Different cultures have different beliefs that are mostly based on mythology. But another basis of these beliefs is surprising and even hard to believe true to life experiences of different persons. It may be a myth or legend to others but all Mayans and most of Yucatan tourists have an unexpected alux experience they will never ever forget.
According to Mayan mythology, an alux is an ancient spirit that takes the form of a small person and various small forest animals. There are times that the alux shows itself as a weird looking animal. Others have already encountered an alux unknowingly for it showed itself as a weasel wearing small sandals. But there are documented cases that these creatures are seen in scary and more bizarre instances. One of these unexpected surprise happened in a popular Yucatan resort where the alux took the form of a spotted wildcat that mutters undistinguishable words!
Dan Gannon is a tourist who has spotted one of these aloof creatures during his trip to Oxkutzcab, Yucatan last December 30, 2007. Sitting in the front right seat of the car, he first spotted a raccoon in the right side of the road. Then after a couple of minutes he saw a two feet tall, medium brown colored creature that moved behind a pile of dried weeds. He mentioned that, What I saw was not indicative of a thin, scrawny hominid, but rather a very, very muscular one and I could also see that the features were very human-like, and not hairy at all.
Most of these sightings are in the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala. Though the spirit lives deep in the forest it can be lured to move in other locations. Some of these creatures are also spotted near towns and highways. It also goes to the maize field when a farmer builds a house in his property. Most of the locals build a kahtal alux, which is a small house for the alux, so the spirit can safely stay on their property without causing trouble. This way the alux can help the farmer by growing more harvests and protecting its crops too. But some Mayans shut the aluxes in a small house after seven years of productivity for there are instances that the creature runs wild and plays tricks on people.
The aluxoob, which is the Mayan plural form of alux, have similar characteristics to children like being playful, energetic and happy. But if these forest spirits feel mistreated, they can bring trouble to persons by spreading illness or harmful tricks. It is best to treat them with respect and give them offerings too so they will reciprocate the kindness shown to them.
There is a website that describes the Alux and numerous other creatures of Cryptozoology in detail, this website is called: Unknown Creatures and it may be found at this url: http://www.rb59.com/creditcards
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