- La Estrella (ValparaÌso)
- August 5, 2004
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- Specialists from the Museum of Natural History subjected
the carcass of a specimen found in Cerro Cordillera to a battery of tests.
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- The situation came about a few days ago at the home of
Manuel Otazo, who found the corpse of a strange animal inside a doghouse
belonging to one of his animals. "We percieved the foul smell and
thought at first that someone had thrown away fish byproducts. But then
we saw that our pet was frightened and didn't want to go into his doghouse.
Upon inspecting it we came across this monster," said Sonia Valdivia,
the terrified homeowner.
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- Manuel Otazo explained that the animal had a small head
and red fur, with large fangs, claws and hands resembling wings, different
from any rodent or known domestic animal. "Before running it it at
night we would hear noises on the rooftops and hens and rabbits died recently
at a neighbor's house. We think it could be the Chupacabras or one of his
relatives that was wounded and came to die in our pet's doghouse."
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- After burying it, the owners subsequently contacted the
Museum of Natural History of Valparaiso, who transferred the specimen to
their facilities.
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- The animal was submerged in a special brine. Fernando
Soto, professor of Biology, reported that the carcass -- in advanced stages
of putrefaction -- will be submitted to a treatment based on choleopterids
that devour flesh to recover the skeleton. The bones will be compared later
on with the anatomies of known species.
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- Despite the a priori exam performed on the animal, he
noted that while it could be a dog or a cat, he was surprised by some strange
features such as the absence of incisors, the size of its extremities and
the color of its fur.
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- The Museum of Natural History says that it isn't so unusual
to run into strange species in the area. Only a few months ago, they received
the carcass of a pig with three eyes. "The owners, who were from Cerro
BarÛn, decapitated it at once, because they thought it was a thing
of the devil rather than a genetic aberration."
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- Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic
Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Liliana NÒez.
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