I'm a biologist and I went to Amazon Rainforest to do some research about the “Phoneutria nigriventer”, the most poisonous spider, also known as Brazilian Wandering Spider (Aranha Armadeira), but that doesn't matter. I'm here to tell you about the Curupira, one of the creatures from the Brazilian folklore. The oldest manuscript mentioning this creature is from May 30th, 1560, a few years after this land was "discovered". Here's what is on the manuscript: Eventually, some Indians went to search for the kids. I couldn’t stay without doing anything about it, since she was just a little girl.