Call this a spin-off of the Tiny Humanoid thread.
The latest UFO Roundup has this story from Argentina about a "dero" being sighted. ("Dero" is a name from 1950s fringe science magazines -- malicious dwarves who lived inside the hollow earth and used mind control devices to make people do bad things.)
Here's the piece:
DERO SEEN NEAR CANAL
IN BUENOS AIRES
"Residents in the barrio Casilda (neighborhood)" of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, "claim having seen 'a black dwarf.' They claim that it appears by night at the Candelaria Canal, that it is black and that its body is covered with hair."
(Editor's Comment: Sounds like a Dero, a strange little subterranean creature, similar to the Tommyknockers of Cornwall, UK, that were first described by UFO contactee Richard Shaver in 1945.)
"The information was piled up with a certain degree of humor by the local media and gave rise to remarks of all sorts. However, residents from the barrio Nueva Roma, living in zinc-roofed shanty towns, located on the edge of 'the big ditch,' as Casildans call the Candelaria Canal, claim having seen 'a little, hairy black dwarf' a few nights ago. The diminutive creature did its best to frighten them or at least mystify them."
"The police continue to investigate as long as there are doubts about the matter. To many, it's 'little more than foolishness,' although there are those who believe in the phenomenon, believing in old local legends regardings imps."
"'Since I heard my dog barking, I went outside with a flashlight to see what was going on. At first I didn't see anything, but then I pointed to another section, and I saw a small, hairy and black thing scurrying to climb over the edge of the canal. I couldn't make it out very well because it was nighttime and very dark,' says a woman who allegedly witnessed the strange apparition."
"The young woman further claimed to have heard it making a sound 'similar to a baby's burping,' and said she was very frightened."
"'We're afraid because, according to some legends, there are imps who appear to steal babies, and there are many young ones in this neighborhood.'"
"A man allegedly saw the nocturnal visitor 'inside the canal and standing on some rocks.' He described it as 'having a body entirely covered in hair.'"
"According to locals, the alleged black dwarf was first seen last Friday night (October 10, 2003), although they say that it appeared elsewhere and the police were called in to survey the site, but found nothing."
"'There were wells that weren't there before. But we don't know if it (the Dero or dwarf--J.T.) made them or if animals were to blame. The fact is, this thing is very strange,' observed another woman. 'It had the size of a 3 or 4-year-old child and was all hairy. Here in this neighborhood (Nueva Roma--J.T.), four of us have seen him, but when he learns that people are looking for him and making noise, he doesn't appear.'"
So... what's up with this story? Is it just "mass hysteria"? Or did all these people actually see something... and if so, what? |
