2: The man in the hat

It is a character who lived in ancient times in different towns. He was an enigmatic man who dressed in black and put on a big hat of the same color, rode a brisk black horse that was confused with the night, he did not talk to anyone and nobody hurt him; it appeared and disappeared as if by magic.

The old man was on the side of the road and although he died, people still feel his presence. Physically, he is described as a mature man, with a large, well-dressed hat, with a dark face and an attitude of permanent observation. The people who have seen him say that he is accompanied by two huge black dogs held by thick chains.

The night owls who have seen him or who have been presented, say they see the figure that comes to the road, makes them run and shouts "IF I ACHIEVE YOU I PUT YOU", always chases the drunks, the fighters, the night owls and the cheats and inveterate players. Take advantage of the lonely sites. On moonlit nights it is easy to mistake it for the shadows cast by branches and bushes. It always arrives at night at full gallop, accompanied by a strong icy wind and disappears quickly.

He was famous in Medellin in 1837, when he traveled all the streets. It appeared four or five consecutive Fridays, it reappeared one or two months later. It seems that it was the hat, the terror of Medellín itself. "

There are also chronicles of his wanderings through towns in the southwest such as Andes, Bolívar and Jardín and through the towns along the San Juan and Baudó rivers. In other Colombian regions such as Tolima, Huila and eastern Cauca Valley, it is called the Black Rider and is described in a very similar way as described here.

For the southwest of Antioquia, they also mention it as "El Jinete sin Zamarros", and it is described with slight variations. They attribute different forms of presentation, the most frequent of which is that of a tall, corpulent man, mourning, ending in a skull, adorned with a black hat with wide wings.