Tales of the Panama Parrot Vendor

[Tripatini]

One day in Bocas del Toro a local dropped by with a parrot to sell me, and while he was there, I decided to ask him about the indigenous culture, their history and traditions. I also asked about their mythologies. "Oh," he replied, "you mean the red submarine?" Um... "Every year or so a red submarine surfaces off Punto Valiente. People dressed in red, even with red hoods, come off the submarine and capture some of our children. They only take the very young. They take them back to the submarine and we never see them again. It is quite sad, but we cannot stop them. We do not know where they come from or where they take our children. We report it to the government and they think we are crazy." keep reading