Cueva de los Pincheira

Cueva de los Pincheira is a shallow cave located about 65 km southeast of Chillán, in Ñuble Region, Central Chile. The cave 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 cave lies in the foothills of the Andes near Laguna Huemul.[2] In the 1820s the cave 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 cave.[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 cave; 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.
Arnaboldi, Teresa (2011). "La reivindicación de los Pincheira". Revista Hacer Familia, n.º 186. October 13, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. p. 197. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8.

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[1] "Cueva de los Pincheira". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[Arna2011-2] Arnaboldi, Teresa (2011). "La reivindicación de los Pincheira". Revista Hacer Familia, n.º 186. October 13, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

[Sonia2015-3] Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish). Catalonia. p. 197. ISBN 978-956-324-375-8.