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Odd beast found in South America

TERRIFIED locals in a South American town are running scared after a strange creature they describe as "Gollum" crawled out of a lake and charged schoolkids.
The beast — which has "sparked fear and confusion" in the small town of Cerro Azul, Panama — was spotted on Saturday when four 14 to 16-year-olds were playing by the waterfront.

According to their account, reported by Panamanian news service Telemetro, the youngsters "screamed" when the five-foot creature emerged from a cave and started clambouring over rocks towards them "as if to attack them".

In a "desperate bid to defend themselves" the four terrified boys said they hurled rocks at the strange creature to kill it, before throwing its corpse in the water and running away.

Their disbelieving parents returned to the lake the following day — and were stunned to discovered the beast's body washed up on the shore.

Experts have yet to examine the images — or make any statements regarding their discovery.

But locals told Panama news channels, who ran the story, that the water-monster was "Gollum from Lord of the Rings".

One said: "I have only seen that creature once before - and it was in the Tolkien film."...
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There's pics. It's weird.
 
In fact, there is only one picture, but they invert it and crop it to make it seem like there are multiple ones. :crazyeye:
 
This is the same news source that reported that 'gnome' in Argentina. Considering that, and the fact that they declare Panama to be in South America, leads me to believe that they are not exactly a credible source. Especially since the story is virtually identical to the 'gnome' story. 4 teenage boys attacked by a bizarre creature from a Tolkien novel? Likely.

This looks more like a deformed human, or rather, pigmentless E.T. doll, than anything else. Where's Bigfoot when you need him? He loves this crap.

EDIT: Yep, this is looking like a quality journalistic source alright. From the same site:

Bigfoot perv

A TERRIFIED teen claims a YETI spied on her as she took a dip in her bikini in a remote stream.
Justyna Folger, 19, noticed the hulking ape-like beast in Poland's Tatra mountains, where there has been a spate of Bigfoot sightings in the past week.

She said: "At first I thought it was a bear but then it raised itself on to two legs and ran off. I couldn't believe it."

National Park officials are investigating.
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Also:

'Bigfoot' caught by taxidermist

A TAXIDERMIST has found Mexico's answer to 'bigfoot' — and STUFFED the legendary blood-sucking beast.
Rumours of a mythical hairless creature named chupacabra — or "the goatsucker" — have been circulating throughout America since its first appearance in Puerto Rico in the 1990s.

And in recent years the creepy wolf-dog has been spotted repeatedly in the US.

Now, a former student at the Blanco Taxidermy School in Texas, Lynn Butler, has caught a coyote-like creature some say is the fabled animal.

The school's chief instructor, Robert McDaniel, said Mr Butler had heard something in his cousin's barn "tearing up the chickens pretty bad".

"He left poison out thinking it was a raccoon or other vermin," Mr McDaniel said.

The next day Butler discovered the dead animal, stuffed it and took it to the school to be identified.

Mr McDaniel said since the discovery the phone has been "ringing off the hook" with chupacabra enthusiasts eager to hear about the beast.

He said: "We've had about 100 calls a day."

Jerry Ayer, owner of the Blanco Taxidermy School, said: "To be honest, I don't know what it is.

"I'd probably say it's a freak-of-nature coyote, or a hybrid breed with a genetic mutation."

Mr Ayer said he stuffs about 15 to 20 coyotes a year — but this is no normal coyote.

He revealed: "The footpads are different. They're rather bulbous. And this has longer legs by a few inches.

"It has a little fuzz around the feet. Almost like little socks of fur. And there's a little hair up the backbone. Very odd-looking.

"The hairlessness is sinister because you can see the bones protruding at the hips."

He added: "These types [of animals] will zip in and out of people's backyards and eat anything live or dead. They have two big canine teeth in the front and they go for the neck."

Two universities are now carrying out tests to try to identify the creature.
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What hath god wraught?
 
luiz said:
I don't think Panama counts as South America.
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That is SO funny. I didn't notice it cause, like, I'm USian. We don't have geography.
 
Yes, Central America. But that's not a continent. North and South are. Panama would be in North.
 
Ecofarm said:
That is SO funny. I didn't notice it cause, like, I'm USian. We don't have geography.
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Ha, but you used to have the canal!
 
People think that the US uses alot of oil, but they forget - we don't get any geography. You guys get all the geography. So greedy.

I'm glad to see the UK is cutting back on their geography, maybe there will be enough for the US someday.
 
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old dead seal?
 
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