Cueva de los Pincheira is rock shelter located about 65 kilometres (40 mi) southeast of Chillán, in Ñuble Region, Central Chile. The rock shelter is famous for being a hideout of the Pincheira brothers, a royalist outlaw gang. During high season there are reenactments in the cave. [1]
The rock shelter lies in the foothills of the Andes near Laguna Huemul. [2] In the 1820s the rock shelter was one of the Pincheira brothers' main encampments together with other locations also close to Chillán. Up to a thousand people are reported to have gathered at the site during the heydays of the Pincheira brothers. [2]
Local lore says that a white mule appears during the night in the small waterfall of the rock shelter. [3] Allegedly, this mule shows the route to the hidden treasures of the Pincheira brothers. [3] It is also said that just before morning a cart can be heard near the rock shelter; additionally, there are sayings that the cries of women have been heard together with the cart. [3] The sayings explain that these are the cries of the women kept captive by the outlaws. [3]
References
- ^ "Cueva de los Pincheira". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ a b Arnaboldi, Teresa (2011). "La reivindicación de los Pincheira". Revista Hacer Familia, n.º 186. October 13, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. p. 197. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8.