They are perplexed where they are in Neuquén. The discovery of a mysterious statue of a minotaur at the bottom of a lake in the Patagonian region is one of the mysteries that has captivated the interest of hundreds of residents there; nevertheless, there are now more questions than there are answers about this phenomenon.

It is a figure that stands one and a half meters tall and is constructed out of metal and cement. It has two horns on its head and a safe in place of a heart. All of the inhabitants in Neuquén were shaken up when such a find was made in Lake Mari Menuco: “We went through a range of emotions.” One of the people who lives in the vicinity spoke to the local newspaper and said, “First there is dread, then there is wonder, and then we stay expecting.”

These are the words that were said by Cristian, a young guy of 23 years old who was one of the individuals who had the chance to be a witness to such a picture at the bottom of the ocean. Cristian was able to see the image. When the young guy was paddling across the glassy water in his kayak approximately six meters away from the shore, he saw it.

As he told LMCipolletti, as soon as he saw the sculpture in the depth, he left the place at full speed. However, curiosity was stronger and he soon returned to investigate what it was.

“He was a minotaur. First I was scared. You saw that there are many myths about water and we all laugh, but I think there is something true. Or at least, at that moment, all the doubts I had about supernatural beings were confirmed. He was a minotaur ”, he affirmed in a testimony that went viral.

Cristian returned to the point of discovery 14 days after spotting the minotaur: he was accompanied by some friends and he wanted them to see with their own eyes what he had described to them in words.

Also, I had done a lot of research on minotaurs and needed to check what I had read: He came across the term “gen ko”, which in the Mapuche worldview refers to the protective energies of each place.

“Each element of nature has its own and that is why the Mapuche always ask permission to enter the water or to cut down a tree. They ask this gen ko for that permission”, detailed the young man.

It was at that moment that one of the companions He managed to see at the bottom of the water –and near the statue- another sculpture. It was a kind of human face that measures from chin to forehead one meter forty and wide, one meter. It has an open mouth, marked lips and a word on each of the cheekbones: “Eternal journey”. “Imagine how we were. The new find was celebrated,” she assured.

They still do not have details about who deposited them at the bottom of the Mari Menuco, but They assured that when the cold passes they will return for answers.