Abchanchu is a legendary

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who shapeshifts into the form of a helpless, elderly traveler. When a passerby offers to help him, Abchanchu victimizes him and drinks his blood.

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Mythological hematophages Shapeshifting Indigenous Andean legendary creatures {{Bolivia-stub