El Cucuy (Wesen)

El Cucuy (el KOO-koo-ee; Span. el Coco "the Bogeyman") is a Vigilante-type Wesen with supersonic hearing that appeared in. Known to Latin-Americans as "El Cucuy", it has its roots in Portugal. Its name comes from Portuguese folklore, in which masks carved from coconuts were used to scare children into behaving.

El Cucuy was called to Portland by the mother of Andres Venegas who was brutally beaten in a robbery at the gas station mini store where he worked.

Shortly after her arrival in Portland she finds the robbers just after they commit another robbery and slashes both their throats killing them.

Still in Portland, she prevents the rape of Ms. Ramos by killing the attacker. Ms. Ramos identifies her rescuer as El Cucuy to Det. Nick Burkhardt and Det. Hank Griffin.

In her human form El Cucuy is being taken to the Precinct by the detectives to give a formal statement, when they are diverted to the house of Ray Bolton, a man terrorising his community. While the detectives are giving first aid to the injured David Florez, she exits the car and kills the Hollentier, Bolton. The detectives arrive before she can return to their car and she is shocked to discover that Nick is a Grimm.

in human form she is arrested. During the interrogation she points out that they have no evidence and that no court would believe that an old lady like herself would be capable of the murders. As the police decide to bow to her logic, she woges an ear as someone else is calling.

In Seattle while walking down a street, her bag is snatched. She smiles, woges and gives chase.

Characteristics
When woged El Cucuy gain yellow eyes, wide mouths filled with razor-sharp teeth, sharply pointed ears, and long claws. They possess grey hair on their heads and chins. They have an inexplicable ability to hear cries for help from miles away. They are very strong and agile in their woged form, abilities that unlike other Wesen don't appear to diminish the least with advanced age as Mrs. Garcia was capable of easily overpowering much younger Wesen while woged. El Cucuy can concentrate their woge to just their eyes, as well as their ears, which grants them the ability to use their superhuman hearing while in human form.

Behavior
For many years, El Cucuy have inspired legends in Spanish speaking cultures of a bogeyman-like namesake who punishes those that have done wrong. The tale is especially used as motivation for children to listen to their parents. The species appears to be quite rare and Grimms do not seem to have much knowledge of their existence (Nick's books yielded no mention of anything that even partially matched El Cucuy's description). El Cucuy rarely woge in front of others to hide their identity. They are known to administer justice (or at least vengeance) to those who seek it. Their attacks are very brutal and their typical modus operandi involves aggressively slashing the victim's throat. Murders committed by El Cucuy are usually assumed to be done by feral dogs, although individuals familiar with actual dog attacks (such as veterinarians or Blutbaden) can easily tell the difference.

Pilar suggested that El Cucuy is called to a community plagued by injustice by the collective cries of that community's women, and then proceeds to kill those plaguing the community such as robbers, rapists, drug lords, etc. one by one until it is safe again. After El Cucuy is finished in a community, he or she will move on to the nearest community in need of help.