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 One of the original photographs of the Panama Creature, with a Telemetro.com watermark | |
| Similar entities | Montauk Monster, brown-throated sloth |
|---|---|
| First attested | September 2009 |
| Other name(s) | Panama Monster, Panama ET, other names |
| Country | Panama |
The "Panama Creature"[1] (also variously referred to as the "Panama Monster",[2] "Panama ET"[3] "Cerro Azul Monster", "Blue Stream Monster" or "Blue Hill Horror"[4]) refers to a carcass photographed near the town of Cerro Azul, Panama, in September 2009. After the animal was discovered and reputedly killed by a group of teenagers, photographs of the corpse were given to Telemetro, a Panamanian television station. The story and pictures circulated, and comparisons to the Montauk Monster were made. There was speculation about the identity of the creature, with suggestions including a hairless sloth, an alien species and a creature new to science. A biopsy performed by the National Environmental Authority of Panama on the remains a few days after the creature's discovery concluded that the corpse was in fact that of a male brown-throated sloth. The odd appearance had been caused by underwater decomposition, which had resulted in hair loss. Once identified, the corpse was buried.
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