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Peruvians Spooked by Two-Meter-Tall 'Alien' Attackers Who Turned Out to Be Illegal Gold Miners
Peruvians Spooked by Two-Meter-Tall 'Alien' Attackers Who Turned Out to Be Illegal Gold Miners
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Gold mining in Peru is virtually unregulated due to large tracts of unimproved land. After the 2008 financial crisis, artisanal mining boomed in the country... 13.08.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Peruvian locals of Alto Nanay have told local media that they were frightened by the sight of "strange creatures" that attacked them at night.According to the locals from the hamlet of about 3,000 people in the northern Amazon Basin, the uninvited guests were two meters high, immune to their hunting weapons and "disappeared" when cornered.Reategui added that an adolescent girl was attacked with cuts on her neck by the creatures. In addition, as the vigilant head of the community pointed out, these beings knew how to take off.In the village, some described the strangers as so-called "pelacaras," as alleged organ traffickers from Amazonian legends are called in the jungle.However, the invaders turn out not to be goblins, aliens, or even organ traffickers, but...a gang of gold miners.The identification was carried out by Peru’s National Prosecutor’s Office, which accused the "gold mafia" of orchestrating the "flying aliens" story to invoke fear in locals to keep them inside their homes and away from their illegal gold mines.Gold mining gangs have been reportedly expelled from the neighboring Brazil and Colombia.Peru, glorious for the legends of the lost golden Inca city of Paititi, ranks ninth in the world for gold production in 2022, according to the statistical company GlobalData.
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Peruvians Spooked by Two-Meter-Tall 'Alien' Attackers Who Turned Out to Be Illegal Gold Miners
18:56 13.08.2023 (Updated: 19:12 13.08.2023) Gold mining in Peru is virtually unregulated due to large tracts of unimproved land. After the 2008 financial crisis, artisanal mining boomed in the country, making gold reportedly more lucrative than the drug trade.
Peruvian locals of Alto Nanay have told local media that they were frightened by the sight of "strange creatures" that attacked them at night.
According to the locals from the hamlet of about 3,000 people in the northern Amazon Basin, the
uninvited guests were two meters high, immune to their hunting weapons and "disappeared" when cornered.
"These men are extraterrestrials. They look like armored green goblin type from Spiderman. I have shot him twice and he does not fall, but rises and disappears. We are frightened by what is happening in the community," Jairo Reategui Avila, the village leader, told media.
Reategui added that an adolescent girl
was attacked with cuts on her neck by the creatures. In addition, as the vigilant head of the community pointed out, these beings knew how to take off.
In the village, some described the strangers as so-called "pelacaras," as alleged organ traffickers from Amazonian legends are called in the jungle.
However, the invaders turn out not to be goblins, aliens, or even organ traffickers, but...a gang of gold miners.
The identification
was carried out by Peru’s National Prosecutor’s Office, which accused the "gold mafia" of orchestrating the "flying aliens" story to invoke fear in locals to keep them inside their homes and away from their illegal gold mines.
The department also suspects that the gold miners used the jetpacks to search for gold deep in the untamed jungle surrounding Peru's Nanay River.
Gold mining gangs have been reportedly expelled from the neighboring Brazil and Colombia.
Peru, glorious for the legends of the lost golden Inca city of Paititi, ranks ninth in the world for gold production in 2022, according to the statistical company GlobalData.
