Animal Mutilations in Mexico Source: Samzidat Newletter As our kind readers will recall, a brief chronicle on animal events appeared in a special edition of this newsletter (SAMIZDAT Special Report: NEMESIS -- The Chupacabras at Large, Samizdat Press, 1996) in which mention was made of the link existing between cattle mutilations and a creature similar to the Puerto Rican "Chupacabras". Our sequence of information ran up to May 20, 1996, but what happened afterward? Let us see:
On May 22, in a community close to Jalapa known as Plan del Rio, a woman named Juana Altamirano discovered six mutilated sheep -- 2 wounded, 4 completely exsanguinated. Likewise, the Reyes Marin family stumbled upon two dead turkeys and three chickens, all of them with small orifices located at the neck, and through which they had apparently been bled dry (1).
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On May 23, 1996, Mrs. Luz Mar�a Platas Mota, also of Plan del Rio, found that four of her sheep had been exsanguinated and that three were still alive, although they also sported strange wounds on their necks (2).
On May 24, residents of the L�zaro C�rdenas section of city of Poza Rica, Veracruz, reported the deaths of a number of farm animals which presented two perforations on their necks through which blood was apparently sucked out. Mrs. Rosa Mendez Ramirez, 3 days prior to the attack, was able to see a kind of "giant vampire" on a tree near her home, while Ezequiel Castillo Larios, 16, claimed having seen something similar to a bat, measuring approximately 50 cm in length and with large fangs, flying inside his house. Local cattlemen stated that the culprits were vampire bats originating from Central America (3).
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The action soon returned to Plan del Rio: on May 25, another dead sheep was found with the same telltale marks on its neck. It was argued that a dog was responsible for the killing, but this possibility was eventually rejected. The slain sheep was the property of Mr. Anselmo Sierra Platas (4).
On May 25, 1996 it was learned that the public health sector had no official comment on the Plan del Rio attacks. Censorship had been imposed throughout the country with regard to the situation, for which reason it was not possible to secure a formal response from the competent authorities (5).
Banderilla, Ver. was catapulted into notoriety on May 28, 1996, when two sheep and a goat were found at a site known as "La Posta" with bite marks on their necks. Local residents demanded government intervention, but no attention is paid to their requests (6).
The El Maguey development of Banderilla was alarmed when two dogs were found with puncture marks on their throats, from which they bled abundantly. Their owner, Ezequiel Landa, indicated that the dogs did not bark once during the course of the attack nor did they at any moment appear restless (7).
On May 30 1996, the La Boquera sector of Banderillas faced even further unpleasantness: a peasant woman, Concepci�n Martinez, found five dead hens sporting single perforations on their necks and lacking a single drop of blood. It was theorized that the attack occurred in the small hours of the morning and not a single noise was heard (8).
During the 2,3,4,5,6 and 7th of June, 1996, former TV reporter Jaime Mauss�n issued a series of statements which we shall examine later more calmly.
On June 12, 1996, the national print and television media were stunned by news that 39 beef cattle had been found mutilated in the town of Ahuatepec in Guerrero state. The animals presented puncture wounds on their necks and had been rendered completely bloodless. This incident took place in the Barranca del Diablo area, where Jos� Morales and his son Bartolo would later stumble across another 30 slain steers. Heriberto Rodr�guez Baz�n, president of the local cattle ranchers association, commented that the entire situation was very odd and that he was at a loss to explain the events (9).
The part of Mexico known as Regi�n de la Montaa, which covers portions of Zacango, Vista Hermosa and Alpoyeca was also visited by the unknown when 30 dead goats, presenting identical wounds, were discovered on June 13th (9).
On November 11, 1996, Carlos Orozco, a veterinarian from the Yucatan, found nine sheep which had been bled to death through a single perforation in their skulls. Theveterinarian was at a loss to explain how the killings could have occurred, since there were no signs of violence and the wire fence surrounding the hacienda where the events took place was intact (10).
Mexico's northern region remained supernaturally active well into 1997: Juan Escalante Imperial, a Sonoran rancher, came across 11 dead sheep which had been exsanguinated through two perforations on their necks. The State Police's only comment was that the event was very strange and that brigades were being formed to find the animal responsible for the slayings (11).
During the early days of June, Jaime Maussan, with his traditional blend of sensationalism and disinformation, embarked on his national tour entitled "50 aos de evidencia del fen�meno ovni" (50 Years of UFO Evidence) and stated that the animal deaths were the result of the presence of Anomalous Biological Entities (ABEs).According to his research, he has come across animals which have been rendered completely bloodless but which somehow manage to remain alive for another twelve hours (12). The main attraction of this tour was the photo of an alleged "Chupacabras" taken in Italy (of all places!) by a farmer named Filiberto Laponi in the tow of a Asconi, located some 60 kms. from Rome. The entity depicted appears to have three-fingered claws, a large head, black eyes, and two enormous fangs located at the level of its thorax! This photographic
evidence was presented by contactee-cum-ufologist Giorgio Bongiovanni (13).
On a personal level, I cannot think of any comment aside from: what would Scott Corrales and Jorge Martin have to say about this improbable creature?
NOTES:
1. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). May 23, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
by Dr. Rafael A. Lara
Mexico "97"
2. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). May 24, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
3. La Opini�n (newspaper). May 25, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
4. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). May 26, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
5. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). May 26, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
7. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). May 30, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
8. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). May 31, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
9. Impacto (magazine). June 17, 1996. p.10-11. Mexico, D.F.
10. Cr�nica de Yucat�n (newspaper). November 19, 1996. Yucat�n, Yuc.
11. Alerta (magazine) Feb.28, 1997, p.6-7. Mexico, D.F.
12. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). June 2, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.
13. El Sol Veracruzano (newspaper). June 6, 1996. Jalapa, Ver.