The chullachaqui is a rainforest dwarf or demon,

According to the legend of Iquitos, this forest

dwarf has the ability to transform into any other
person he wishes to deceive visitors or local
people living in the jungle, He can appear as a
relative, or a friend, leading them to the wrong
road, According to the legend, their only way to
find out is to look at their feet.
According to this Iquitos legend, a boy went with
his parents to the jungle to collect firewood. The
parents left the boy alone for a moment to collect
some firewood and he was playing in an open
space when he saw what appeared to be another
boy of the same age in a distant tree. The boy in
the tree beckoned him to come, but the boy did
not come out of the open space, heeding his
parents' warning not to wander outside in the
woods. When the boy's parents returned, the boy
told his parents about the boy in the tree. The
parents learned that no one lived in the area and
went in search of the child in the tree, but did not
find anything, just the strange footprints that
seemed to have been made by a dwarf with a
deformed foot.
Personally, I think they are stories to spending
time with the family, This story could be true
but I suposse this story is false and is only
used so that children will listen to their
parents and not disobey, which is belieable to
them., but sometimes I also believe that in
the jungle there are many legends that are
true because it is a magical place but the
chullaqui history is unprovable