

@thepoliticalgunnut8018

2 жыл бұрын

@@buttercupbite nowadays it has evolved into a more fiendish bloodsucking monster known as Tiktok

@buttercupbite

2 жыл бұрын

@@leylinfarlier889 ah yepp there are beliefs that the Tiktik and Wakwak are the same but there are others that believe they're different creatures. Filipino mythology do be like that sometimes lol

@leylinfarlier889

2 жыл бұрын

@@buttercupbite they all belong to the whole race of aswangs (flesh eaters) but in different sub species.

When I was still a little child I would hear whistles in the dead of night, my family are always asleep at that time. I didn't know El silbón back then so I thought that my brother was the one whistling to scare me of, I was really curious why I would always hear it in the night were people are asleep the whistling is still so vivid to me, I can describe it as a melancholic melody with a repeated rhythm there are also times were the pitch of the melody will go high but still I can hear it as if it's whistling near my ear . So, when I heard this story and I heard the whistling I was like "OMG this is the whistling that I've been hearing since I was a child!" That no one believe in me, so in short I wasn't hallucinating at all. I stop hearing the whistling in the night when we start to have dogs in our house.

@14ma99

Жыл бұрын

Bro this happened last night but I live in Cali and I heard whistling repeatedly I have it caught in my ring camera

You just HAD to put that whistling in at the end, didn't you? That was so darn creepy! I'm torn between being impressed and wishing it wasn't so late in the evening already.

From Costa Rica here. It's great to see Latin American myths and legends in this channel. Thank you!

It's amazing how these stories we used to listen to as kids are getting known outside Venezuela. I used to be scared of El Silbón whenever I went to Los llanos with my family. My dad loves these stories and he told me all of them 👀💢 He's probably the reason why I love them now.

Heard the whistle and nearly broke my thumb slamming that notification button

I am beyond fascinated with the story of El Silbón. You can be assured this video will receive many views . . . I can say with confidence your channel is *the* best channel on KZread. You also done a great video covering the "Loch Ness Monster" which I enjoyed very much. Especially since I am from Scotland

@pleisha

Жыл бұрын

He definetly is a scary one, when I was younger I was camping there with some friends, I was walking down a road that led me out of the property, searching for a ring I lost, when I heard a whistle near to me and cold sweat started running down my back, I grow with the legend of that monster, listening to my instinct, I started to run away, the whistle started to sound distant and I saw a tall shadow near the property, in that moment I ran as fast as I ever did, I was so panicked I couldn´t even scream, I just ran until I found my friends. I ended spending that night with the granny of the property, praying a rosario while I cried. Horrible night but a great story once you arent in the Llanos

Seriously everyone was scared shitless of this thing, both in los Llanos and even outside of them in the cities wherever the tale could reach. Just playing or mimicking what we believed was his canon whistle was enough to give goosebumps to me as a kid or any other kid for what mattered. Today even though i know those are simple tales, when i dig back in my memories they surface up on my skin as goosebumps again, as if it was some sort of twisted nostalgia. Even though my father was trying to scare me with these tales, these memories are dear to me because they remind me of him , my people and my home, so it is a bittersweet feeling in the end. Thank you for looking into this legend and sharing it again.

I love that you're doing venezuelan/colombian myths! I just wish you had a venezuelan or colombian person to talk about it, argentina is very far away and has a very different culture :(

@sebastiangudino9377

2 жыл бұрын

I actually like people from other cultures talking about our myths, it's a way of sharing our culture to the world in a really universal way

@GD-jc3wx

2 жыл бұрын

Let the guy speak about it. He does a good job.

0:11, I knew that surprise was coming, yet I still screamed and nearly had a heart attack.

There are a few variations of this legend in South America!

That subtle whistle at the very end made me jump. Great video!

oh yeah we also have this one! We also have la mariamonte, el pollito malo (for real an evil chicken), en tunjo, el hombre caiman (alligator man), and others

@sebastiangudino9377

2 жыл бұрын

Wait what? I'm from Venezuela and i've never heart about this "Pollito Malo" and you have really peaked my interest. Can you elaborate?

@ZimVader-0017

2 жыл бұрын

What's the Pollito Malo story? I mean, my grandfather raised chickens and some of them were nasty, but why is this particular one a monster?

@CinnamonCari

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastiangudino9377 siii, I think it's the same as the gallina fantasma, a monster from Clarines, Anzoátegui. My favorite version is written by Mercedes Franco in her book of ghost stories for children.

@thepleasednutlord

2 жыл бұрын

I kinda wanna know about this evil chicken

@vi0let831

2 жыл бұрын

¿¿¿¿El pollito malo????

"Que no vayas para el monte te dijeron Juan Hilario Que en tierras de Portuguesa un espanto anda rondando" that's part of an old song about a man who fought el Silbon and survived... A legend from literally where i live

@CinnamonCari

2 жыл бұрын

A true classic

Interesting. There was a old time radio show called The Whistler. The plot usually centered around a person who committed a crime but has unfortunate consequences which the Whistler, who is the narrator of the story, hints about. I wonder if the creators of the radio show were inspired by this creature.

El Silbón... what a classic. As a member of a Colombian family who has always been deeply interested in folklore and legends, this story has been a favorite of mine since I first heard it. Thank you for this, it really did make me happy to see it.

Yay! I studied a lot of myths and legends for fun as a kid (yeah…I wasn’t popular lol) and I’m always so happy when you guys introduce one I’ve never heard of! Awesome episode, as always.

Note to self: if I need to walk outside alone at night in northern South America, whistle as I walk, bring a stick, wear a hat, wear a backpack. 💜

@calituchi1

2 жыл бұрын

And a dog!

@Ulthar_Cat

2 жыл бұрын

@@calituchi1 Nooo! if I want miscreants and ne'erdowells to think I'm el silbón, I can't have a dog because el silbón is afraid of them ^^

@aokiocojongco1881

2 жыл бұрын

But are u tall tho

@Ulthar_Cat

2 жыл бұрын

@@aokiocojongco1881 I'm tall for a woman, and the darkness and their belief will make me even taller >83

@aokiocojongco1881

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ulthar_Cat you're a woman? Won't they notice u have boobs😳

This was an amazing episode! I hope we are able to get more Meso-American monsters down folklore!

the wolf!

@AndorRadnai

Жыл бұрын

This legend could be a plausible inspiration for his whistling. That would be beautiful.

just as I was about to sleep, oh how i've yearned for another monstrum content drop

These mythological videos are pure gold. I absolutely love them. Keep them coming and the fantastic work! It's much appreciated.

I freaking love El Silvon. I feel it's one of the best and one of the scariest cryptid I've ever seen due to the subtle yet clever little fact that if you hear he is far away, he is actually really close. By just making that little change you make an amazing source of phycological terror! Imagine a "Slender" type game with that as the concept. Instead of seeing a weird man, you just hear whistling constantly. and your instinct is going to be to scape, but that's precisely what he wants I love that he is a part of my forklore here in Venezuela. And in between all the awful crap going on throughout the continent, and specially here in Venezuela, in terms of politics and the economy and stuff. Tales like El Silvon and the many other amazing creatures found here in south America are one of the very few things that really makes me proud of my cultural heritage

about a week ago, my boyfriend and I woke up to someone whistling a melody in the alley outside our window. as soon as we registered it, we paused our white noise, but it stopped. the more I find out about El Silbón, the more freaked out I get. our alley is mostly used by loud, drunk tourists walking back to the nearby hotel

@Otisea

6 ай бұрын

El Silbón lives in Latin America, I really hope you’re not in Latin America. Good luck if you do. 🍀🍀🍀

@jeshua4

6 ай бұрын

Hey, just to share more of the story El Silbon is also known to sit outside people's houses and start counting the bones in his sack if no one wakes up and acknowledges that by morning someone in that house will die.

I'm from Guanare - Portuguesa, it's a region within "Los Llanos" of Venezuela. Seeing this made me cry, it's part of my culture and it makes me so proud that a channel like this is talking about it. Thank you!

So glad you guys are covering this! One of my all-time favorite Latin American Legends/Monsters. Been watching this channel (Monstrum) for a while now and have been fascinated with the deep cuts -shout out to the Nuckelavee and Kasoganaga. Would you ever do one on the Imbunche? I’ve always wanted to learn more about this monster and why/how it was created in Chilean culture.

Very well chosen music and of course, the whistling in the background. Thank you for sharing a little piece ancient legends from South American Grasslands.

Oh this is one of my favorite legends! 👻

This monster is FASCINATING thank you so much for making an episode on this!!

Love this channel and finding out about myths & legends from around the world. I only heard of this gentleman when the this video popped up in my feed. That whistle is eerie!

I'm happy you've past most of the common western myths and are focussing on less known ones from other places. Never heard about this one and I loved it

El Silbón was also the villain in an episode of Victor and Valentino.

@Goblinhandler

2 жыл бұрын

We don’t talk about that show here

@classydrgs

2 жыл бұрын

Yikes, I hate that show.

@prixe12

2 жыл бұрын

@@classydrgs Nobody asked

I was so happy to see this on Monstrum!!! Huge fan of your channel! Muchas gracias!!!

This was the best one of your videos. I have been a student of myth for many years, yet had never heard this one. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Would love to see an episode on Trolls from scandinavian mythology

this has got to be one of the most interesting monsters the show has covered

I find it interesting, that the characteristic where you hear a particular noice near, actually means ist far away and vice versa, is also aplied with La Llorona sometimes.

@eskarinakatz7723

2 жыл бұрын

In Wales, it applies to the Cwm(?) Arawn, or Arawn’s dogs.

incredible episode! thank you for making these :)

The contradicting whistle of El Silbon (loud if far, soft if near) reminds me of Malay ghosts, where a high-pitched laugh means it's far away, but a low, whispering giggle means it's nearby.

También, si el Silbón se pone a contar huesos en la puerta de tu casa, y lo escuchas, falleces al día siguientes. En Barinas, Guárico, Apure, Lara, todos estos estados de Venezuela, se dice que sale. Tengo varios amigos que lo han visto. Cuentos que al escucharlos te espeluca la piel. Por mi parte, también he ido a los llanos. De día, una belleza. De noche, es tan oscuro que no puedes ver ni tus manos frente a tus ojos. Yo no sé si sale, pero si alguien me dice que ve algo en esa oscuridad, lo creo. Edit: El Vuelvan Caras en el 7:44. Bello.

I have been waiting for so long! Thank you once again for this awesome content, I really enjoy learning about folklore monsters. They are so interesting!

Love all your videos but this one was especially fascinating. I'm familiar with all the creatures I've seen in your videos so far, but El Silbon I've never even heard of. There's much I don't know. Just fascinating, well done.

I’ve been waiting so much for this video to happen and I’m glad you put so much care and effort. As a venezuelan of llanera asendence and monster lover I’m so happy 🥺💘 Please, do a video sometime about another well-beloved monster from my country, a queen and man-eater, La Sayona 🖤

great way to start the day

Enjoyed the episode greatly. The takeaway for me was the idea that the monster stories of a culture highlight the things it found, and currently finds, important. I look forward to monster stories from around the world. What a fascinating concept!

Thank you so much for featuring this amazing spirit from Venezuela. It means a lot that people will learn about our folklore through your video. The fact that the closer he is to you, the farther he sounds is the scariest bit about him, and his freakishly tall frame.

I am a simple man, I see a new monstrum episode show up. I click and watch.

WOW! I had never heard of this creature but it's soooo creepy! A creature that carries the bones of his victims in a sack, & whistles as he works. Very chilling!

A completely new one to me! And one with really interesting back stories in both the mythological and historical aspects.

So happy to see you making a video about el silbon :)

El Silbón looks so intresting, This tall monster was way before the Slenderman.

Every now and again, KZread just offers you a bit knowledge you didn't realise you needed. I will legit fall down a research wormhole now. Thanks Doctor Emily.

I actually had this guy show up in a Deadlands campaign once as an "antagonist" for one adventure. The story goes the party was hanging out in Southern Mexico for a good while because of plot that happened, and found that they needed to go back up to the Americas (again, plot), but needed cash and supplies to make the trip. Conveniently, their needs were answered when this one rich cattle baron who owned a great many farms and ranches all throughout Mexico and South America approached them asking for help. It turned out he also needed to get up to the Americas partly for business reasons, but also to try and evade someone he believed was stalking him. He had no idea who it was, but kept hearing/seeing a figure out on the outskirts of his mansion's grounds that never seemed to go away no matter how many guards he sent after them. Naturally, being a bunch of wild west gunslingers and mercenaries with a bit of a reputation as professional problem solvers, he offered a large reward if they worked for him as bodyguards - offering to double their pay if they happened to apprehend the stalker. Naturally, the party accepted and off they went on and off by train or horse and wagon. Now not really anything of interest happened each time they took the train, but each night they travelled on the actual roads/trails, the more perceptive party members occasionally heard a faint sound. None of them could really identify it at first, but they mostly just chalked it up to birds or possibly bats out in the wilderness. Meanwhile, each time they managed to get to a small town or village in the countryside, the party kept getting a chilly reception/occasional dirty looks from the locals. At first, they just chalked it up to the locals not liking outsiders or Americans all too much (only one party member was Mexican), but after a while they slowly started realizing it wasn't that the villagers disliked them, it was the cattle baron. As they kept travelling, it slowly got revealed that this guy was, to put it simply, an greedy bastard. He'd gotten most of the land he now owned mostly by scamming honest farmers out of their livelihood and homes, or bribing/blackmailing government officials to give control of the land over to him, the stories of his misdeeds getting increasingly despicable with each stop they made - and the louder and clearer the strange sound they kept hearing on the road became... Then, one night, as they were starting to become reluctant to help this guy go any further north, a pretty substantial dust storm was kicking up, as they came within a couple miles of yet another small village, they saw *something* standing out in the distance, just slightly ahead of the storm. No one could really make out who/what it was, just that it was tall... and that the strange "bird calls" were coming from its direction... So the party rushed towards the village to try and beat out the storm, and to try and get somewhere defensible in case this mysterious figure was the stalker. After they tried to secure lodging, however, the party and their client were soon confronted by a small but very unhappy group of townsfolk who wanted them to get the hell out of their town, as they revealed a fair number of them used to live/work on the farms in the area before this cattle baron guy swindled them and drove them out. But the real kicker was that the party met this old woman who, distraught, told one sympathetic party member about how this cattle baron guy wooed her daughter into marrying him, only for her to die under mysterious circumstances a few months after the marriage. Afterward, he took the family's farm for himself and married some other woman only a few *weeks* later. So, the party was driven out by the townsfolk and now had to try and simply ride out the increasingly violent dust storm that was slowly brewing around them. Now, at this point, the party had had enough of this guy, and were now genuinely debating whether they just leave him stranded in the wilderness nearby, or send him back to the angry villagers (after robbing him of all his valuables, and his pants, of course). But just as they were starting to debate their course of action, the party heard sounds again, and this time, it quite clearly wasn't bird calls... It was *whistling* So the party immediately stopped what they were doing and rushed down the road to the closest rail station in hope they could get to a semi defensible position for the stalker to arrive so they could meet him/her/it on their terms - the party had half a mind to just give the cattle baron over to the stalker and call it a day. So they reach the rail station just as the storm legitimately hits them, and they all hole up in a tiny station building for the rest of the night, all the while the whistling keeps getting louder and clearer, so much so that they can still hear it over the wind screaming around them. Then, almost tow hours later, *he* slowly walks out into the view of the station. They only just barely see him, but they get the clear impression of a tall, stooped, emaciated figure with a sack over its shoulder slowly creeping around just out of the lights around the building, just enough that all they see clearly are the thing's eyes. Now, you see, this whole time, the party more or less was convinced the stalker was a normal person. Maybe a jilted lover or a disgruntled former employee, since I'd made it clear throughout the campaign at this point that not everything in Deadlands needs to be supernatural to be interesting - one party member started to think it could've been an old fashioned ghost following them, but that specific character had a history of blaming every slightly odd occurrence on ghosts, so everyone took his claims with a grain of salt by default. So when it became clear that El Silbón was, indeed, NOT a normal person, the party immediately started shooting at him out of sheer reflex (some of them even thought he was somehow causing the storm around them, which he actually wasn't, he just saw that moment as his time to strike). So they enter this defensive standoff with Silbón as he's slowly but surely making his way to the station building, meanwhile the cattle baron's having a nervous breakdown as he suddenly remembers and recounts how he heard about this guy from various workers on some of his farms in South America. Then, just as they think they've driven El Silbón off and into the storm, he suddenly rushes this building from the side, smashes through a barricaded window, grabs the cattle baron by the neck and rips him through the hole in the barricade. The cattle baron was a decent bit bigger than the hole Silbón opened up, but he fit through all the same... eventually... Then, just as abruptly as he arrived, El Silbón left, taking just long enough to silently stare back to the party through the window for a second, slowly stuffing the still screaming remains of the cattle baron into his bag, before resuming his whistling and slowly walking back off into the storm - leaving behind a tired and thoroughly shook party, almost $2000 dollars of valuables and cash amidst the cattle baron's belongings, and one very frightened and confused station clerk... This was almost a year ago, both in real time and in the (still ongoing) campaign. The party hasn't seen El Silbón or been back to Mexico or South America since, but they still get nervous every time they see a dust storm kick up, and they swear they can hear not only a faint "bird call" every time they see such a storm start up, but they *swear* they can hear something else, too - a man screaming... tl;dr - The party took a job to protect/escort a rich cattle baron who thought he was being stalked by someone, learned he was a greedy prick who hurt/cheated a lot of innocent people to get what he had all across Mexico/South America, then got jumped by El Silbón in the middle of a dust storm. The big guy grabbed the guy they were escorting, who is now almost certainly worse than dead, but the party still got paid so it's all fine in the end.

I always eagerly wait for the episodes of the monstrum...!!! its just AWESOME!!!!

It's really cool to me that the idea of a creature being louder when it's farther away is so wide spread across folklore.

Now this is an interesting episode: a really cool, scary creature I’ve never heard of before.

I grew up with this story as a little kid and it was terrifying and exciting pretty much my introduction to folklore and horror. Sometimes as a prank my friends would whistle like El Silbón in the halls of the school to spook students and it often worked which goes to show how many people in Venezuela were scared of El Silbón even in the city lol. Thank you so much for highlighting this fella. Means a lot 💕

It's been a rough day. Monstrum is what I needed. Thank you.

Ya know this reminds me of the whistle of death in puss in boots where a wolf would whistle when it gets close to puss

Cool. I never heard of El Silbón, since I'm pretty unfamiliar with South American folklore.

this was a fascinating video. can't wait to see which legend is next.

Loved this topic! Hadn't ever heard of it beforr.

To be honest, I would love to see an in-depth analysis of the SCP franchise

Sounds like something that can pop up in dead by daylight.

@elenebaert3321

2 жыл бұрын

nice 👌

@Demolitiondude

2 жыл бұрын

Another bludgeoning killer, with a whistle to throw off victims.

@psychedelicwolf4630

2 жыл бұрын

Truth be told, reminds me of the Deathslinger to a degree.

@venezolanoanimatios5863

2 жыл бұрын

That would be lit

@Raccon_Detective.

2 жыл бұрын

This should be the new killer because DBD has iconic slashers, creatures, iconic video game monsters and everything when it comes to horror now all were missing is classic monsters and legends.

I love the lengths of research this series goes to. The respect and care really shows. Perks of having a real phD holder!

Never knew about this. Thank you 💖

This brings back memories of a classmate I had that could imitate the whistle perfectly and she'd often bust it out during class to scare our former classmates. Fun times.

When I heard the term “Terror from South America” my first thought was Augusto Pinochet.

@juanantonio5367

2 жыл бұрын

hugo chavez

@stunner9005

2 жыл бұрын

Only a terror if you’re a communist.

Loved it like all the others team, thank you

I LOVE these videos!!! I'm making a book series that includes monsters from all over the world and this series is a HUGE inspiration! Request: Could you cover griffins (gryphons, griffons, why the different spellings?), they have history in multiple cultures and I'd love to see what you have to say about them. They're one of my absolute favorite mythical creatures. I know you covered it briefly in the Chimera one, but it'd be cool to have a video focused on it.