A very popular story in El Salvador is the legend of "El Mico Brujo" (The Witch Monkey). in certain towns of the country this character is related to a pig instead of a monkey.

Our ancestors used to told stories about some weird women with a magic "guacal" (some kind of deposit) in wich they stored their souls, transforming into monkeys or pigs to make mischievous acts, like climbing trees and throw fruits and stones to the people.

Try to catch them or kill them is useless, these witches can vanish instantly when they feel in danger.

According to some villagers, these witches can transform into big black pigs, grunting, charging and biting their victim whom awakened totally beaten and with empty pockets.