Pishtaco
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This article is about a South American mythological figure. For the hoax about a Peruvian gang suspected of trafficking in human fat, see Pishtacos.
A pishtaco is a mythological boogeyman figure in the Andes region of South America, particularly in Peru and Bolivia. Some parts of the Andes refer to the pishtaco as kharisiri, or ñakaq, or lik'ichiri in the Aymara language.[1]