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November 16, 2007 6:56 PM

In Guyana, they have a bigfoot-like creature called a didi. Apparently, the didi don’t mind making off with the kids when they get the chance, according to the Center for Fortean Zoology’s Guyana Expedition blog page:

This morning they visited the home village of their guide and mentor Damon Corrie. The ʻphone cut out for a few seconds as he was explaining this, so for the moment Icannot tell you the name of this village, but while they were there they received the first solid first person account of the didi.

Apparently, about two years ago, two children – a boy, and a girl aged twelve – were walking on the savannah near the village. Out of the undergrowth strode a big, hairy, man-like figure, who grabbed the little girl, disappeared with her, and neither the hairy didi nor the girl were ever seen again.

The annals of cryptozoology are full of such accounts, but it is a very disturbing feeling to hear such a story in the 21st Century. Cryptozoologists from Heuvelmans onwards have described the worldʼs unknown hominids as shy and gentle creatures, and have done their best to downplay the stories of rapes, killings, and abductions. To hear such a story for oneself is a chilling experience.

I don’t have much to add to this. Not withstanding the author’s assertion above, you never hear anything like this in modern North American accounts, though there are some historical accounts that are similar. What makes the didi different, assuming this account is true?

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