A woman has claimed she was captured by goblins who kept her captive in a cave for five days.
The woman, named only as Jasmina, told a Nicaraguan TV station the evil gnomes had lured her away from her home in Monte Oscuro, in west Nicaragua, as a child.
And she claims she then spent six nights holed up in a hill cave.
She said: “They appeared one day when I was playing and they took me away.
“They were playing with me and they used this to lure me away towards the hill . They put me in a cave and they kept me there for five days and six nights.”
According to the news report, Jasmina was eventually rescued by her family after they took advice from a local ‘witch’.
She was found by a search team in a cave where, 15 years earlier, another victim had been ‘ abducted ‘ and found.
| A search team eventually found her in a cave where, 15 years earlier, another victim had been ‘abducted’ and found |
According to people living in the area, the goblins or fairies live among many of the Nicaraguan indigenous communities.
One local said: “Currently there are many of these creatures living in San Silvestre and in Peor Dicho, in Monte Oscuro and in La Gualapa.”
And another added: “There are a lot that live in San Silvestre and around it, they stay away from the church and they also exist in other areas nearby.
“In San Jose they live in another hill there, and they communicate from hill to hill”