The unusual creature, with snake-like features and peculiar eyes, had captured her attention, prompting neighbors to gather and witness the peculiar spectacle.
Eroles shared her amazement, telling National Geographic: “I have never seen anything like it. It was just like a snake and its eyes were so strange”.
”I looked down and I encountered the strange animal, fear struck me knowing that it could have been poisonous”, she said.
”We all thought it was a mutant animal, which is why we filmed it and put it online for people to give us their opinions.”
It resembled a snake, but his eyes were unusual. “I was afraid it was poisonous.” The anxiety of confronting a possibly deadly monster heightened the gravity of the situation, and Eroles quickly knew that this was no ordinary discovery.
Eroles, seeking answers and anxious to share her remarkable experience, uploaded a video of the strange caterpillar to the internet.
The footage rapidly became popular, provoking debate and speculation regarding the creature’s identity and origin. The snake-like look and diminutive size piqued the interest of internet forums, prompting a succession of discoveries regarding its true origins.
As the online community swarmed to Eroles’ video, experts and fans speculated about the creature’s true identity. It was subsequently recognized as a larva from a rare moth species native to Central America. The species, which many thought was an Elephant Hawk-Moth Caterpillar, even had a surprising defense mechanism: it mimicked the look of a snake to dissuade prospective predators.
