Folklore Ronda, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
The Ronda Werewolf: A Howl Above the Roofs of Ponta Grossa
A resident’s report of noises on the roof revived Ponta Grossa’s Lubi legend in April 2025—a werewolf story with a neighborhood of its own.
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First came the sounds on the roof. Then the howl gave them a name.
On April 11, 2025, D’Ponta News reported a resident’s account from Ronda, a neighborhood of Ponta Grossa, Paraná. She said she had heard several noises overhead followed by a howl. The paper placed her experience within one of the city’s enduring stories: the Lobisomem da Ronda, affectionately called Lubi.
The report associates the legend with Lent and with accounts passed between residents over decades. It also notes the lack of photographs or video establishing a creature. This particular account is auditory; the headline’s language of a new appearance should not turn it into a documented visual sighting.
Local artist Osiris Guimarães, quoted in the story’s historical discussion, connects the legend with the region’s tropeiros, the drovers who travelled toward the Sorocaba livestock fair. The report gives that origin as local interpretation, without supplying an early document that fixes the legend’s beginning.
A nickname changes the scale of a monster. Lubi sounds as though the neighborhood has known him long enough to stop using his full name. That familiarity can make a roof noise more unsettling: the disturbance seems to return from a story already embedded in the place.
The April report leaves the sound unidentified. What it documents clearly is the legend’s continuing use. Something moves overhead, a howl follows, and an old neighborhood name is ready for it.
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Original illustration inspired by the Ronda roof-noise account.
