It's a legend that seems to be related to the one of the Ipupiara (this monster attacked Saint Vincent - Sao Vicente - in the 16th century). The older fishermen and the ancient caiçaras who lived in Itanhaém (caiçaras are the people who are born in the beach; it's  also the mixed race between the Indian and the White), in solitary houses almost lost along the vastness of the big beaches, used to tell that once, a long time ago in the colonial times of the 16th century, something very weird was seen by the Indians who lived in a tribe near the beach.

The legend tells us that, in  night of full moon, the Indians (who never got out of their ocas (tends) without a torch fearing the devil, the Anhangá that tormented them the most) were walking along the beach when they saw 3 very strange creatures of human form but full of scales, all of them coming out of the sea. Terribly frightened by the apparition, they all flee away. What they really saw and what happened afterwards is far beyond any possible explanation. This legend was constantly told by the caiçaras that originally inhabited the places along the Peruíbe Beach, nowadays more commonly referred to as Cibratel 1 and 2 due to the condos located along the beach.

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