Just in the inbox this morning, the latest strange creature attack from Argentina (lately a chupacabra hotbed)....
quote:
UFO ROUNDUP
Volume 7, Number 9
February 26, 2002
Editor: Joseph Trainor http://ufoinfo.com/roundup/
SHADOW CREATURE ATTACKS
BOY IN NORTHERN ARGENTINA
"Paranormal phenomena are a subject of study for
those persons who engage in such research but are
also of interest to readers at large: the location known
as El Duraznito, located 15 kilometers (9 miles) to the
southeast of Rosario de la Frontera," a small
city in Argentina's northern Salta province, "happens to
be one of the places where El Petizo, a mythic character
described as a shadow that attacks lone pedestrians in the
middle of the night, has made a reappearance."
"Six claims have already been documented in
Salta involving people who received wounds that were later treated by hospital personnel."
"The manner in which the attacks take place
is the same in all cases, and the shadow disappears when someone comes to the victim's rescue. These accounts also agree on the fact that El Petizo appears to be immune to knife attacks, and bullets appear to have no effect whatsoever."
"The most recent victim of an El Petizo attack was a boy heading to a northern area on his bicycle to visit friends and do some hunting, bringing with him his shotgun and a knife."
"According to his story, he was toppled from his bicycle and found that a black shadow was facing him. The young man managed to unholster his shotgun and fire two shots. But, when he saw that they had no effect, he promptly drew his facon (Gaucho knife--J.T.) and stabbed it without causing any apparent harm."
"Frightened, the youth tried to escape, only to find that El Petizo knocked him down again without saying a word and began dragging him by the hair to the side of the road. The young man stated that at this point he began screaming at the top of his voice and that this is what saved him. His cries were heard by a local man who rushed to provide assistance, only to find a black shadow dragging the boy by the hair."
"The fearful shape disappeared without a trace after it became aware of the other man's presence."
"At El Duraznito, the place where the grim shade appeared, is bordered by a farm, an abandoned house and is 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) away from the spot known as La Cueva de los Negros (Cave of the Black
Ones--J.T.), a rocky formation occupied 800 years ago" by indigenous
people "of the Candelaria culture."
"'We can say that this is a mystical area, since there have also been reports of strange lights in the sky, and we have no doubts that UFOs could be involved. A film was shot a few years ago and sent to the Fuerza Aerea Argentinera (Argentinian Air Force--J.T.) for analysis, but no official response was ever received. A copy of the film is in the files of a local cable access channel,' said firefighter Jose Alvarez, a resident of Rosario de la Frontera."
Meanwhile, in the city of Salta, "residents of the barrio Villa Guemes (neighborhood) claim to have witnessed unidentified flying objects last Saturday (February 16, 2002). Area residents pointed out that the strange lights appeared in the sky, executed maneuvers and later vanished into infinity."
"UFO sightings in Salta have been ubiquitous and have attracted the attention of some of the world's foremost experts. Local researcher Mercedes Casas" of the Centro de Estudios Ufologicos (CEUFO) "pointed out that sightings have also been reported in the desert region around Calama, Chile."
Rosario de la Frontera is located 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of Salta and 750 kilometers (450 miles) northwest of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. (See El Tribuno of Salta for February 22, 2002,
"Strange apparition at Rosario de la Frontera--El Petizo attacks a young hunter." Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales, autor de los libros Chupacabras and Other Mysteries y Forbidden Mexico, y Mercedes Casas de CEUFO por eso articulo de diarios.)
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