 Garayo himself heard of this rumor, and his disembowelment of the last victim was a deliberate attempt to promote it.In the legends, the Sacamantecas were wandering traders, always outsiders, while Garayo was a local farmer.Through this attempt to "confirm" the Sacamantecas rumor, Garayo tried to throw suspicion off himself and the real reason of the murders, his sexual impulses.