Hairy hominid reports from South America
ARGENTINIAN POLICE HUNT
FOR HAIRY HOMINID
Police in Argentina are combing the rain forests of
southern Salta province in an effort to capture the large
hairy hominid reported in the area in recent weeks.
"A team composed of over 20 officers from Rosario de
la Frontera and Metan," in Argentina's Salta province,
"some 15 mounted rangers, 12 members of the Ciudad Termal
Volunteer Fire Brigade," plus local media personnel, "is
covering every square foot of a densely wooded area where
eyewitnesses claim having seen less than 72 hours ago the
strange humanoid creature that has startled residents of
the province's southern reaches."
"The Ucumar, as the citizenry has incorrectly
christened it, would be a 2-meter (6 feet, 6 inches) tall
biped, with a hairy body, long arms and ears, and fierce
carnivorous habits."
"The true ucumar, also known as the spectacled bear,
is the only South American plantigrade, measuring no more
than 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall. There is no evidence that
it exists in the country (Argentina), although there are
species in captivity in Bolivia and Ecuador."
"The operation combing the woods for the strange
beast is under the command of Sheriff Rene Tacacho and
Jose Exequiel Alvarez, commander of the Volunteer Fire
Brigade and the Juan Carlos Rivas Archaeological and
Paleontological Research Group."
"The expedition aimed at capturing the strange
specimen began on Friday, February 28, 2003 at 9 a.m.
without police support, which was accepted yesterday
(Saturday, March 1, 2003) in the likelihood that the
humanoid may in fact be prowling the area. The fact is
that the participants in the search, unarmed, heard
strange howls and found prints that evidenced the recent
transit of a hairy, two-legged animal at around one
o'clock in the morning."
"Miguel Moreno, a cameraman at a Rosario TV station,
said, 'At one point, we heard the crackling of leaves and
saw a silhouette which vanished quickly into the dense
vegetation. Local dogs--a pack of over 30--began barking
furiously. One of the hounds went after 'the thing,' and
we heard it growl in the darkness, but then there was
silence and (the dog--S.C.) was never seen again.'"
"The search area is located in the vicinity of the
municipal garbage dump, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the
center of" Rosario de la Frontera, "where there are trees,
overgrown pastures and all manner of shrubbery."
"'We were unarmed and did not dare go deeper into the
area for fear of an eventual misfortune resulting from an
attack,' said Jose Exequiel Alavarez, who requested police
support in order to continue."
"His request was granted yesterday (Saturday, March
1, 2003) when 20 officers from Rosario, reinforced by
personnel from Regional Unit 3, headquartered in Metan,
joined the search." (See the Argentinian newspaper El
Tribuno for March 2, 2003, "Expedition sets out to find
elusive creature," and for March 7, 2003, "Authorities
issue orders to 'find and capture strange animal.'"
Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales, Gloria Coluchi y
Christian Hernan Quintero para esos articulos de diario.)
(Editor's Comment: And welcome to Creatures Rule! Week at
UFO Roundup. Argentina isn't the only South American
country with a hairy hominid on the rampage. Keep
reading...)
HAIRY HOMINIDS SPOTTED
IN CALAMA, CHILE
On Sunday, February 23, 2003, two brothers,
"Francisco and Jose Carrizo, reported seeing a strange
humanoid creature as they were coming home in Calama," a
small city in northern Chile.
Calama has been the site of over 300 UFO sightings
since 2001.
According to the Carrizo brothers, "the creature was
dark, and it looked more like a humanoid shadow rather
than a humanoid being."
"'It was on top of the roof. It made a loud noise
when it dropped to the lower roof,' said Francisco, 'Our
mother was very frightened because she had been listening
to it running around on the roof for a few minutes before
we arrived.'"
"Jose mentioned that they live in an area where
animal mutilations have occurred before."
"Previously, and in the same area," coal miner Luis
Sepulveda "saw another strange creature. On November 28,
2002, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Sr. Sepulveda and his
co-workers were preparing their tools and mining equipment
before going to a mine known as La Banda, located about 40
meters (132 feet) from the Rio Loa."
"'Since there were no bathrooms available because we
hadn't set up our campsite yet, I had to go into the woods
to urinate behind the trees. I walked about 15 meters (50
feet) into the woods. The area was not completely dark.
There seemed to be a little bit of sunlight. Suddenly,
about 3 meters (10 feet) away from me, out of the corner
of my eye, I saw what appeared to be a small tree moving
from side to side, as if the wind was hitting it. But
then I realized that there was no wind at all. Therefore,
the tree shouldn't have been moving.'"
"'I decided to turn around to take a better look at
it, but what I saw was so eerie and bizarre that I think I
will never forget it. It was no tree at all. It was a
dark hairy creature mimicking a tree, with its arms wide
open and moving its upper body from side to side just like
trees do,' said Sepulveda." (Muchas gracias a Jaime
Ferrer y Mario Andrade del Centro UFO de Calama y tambien
Dr. Virgilio Sanchez Ocejo de Miami UFO Center para esos
informes.)
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Thanks to John Hayes's
and Joseph Trainor's newsletter
for these items.
Volume 8, Number 11
March 12, 2003
Editor: Joseph Trainor
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