Cryptid: Pesanta

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In Catalan folklore in Spain there is an enormous heavy hairy black dog called the Pesanta (sometimes referred to as a cat). The dog is large with steel paws which it hits anyone with who gets in the way, but makes it impossible to grab anything. It's sometimes believed that the Pesanta may be a witch or an animal creature with an undefined form.

The Pesanta lives in abandoned churches and ruins. The Pesanta will then creep into homes entering through tight spaces like keyholes, under the door, and even filtering across the walls.The creatures goal is to sleep on the chests of people giving them troubles breathing and nightmares. Sometimes the person will have sleep paralysis, but most times they wake up and the Pesanta will disappear quickly.  

Things people do to keep the Pesanta away is to spread some millet in the threshold of your bedroom, place a broom next to the bed or speak words that will force it to count all the stars in the sky.

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