00:10Let's explore this mythical creature of the Lugbara culture, known as Adroansi.
00:16The Lugbara are a tribe in Africa, more specifically, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
00:22Uganda.
00:23The nature and physical features of the Adroansi are a controversial issue.
00:28Many myths describe them differently, thus, their physical features and behavioral patterns
00:34slightly vary according to these distinct myths.
00:37One version explained that the Adroansi were nature spirits or gods of specific rivers,
00:43trees and other sacred wild areas.
00:46Some Africans consider them gardeners.
00:48There were also protectors but not in the way you think.
00:52Yes, there is a catch.
00:54At night, they followed people and protected them from animals and bandits as long as they
00:59did not look over their shoulder to ensure that an Adroansi was following.
01:03If the person did look back, the Adroansi immediately killed them.
01:08The people they killed, they ate.
01:10Another version of the myth described them as evil water snakes.
01:14They were nasty snake-like creatures born of the evil water snake god known as Adro.
01:20This version of the Adroansi were not protectors of any sort but predators.
01:25They hid in rivers and behind rocks, lying in wait for innocent humans.
01:30If one walks past the creature at night, one must watch out.
01:34The horrid creature will follow you home, licking its lips and waiting for you to turn around.
01:40Whatever you do, you must not turn around.
01:43If you so much as peek behind you, then you are a dead man.
01:47The creepy creature will promptly pounce on you and devour you.
01:52The only way to stay safe, is to keep your eyes fixed ahead and pretend nothing is happening.
01:58Do not turn around to see if the Adroansi is following you, because it is stealthily trailing
02:04behind you.
02:05Just walk straight ahead, till you get to home and shut the door, then you would have outsmarted
02:10the creature and it will disappear.
02:12In yet another version, the Adroansi are a bloodline of the Nosferatu clan, also originating
02:19from the Lugbara culture of Central Africa.
02:22In this distinct version, the Adroansi were protectors of the local tribes, but in exchange
02:27for blood.
02:28In other words, they were vampires.
02:30This version of Adroansi see themselves as the descendants of the god, Adroa.
02:36Adroa appeared in both good and evil aspects, he was the creator god and appeared on earth
02:42as a man who was near death.
02:44He was depicted as a very tall white man with only one half of a body, missing one eye, one
02:50arm, one leg and so on.
02:52His children, the Adroansi, cared for their human subjects, controlling their tribes through
02:58manipulating the wilderness to their benefit.
03:01The Adroansi also became expert gardeners, especially in the cultivation of Mandragora,
03:07and other magical plants.
03:09They were so revered, and took great pride in the fact that they possessed mastery over
03:15nature and the flora around them.
03:17Their control over their human subjects was so strong that only the Western world and Christianity
03:23could break the hold of the Adroansi over their tribes.
03:26This decision to abandon them for Christianity, made them develop utter contempt for humanity.
03:32With the advent of Christianity, the Adroansi felt the compulsion to make humanity suffer
03:38for abandoning them.
03:39They stopped protecting the humans and instead preyed on any of the humans they could lay their
03:45hands on.
03:46In addition, they would mercilessly rip apart and disfigure their victim in the most horrible
03:51way.
03:52Thenceforth, any time an Adroansi fed, he lashed out and abused his prey.
03:57Either he gnawed and chewed while he drank, or pummeled over and over again, or physically
04:03disfigured the victim.
04:04All these, just to exact vengeance and satisfy their fury.
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