Lonesome

In Portuguese folklore, they are werewolves who are afraid of the light. Lonesome also have names Louison or Lobizon (from the Portuguese: lobisomem: lobizón, Juicho, Luisón or Luisô).

This creepy creature is at the crossroads of life and death. The description is reminiscent of the European legend of the werewolf. This is a very popular myth in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil, where there is a belief that the seventh male child, reaching adolescence, turns into a wolf-man. According to another legend (according to the mythology of the Guarani) this monster and his six brothers roam the earth.

They are able to transform into a wolf or other creature, but they do so not intentionally, but for the reason of cursing (in some versions of an innate gift or other enchantment). It does not attack people or livestock.

It is said that on Fridays and Tuesdays, when the night shadows begin to take over cities and regions in their grim movement, the Bison loses its human form and turns into a terrible-looking dog or wolf with sharp teeth. He tends to the cemetery to dig up a corpse and eat. 

At midnight, with shining eyes, he sets out in search of humans to turn them into other werewolves, which he achieves by scaring them and passing under the feet of men he meets during a nighttime walk. Sometimes a pack of dogs chases him and barks without getting close. It is accompanied by a nauseating smell.

His walk ends when a new day arrives, when he returns to his human form. He looks dirty, tired, with pain and disheveled hair.

These people can foresee the future, have the gift of healing.