PISHTACO – The Fat-Stealing Phantoms of the Andes

Freaky Folklore

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 840 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Throughout the mist-shrouded mountains of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, pale strangers posing as doctors, researchers, or helpful travelers stalk remote Andean trails with curved surgical blades, harvesting human fat with terrifying precision. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by: CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: https:// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.2	Throughout the mist-shrouted mountains of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador,
1:13.4	there lurks a predator more feared than any natural animal or harsh element. The indigenous peoples of the Andes have whispered warnings about these beings for centuries. They appear as
1:18.9	outsiders, pale, often foreign-looking men who travel alone. In colonial times, they were
1:26.8	Spanish conquistadors or Catholic friars.
1:30.3	Today they pose as doctors, researchers, or tourists, but beneath their human disguises
1:37.7	lies something ancient and hungry. The Pistazzo stalks remote mountain trails under cover of darkness or thick fog, carrying
1:48.1	a curved blade of unnatural sharpness.
1:52.0	With surgical precision, they slice open their victims to extract the one thing they crave.
1:59.2	Human fat. Their victims, if found at all, appear hollow. Their skin
2:05.8	hanging loose like emptied sacks. The Pistoso doesn't just kill. It harvests. So if you're
2:14.7	traveling through the Andes and encounter a pale stranger on a lonely path,
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