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The Patasola or "one foot" is one of many myths in South American folklore about woman monsters from the jungle, appearing to male hunters or loggers in the middle of the wilderness when they think about women. The Patasola appears in the form of beautiful and seductive women, often in the likeness of a loved one, that would ultimately lure them away from their partners deep into the jungle to reveal their true, hideous appearance as one-legged freaks with ferocious vampire-like lust for human flesh and blood, attacking and devouring or sucking the blood of their victims. More common in Colombian folklore, they are similar to the Sayona (Venezuela), the Tunda (Colombian Pacific), and the Madremonte or Marimonda (Colombia). They are usually regarded as protective of nature and the forest animals and unforgiving when humans enter their domains to alter or destroy them.
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