https://historybanter.com/the-conquistador-and-the-bigfoot-the-story-of-mala-cosa/ History. Humor. Pop Culture. Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 https://historybanter.com/the-conquistador-and-the-bigfoot-the-story-of-mala-cosa/#comment-2272 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:41:41 +0000 https://historybanter.com/?p=549#comment-2272 […] In 1536, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca returned from an eight-year sojourn in North America. He’d arrived in North America as part of a 600-man Spanish army, but after a shipwreck, conflict with Indians, starvation, and thousands of miles traveling across hostile jungles and deserts, only Cabeza de Vaca and three companions remained. The journey was epic, the four men becoming the first non-Indians to step foot in what would one day become Texas and Northern Mexico. When they returned to Mexico City and the company of other Europeans, Cabeza de Vaca relayed details about the people, animals, and environment he’d encountered. His stories were incredible, but one tale stuck out more than any other: Cabeza de Vaca had found evidence of a magical, hairy creature that would attack people. (We’ve written about this before. Click here to read the story in greater detail.) […]

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