Mashoko ekuti Loogaroo anogona kubva kuFrench loup-garou (zvinoreva kuti "mhumhi") uye anowanzoitika mutsika dzeMauritius. Nhau dzeLoogaroo dzakapararira muCaribbean Islands neLouisiana muUnited States. Zvimwe zvipuka zvechikadzi ndizvo Soucouyant yeTrinidad, uye Tunda nePatasola yeColombian folklore, nepo Mapuche yekumaodzanyemba kweChile ine nyoka inonwisa ropa inozivikanwa sePuechen. Aloe vera yakarembera kumashure kana pedyo nemusuwo yaifungidzirwa kuti inodzivirira vampire muSouth American folklore. Ngano dzeAztec dzeCihuateteo, skeletal-faced mweya wevafambi vakafa uye vakafa muRhode Island yakatsanangurwa se "mhuri yakakurumbira yevana vanozvipira kune vakafa mushure memwedzi gumi nemapfumbamwe".
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