After six weeks of mysterious sheep slayings in the region, rancher Jorge Luis Talavera shot and wounded a yellow furred creature that made rapid movements near the sheep pen. The creature disappeared into the brush. Days later a security guard found the decomposed body of a strange creature near the ranch. It appeared to be some type of hybrid creature, thin and tall, large eye sockets, over sized fangs and with several protuberances on the upper vertebrae, shaped like a crocodile's crest, it also had very small ears. Others had reported similar creatures in the nearby cordillera, one with white or silver fur, and two with black fur. The remains were taken to a local University forensic lab in Leon state, where the decomposed body was apparently switched with that of a normal domesticated dog. The controversy still lingers.

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