Inexplicata
Argentina: Strange Creatures Seen in San Luis
SOURCE: Diario La Republica (San Luis, Argentina)
DATE: 07.15.07
Strange Creatures Seen in San Luis, Argentina
***Residents of Merlo claim having seen imps near a hundred year old eucalyptus tree***
*** A strange story from Valle de Conlara***
The Municipality trimmed the tree because its large branches were jeopardizing motorists traveling along Avenida del Inca. After work, some residents reportedly saw “little men coming out [of the tree] in single file from that location.”
The landscapes described by the prolific South African (sic) writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien – author of The Lord of the Rings – as the habitat of imps, elves, trolls and fairies that appear in his works do not vary all that much. These creatures enjoy living in forests, trees, small rivers and clean environments. They tend to dwell within trees or openings in the surface.
Described thus, an infinite number of similar landscapes can be described in a number of points throughout the country, and Merlo is no exception, even though humans may be accused of making these places fewer and fewer.
Days ago, the Municipality of Merlo, at the request of local residents, trimmed a hundred-year old eucalyptus that is next to the Leopoldo Lugones Library in Piedra Blanca, on a tight curve by Avenida de los Incas. The large branches obscured visibility for motorists and jeopardized light and telephone wires on windy days.
While the trimming operations took place on the avenue, adjacent to a stream, traffic was interrupted and once restored, locals driving through the area, lighting it with their car headlights, claimed to have seen the strange figures. They reportedly saw “some little men coming out of the amputated tree and walking single file toward the library. Most witnesses did not offer details, but one woman described their clothing as having a brownish hue,” said Cecillia de Gabrele, an employee at the library who fielded several phone calls at her workplace from locals who sought confirmation for what they had seen nearby. However, neither the employee nor her coworkers noticed anything unusual.
Cecilia added that for many years there have been stories of “imp” sightings for many years in that district. “Thats where Aguaribay Street begins, which has abundant native flora, and many claim having seen tiny beings between the branches and shadows.”
Once the trimming operation was over in what some believe may have been the dwelling of these little people, the landscape “was devastating”, according to De Gabriele. The eucalyptus has a reddish wood and after being trimmed, this shade became visible. Faced with the bizarre scene, some have gone as far as to
suggest that “the strong coloring gave the impression that the tree was bleeding.”
(translation (c) 2007, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Mario Bracamonte, Proyecto CATENT)
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Inexplicata
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
August 13, 2007
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SOURCE: El Día (newspaper) Coquimbo edition
DATE: August 11, 2007
CHILE: Coquimbo's Phantom Train
On a dark night, some all-terrain vehicles made their way along an unpaved road. Their drivers had just gotten off the shift at the Vulcano mining concern and were on their way back to Coquimbo and La Serena.
The first vehicle was driven by Mario and the second by an anonymous geologist. Both vehicles carried mining personnel who were ready to enjoy a few days of rest. The total complement was eight, some of them from Cerro Blanco.
The atmosphere was serene and the personnel at ease, since they were looking forward to their furlough. Mario was driving at some 70 km an hour along a perfectly straight, 15 km. stretch of road across a flat landscape. The Andean cordillera was behind him and the shoreline was in the distance ahead of them.
They were about to get on the Pan-American Highway, where they would make a left turn and head south. No one recalls the exact time, but it was agreed that it must have been around midnight.
"Suddenly I heard a loud noise, similar to when an earthquake is about to begin, only without any movement. It was like a subterranean noise, and then a powerful light appeared in the darkness. I braked, but not abruptly, and Aldo (the driver of the second vehicle) did the same. A locomotive pulling three cars crossed our paths. The cars had their lights, were well-lit, and we could hear the sound of people, as if engaged in conversation, " said Mario.
This story was analyzed and the conclusion was reached that no such train could have existed, as it had been eliminated years ago. The case, dating from the year 2000, is still in the hands of the Instituto de Investigación y Estudios Exobiológicos.
(Special thanks to Raul Nuñez, IIEE)
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Source: Diario Panorama - Santiago del Estero
Date: 02.19.08
Argentinean Neighborhood Shaken By New Paranormal Event
Strange Phenomenon Affects Home in Bo. Ejercito Argentino
Aside from the manifestation of UFOs, a new and bizarre episode expeirenced by a family living in the Ejercito Argentino neighborhood. One corner of the house has a temperature highter than the rest of the home. Its inhabitants are undergoing a situation for which they cannot find a rational explanation.
A week ago, a UFO [startled] the neighborhood as a rainbow appeared in the skies. Today, the Salas Family of Bo. Ejercito Argentino is marveling at another unexplained phenomenon.
One corner of the house located at Calle 65 No. 846 has a temperature far highter than the rest of the dwelling.
A team from Noticiero 7 attested to this strange phenomenon with a handheld thermometer. It was thus possible to verify that a sector of the dining room has a temperature of 29 degrees Centigrade, while it soars to nearly 51 degrees Centigrade in another corner.
The family has not found a rational explanation for this situation. Mystery and fear have engulfed the home. Mrs. Salas is afraid to light her stove, concerned that the entire kitchen might explode.
(Translation (c) 2007 IHU, Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez)
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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
March 10, 2008
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Source: Planeta UFO and INFOBAE de Buenos Aires
Date: 03.09.08
Argentina: A Goblin at the Cemetery?
[Readers of Inexplicata over the years will remember the reports of strange imps, goblins or other diminutive creatures which, according to experts and some clergymen, appear to be more frequent in the days leading up to Holy Week--Ed.]
A group of teenagers allegedly recorded the apparition when they were chatting at a streetcorner in the early hours of the morning. Sigthing causes fear among local residents.
"We were chatting about our latest fishing expedition. The time was 1:00 a.m. I began fillming them with my cellphone while they clowned around. Suddently, I heard as if someone were tossing pebbles at us. I looked to one side and noticed that the bushes were moving," recalls Jose, thinking back to the strange evening.
"I thought it was a dog, but when I saw that imp-shaped figure appear, I became very frightened. I recorded it for a little while, then we all took off runing," said the youth, who managed to capture the incident on his cellphone.
The strange event occurred in General Guemes, Salta Province. A group of youths had gathered at one of the last blocks of the San Isidro neighborhood, next to the local graveyard. Their animated exchange was interrupted by a strange sound. When they looked toward the bushes, the noticed that a strange figure was moving away with short hops, according to the El Tribuno newspaper.
"This is no joke. We are still afraid to walk past the place, just like the neighbors. One of my friends was so frigthened we had to take him to the hospital," stressed Jose.
(Translation (c) 2008. S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Guillermo Gimenez)
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Argentinean "Goblin" video at the INFOBAE website
Scott Corrales
Inexplicata
(thanks to Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta UFO)
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Chile: Winged Creature in Angol (2000)
Source: http://www.iiee.cl/
Date: 04.22.08
Chile: Winged Creature in Angol
Mr. Oscar Solar Valdebenito, married, a sergeant with the Carabineros, was performing his duties as a security guard in the Preventive Custody Center of the city of Angol on Friday, April 28 2000. The facility was under construction at the time.
Mr. Solar was alone and was making his rounds of the construction site's interior. Once he returned to the guard shack on the southern side, using a passageway located in the back, he noticed the presence of an "animal" standing 1.20 meters tall, average complexion, with a small head in proportion to the rest of its body. The creature sat on top of a metal pole ending in four luminaries, standing some 8 meters tall. The animal landed at the very same time that the watchman turned his attention to the site. Solar was able to see the lights go out and the pole shake as a result of the creature's descent. The estimated weight of this strange being was some 40 to 50 kilograms (according to the eyewitness). Its head featured two medium-sized ears, sideways and pointing upward, with rounded tips, pricked up like those of a police dog. Two long wings with pointed ends emerged from its shoulders. It never folded its wings, keeping them unfurled "like a vulture under the sun" (eyewitness' s description) . He saw no feathers, only a kind of velvety skin, dark grey or black in color. He was unable to make out the face. The wings extended to the creature's lower body, where he could also see two legs. A pair of stubby arms could also be seen under the head.
The witness was accompanied by four dogs, a beige bitch in the lead. Apparently, the "winged animal" pounced on the dogs, but these took off running and howling in a southward direction, abandoning the construction site. Five or six youths coming down from the north along the train tracks that go beside the site, also took off running when they saw what was going on. The witness explained that he was standing some 30 meters from the pole. He didn't manage to move or turn on his flashlight, such was the degree of fright and surprise inspired by the situation described. He recalls having heard a sharp, loud squawk as the "animal" landed on the pole. Judging by the tone of this squawk, it was reminiscent of a loudspeaker' s crackle.
The "animal" eventually landed on the ground after making a flight in a gentle curve. It landed on a conical pile of dirt. After the dogs took off, it flew off with two gentle flaps of its wings, flying over a 3 meter wall, above which five wires are suspended, providing light to another streetlamp on the corner. The creature never came close to touching them. The animal came within 10 meters of the witness's position. Its descent to the ground left prints on the mound of dirt - the witness managed to see "three thin holes" and fenced them off, but they were erased and destroyed on the next day at the order of the construction supervisors.
Personnel from Carabineros (state police) reported to the scene the next day, along with the Servicio de Investigaciones (civil police) who displayed their annoyance with the construction supervisor for having erased the prints, despite having been informed of the situation.
Further details:
The witness confesses that when "the animal" was close to him, flying off with a gentle beat of its wings, he was unable to control a bowel movement, a fact that he has tried to keep confidential on account of the customary jokes that tend to emerge in such cases.
The young men who were walking along the train tracks were never located, although efforts are under way, and Radio Los Confines apparently succeeded in this endeavor. But this rumor has not been confirmed.
(Translation (c) 2008, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Raul Nuñez, IIEE)
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Source: Universo Prohibido
Date: 08.05.08
Brazil: Man Detained After Raping, Killing 400 Cows
Brazilian police arrested a man under suspicion of having raped some 400 cows, which he later killed after coitus.
The suspect, identified as Getulino Ferreira Paraizo, 53, was arrested after a cattleman from Aragoinania, in the heart of Brazil, caught him in the act of allegedly slaying three cows and a calf on his property.
In a statement to the police, Paraizo acknowledged that he was responsible for these crimes and explained that he was sexually abused at 13, which led him to have intimate relations with mares and horses, and later with bovines.
Police chief Alvaro Cassio dos Santos said that the suspect manifested having tried consorting with a prostitute during his adolesence, but found it "very frustrating".
The law enforcement officer, who has investigated the mysterious bovine deaths for a year, claims that they began to suspect that the sacrifices formed part of black magic rituals, which led them to refer to the perpetrator as the Chupa-Vacas.
A total of nearly 400 cows supposedly murdered by Paraizo have been discovered over a period of four years, and always in farms near Goiania, capital of the rural state of Goias, some 200 kilometers from Brasilia.
(Translation (C)2008, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Laura Lopez)
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