CHILEAN VILUCO MONSTER MAY HIDE IN ABANDONED MINESSOURCE: La Cuarta (Santiago de Chile)
Viluco Monster May Hide In Abandoned Mines Researchers believe it to be a photophobic, unclassified "critter" that fears no predators By Hector Cossio At Cerro Cullipeumo, on the borders of the communities of Las Vertientes in Buin and Angostura in Paine, some abandoned gold mines from the 1950 could prove to be the lair of the "Viluco Monster", a singular beast with a kangaroo-shaped body and a wolf's muzzle that terrorizes local farmers and has a remarkable resemblance with the legendary Chupacabras, according to researchers from the GEO Group. "El Dinamita" and "El Fena", assistants at the Buin-Maipo Bus Line, whose two drivers came across the creature in the lonely Santa Filomena alley, told La Cuarta that they have been hearing stories from the old-timers about a sinister beast lurking in the forgotten gold mines. "As soon as we're ready, we'll take a look. The grounds keepers, some old men who've worked here all their lives, always say that strange stuff goes on in that mountain... they even say that those who poke their noses in too deep never come back," said "El Dinamita", who was itching to venture into the abandoned mines. Aníbal Montes, known as "El Viejo Choclero", confirmed through stories told by Don Ramon, eldest of the group, that mystery has always surrounded Cerro Cullipeumo. "Shadows can be seen running uphill, vanishing into the mine and disappearing. But this is nothing new. It's been going on for many years." Cristian Opazo, a broadcaster with municipal radio station El Nuevo Buinense, recalls that 3 years ago he had to look at a heap of dead rabbits, slain by an unknown animal in the Isla de Maipo sector. "They had been sucked out . There were no signs of violence except for a hole, like that of a tooth [sic], on the right side of the neck," he noted. As from that event, which occurred in 2000 - a year that coincides with the first Chupacabras case reported in Calama - there was a flurry of reports, all of them hinting at abnormal evidence. "Last year [the victims] were the hens at the Felicitas Berkhart small holding and ducks over at Las Palomas," said residents of Buin. "El ano pasado fueron las gallinas de la parcela de Felicitas Berkhart y los patos en Las Palomas", contaron en la muni de Buin. Alberto Urquijo - parapsychologist, vampire-hunter, ufologist and leader of the GEO Group, has pursued the traces of this mysterious unclassified animal, known as Chupacabras, throughout Chile. He reports that earliest literature regarding the creature dates back to the late 18th century and its manifestations have been most recurrent since 2000. "Out of all of the cases we've looked into, 40% can be ascribed to known animals, but the remaining 60 per cent cannot. We figure that in three years at least 5500 animals have died in mysterious circumstances," said the researcher. For GEO, the Chupacabras isn't an animal but a species whose main characteristic is being photophobic and lacking predators. ======================================== Translation (C) 2004 Scott Corrales
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