In March 2015, during severe flooding and mudslides in Chosica (a city east of Lima), Peruvian national news broadcast footage of a mysterious, mud-covered humanoid figure moving awkwardly through floodwaters. Clips quickly went viral in South American media and on Reddit, sparking debate over whether it was an unknown creature, a hoax, or simply a confused animal covered in mud. Experts who reviewed the footage could not confirm its nature, there have been no credible follow-up sightings or evidence, and the incident is generally treated as a one-off, unexplained anomaly.