Legend has it that the hut was home to a wild man of immense size and strength, known to the people far and wide only as the "Wild Man of Monticolo". Several legends surround him: one tells of an old woman who went into the forest of Monticolo to gather brushwood. Before the old woman realised, however, the sun set and night fell, taking her by surprise. She never returned. No one dared to venture out during the night.

But when the local people went into the forest the next morning to search for the old woman, they found her remains on the Col dell'Uomo hill, near the monster's hut. The wild man had devoured her. One day, the "Wild Man of Monticolo" came to Colterenzio and took two oxen from a barn, using them to haul stones up to his hill. The farmer crept after him and had to watch as the brute beat his poor oxen so mercilessly it was a pitiful sight.

While doing so, he yelled: "Hü, hotü, hü!" The farmer did not dare to approach the wild man and went back home. The next morning, he found the oxen back in his barn. They had become much fatter and stronger, so much so that the farmer, who had watched them work the day before, could scarcely believe his eyes. They were sweating with so much fat they resembled oil jugs.

Another time, so the story goes, some people went into the Monticolo forest to gather leaves. As they passed the wild man's hut, from whom nothing had been heard for a long time, they peeked through the open door. Inside, they saw a pit. Since there was no trace of the wild man, they ventured inside and climbed down into the hole.

No sooner were they all at the bottom than the pit suddenly began to spin, making the frightened group feel terribly dizzy. The walls of the hole were no longer as they had been before, but instead shimmered like pure gold. The bold group managed to climb back up. But when they were at the top and wanted to look at the golden walls, everything had vanished. To this day, the Col dell'Uomo hill in Monticolo serves as a reminder of these old legends.