- The discovery of a fistful of hairs measuring 10 centimeters
long -- hard, ringleted, black on the ends and white toward the center--represent
the first biological evidence of the Buin Monster. According to paranormal
researchers on the trail of "Animal X", this would be its pubic
hair.
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- Juan Berrios, the driver who ran into the beast in the
lonely Santa Filomena alley on January 5, and who was unable to return
to work due to the shock of the encounter, showed the evidence exclusively
to La Cuarta.
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- The evidence consists of a handful of hair that became
ensnared on the windshield wipers of the Buin-Maipo microbus. The driver
only became aware of them after reaching the Las Vertientes terminal in
Viluco. The mane hair was stuck on the rubber squeegee when the creature
leaped from one side of the road to another, being slightly impaced by
the bus driven by Berrios.
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- "It was an animal I'd never seen before. It's tall,
well over a meter and a half, standing at least 1.80, I would say. And
it's eyes weren't red--they were black," he recalled vehemently, claiming
that he had 20 seconds in which to look at it in detail.
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- Berrios said that prior to the monster's appearance,
an enormous tree limb fell to the side of the road. Seconds laer, the beast
jumped in front of the microbus, barely clearing the windshield.
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- "When I saw that something crossed my path I hit
the brakes. The animal was on the right side of my vehicle. It's muzzle
was longer than a wolf's, it had a small hump on the back of its neck and
had a creature in its maw. It looked at me, crouched into a fetal position
and jumped, vanishing instantly," said Berrios yesterday. He returned
to work only Monday and he is still unsure if he will ever go out so early
again.
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- Upon checking his vehicle at the terminal, he noticed
the hairs and kept them jealously before showing them to anyone due to
the mysterious presence last weekend of a pair of foreigners who, equipped
with camcorders and still cameras, photographed the site into the wee hours
of the morning. "I wanted to speak with La Cuarta first so they could
see the evidence. I think they sould be analyzed by experts," added
the driver, who has still not fully recovered from the shock.
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- Juan Espinoza, another driver of the bus line, claimed
that the foreginers were probably "gringos" -- seemingly Americans--who
arrived in a Jeep to determine the place where the event occurred.
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- "They were there until 6 in the morning. They came
around, took some photos, but didn't ask any questions," said Espinoza,
who was startled by their high-tech gear.
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- Alberto Urquiza of the GEO Group considered that the
find of great significance to the scientific world, since in the event
that the hairs do belong to an unknown animal, the breach separating mystery,
fantasy and reality would be considerably narrowed.
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- Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic
Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Liliana Núñez.
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