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The 1999 Elk Abduction Case

It was approximately 11:58 a.m., on February 25, 1999, when three forestry workers at a location about 20 miles west of Washington State’s Mt. St. Helens observed a strange object whose shape was reminiscent of the heel of a man’s shoe, roughly U-shaped. This object came drifting slowly toward them from a nearby ridge. It was moving in a northeasterly direction and appeared to be moving in a purposeful way—almost like it was hugging the contour of the terrain below it.

Initially the three men thought that they were observing some sort of a parachute drifting down from out of the sky, but quickly dismissed that impression. One of them called to eleven other workers nearby, and then all fourteen of them stood on the hillside observing the anomalous phenomenon.

As they watched they noticed that the low-flying object was moving toward a herd of elk. The elk seemed unaware of the mysterious U-shaped object’s approach until it was nearly on top of them, at which point the elk acted startled and began to run for cover. While most of the elk ran up a slope to the east, toward a densely wooded area, one adult elk trotted off in a northerly direction, along an unused logging road.

Suddenly the UFO moved directly over the lone animal and seemed to “pluck” it from the ground. When this happened the object began to increase the “wobble” motion that it had been making, while the elk was seen to be somehow suspended below it in an upright position, its body rotating slowly around, with its head seemingly in contact with the object’s underside.

With the elk in tow, the mysterious object slowly began to fly up a clear-cut slope to the north, almost directly away from the workers. At the end of the clear-cut the object appeared to brush into some tall trees at which point it stopped, backed up, and then rose almost vertically. Once above the trees it continued it’s flight toward the north, seemingly hugging the contour of the hill below. When it reached the top it then dropped down into the neighboring valley and was lost from sight for several seconds. Then the witnesses saw the UFO rising into the air at a high speed and at a steep angle, rising until it disappeared from sight in the northern sky.

The witnesses had stated that once the UFO had reached the clear-cut to the north, they could no longer see the elk suspended beneath it. They assumed that the animal had somehow been taken into the object, but they never did see any sort of “door” by which it could have been taken through.

The object was described as being probably not much longer than the adult elk itself. It also had two “stripes” or patches on its surface. One red and the other white.

This case was investigated extensively by Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center, and Robert Fairfax, director of investigations for MUFON in Washington state. The witnesses, who did not wish to be publically identified, were considered reliable and sober- minded. It was found that some of them had been working for the same company for many years. They were described by their employer as excellent employees. On March 5, 1999, Davenport and Fairfax even traveled to the site of the encounter and examined the remains of an adult female elk found to the north of the initial elk abduction site.

Was it possibly the same elk?

Source: The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters: A Definitive, Illustrated A-Z Guide to all things Alien, edited by Ronald D. Story. 2001. New American Library. ISBN: 0-451-20424-7.

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Has the mysterious Chupacabras returned to Entre Rios?

The strange deaths of deer in a hunting preserve in the department of Uruguay has become a source of concern to local residents. These are female specimens that turned up mutilated and whose gentalia and reproductive organs were removed.

During recent days at the La Medalla Milagrosa ranch, located some 50 km from Concepción del Uruguay, near the banks of the Uruguay River, the events became a source of great concern among locals and left authorities mystified.

As could be observed, the animals had their genitalia and reproductive organs removed with incisions similar to the ones seen in bovines during 2002, a situation that caused a stir in various parts of the country.

In the light of these events, specialists in the study of UFOs and extraterrestrial life visited the site and covered 3000 hectares in search of evidence. Locals and persons in charge of the ranch claim having seen helicopters and allegedly luminous objects over the area, but there is not proof at this time to substantiate this. Uno was at the site yesterday and surveyed the preserve with Juan Rios, the person responsible for the site.

Rios stated that all of the animals had been found dead next to some of the barb wire fences that divide the parcels; another deer slain during early morning hours was found on the trail - a case that can be added to the ones found on previous days.

All of the deaths involve females whose reproductive organs, genitalia and anuses are missing, as well as part of their backs on the right side. Incisions appearing instantaneously cauterized cuts can be seen — a circumstance which drew the notice of veterinarians, including the expert attached to the police. Moreover, all of the females were lying on the same side, with their necks twisted in the same way, as if they had received a strong electric shock, according to sources.

The La Medalla Milagrosa ranch is an important hunting preserve visited permanently by national and international political figures, top-level sportsmen and artists, who come to the country in strict secrecy to enjoy hunting vacations where distinctive samples of deer, buffalo, boar and antelope can be found.

The location is truly magnificent for activities of this sort, but has also been a source of attraction for poachers who cause damage to the facilities and steal valuable specimens that have been brought in for reproduction –situations that often represented great sacrifice by the owners when it came to fighting them with police assistance.

Juan Rios has been in charge of the site for some 10 years and is aware of what this represents, but what took place in recent days has left him intrigued. "We have found dead does along a 1000 meter stretch, [all of them] presenting strange incisions. No blows or bullet holes are visible, and there are no bloodstains in the are," he told Uno worriedly.

Rios assured us that a round and luminous object that rises and moves in an irregular manner can be seen periodicaly over the area, which has drawn his attention. Moreover, he said that local residents have seen black, unmarked helicopters descending, which are thought to be persons visiting the site to study what is going on.

"No one can explain what is going on. They say it already happened with other animals and that they took samples for analysis. The incisions are perfect and identical over the same part of the body. Burn marks produced by an electrical element are visible," he said, waiting for some sort of answer to the enigma, which has produced curiosity in the media. "We are constantly on watch every night, but nothing could be found. The animal that was killed early this morning (yesterday) we found with you, but in spite of being on guard, we neither heard nor saw anything."

There is no doubt that the event is a source of controversy. There are those who insist that it is the activity of a person who wishes to foster fear or uncertainty, but there are also those who claim that we face a non-terrestrial phenomenon. The fact is that it all resembles what has been going on for little more than three years, when on June 26 2002 the first case of mutilated cattle was found on the shores of the Uruguay River before spreading to the rest of the province. The method of incision is very similar, with the difference being that the cows were being found without jaws or tongues at that time. With time, everything became anecdotal and forgotten, but the phenomenon has arisen again.

Strange though it may seem, persons dedicated to exobiology reported to the site.

Ernesto Eduardo Lavorde, 63, a native of Gualeguaychu and host of the Enigma de los Tiempos radio show, participates in many meetings or conferences on the subject. Given his specialty, Lavorde acknowledges having been a witness to events of these characteristics. In a conversation with Uno, he highlighted that many UFO landing sites have been found in Gualeguaychu, which have been corroborated by scientists.

"These events lead us to believe that there is something behind all of this that is related to the subject. I think we could be witnessing a creature facing extinction and for this reason it is experimenting with animal organs," said Lavorde, who believes in the existence of aliens, intraterrestrials and ultraterrestrials.