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So....let's not take this for fact right away, cause it is The Sun. I didn't look one the site, but saw an article about this on another forum.
TERRIFIED locals in a South American town are running scared after a strange creature they describe as "Gollum" crawled out of a lake and charged schoolkids.
The beast — which has "sparked fear and confusion" in the small town of Cerro Azul, Panama — was spotted on Saturday when four 14 to 16-year-olds were playing by the waterfront.
According to their account, reported by Panamanian news service Telemetro, the youngsters "screamed" when the five-foot creature emerged from a cave and started clambouring over rocks towards them "as if to attack them".
In a "desperate bid to defend themselves" the four terrified boys said they hurled rocks at the strange creature to kill it, before throwing its corpse in the water and running away.
Their disbelieving parents returned to the lake the following day — and were stunned to discovered the beast's body washed up on the shore.
Experts have yet to examine the images — or make any statements regarding their discovery.
But locals told Panama news channels, who ran the story, that the water-monster was "Gollum from Lord of the Rings".
One said: "I have only seen that creature once before - and it was in the Tolkien film."
The fictional Gollum — originally known as Smeagol — was a hobbit whose later name was derived from the "disgusting gurgling, choking cough he made".
JRR Tolkien — who wrote the Middle Earth adventures — said of the character: "He had become deformed and twisted in both body and mind by the corruption of the Ring.
"His only desire was to possess the Ring which had enslaved him, and he pursued it for many years after he lost it."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2642152/Mystery-beast-terrified-kids.html
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My take on this, if this story is true.
See something that you'd never seen before?...KILL IT! Humans are so predictable. I wouldn't be surprised if the creature didn't do shit..and the kids just decided to throw stones against it. Seen it happening while i was on vacation awhile ago...some kids see fun in that. They were throwing stones at ducks and such, and mommy dearest was like....'ok' .
I read the story again and i dont trust it. If this really was some kind of lizard thing that wanted to attack, bet your ass that he would have attacked them kids on the spot. Those things can run like crazy...nah, this beast didn't attack at all...these kids just thought it was fun to throw
stones at it and kill it. Typically human behaviour...just kill it.
TERRIFIED locals in a South American town are running scared after a strange creature they describe as "Gollum" crawled out of a lake and charged schoolkids.
The beast — which has "sparked fear and confusion" in the small town of Cerro Azul, Panama — was spotted on Saturday when four 14 to 16-year-olds were playing by the waterfront.
According to their account, reported by Panamanian news service Telemetro, the youngsters "screamed" when the five-foot creature emerged from a cave and started clambouring over rocks towards them "as if to attack them".
In a "desperate bid to defend themselves" the four terrified boys said they hurled rocks at the strange creature to kill it, before throwing its corpse in the water and running away.
Their disbelieving parents returned to the lake the following day — and were stunned to discovered the beast's body washed up on the shore.
Experts have yet to examine the images — or make any statements regarding their discovery.
But locals told Panama news channels, who ran the story, that the water-monster was "Gollum from Lord of the Rings".
One said: "I have only seen that creature once before - and it was in the Tolkien film."
The fictional Gollum — originally known as Smeagol — was a hobbit whose later name was derived from the "disgusting gurgling, choking cough he made".
JRR Tolkien — who wrote the Middle Earth adventures — said of the character: "He had become deformed and twisted in both body and mind by the corruption of the Ring.
"His only desire was to possess the Ring which had enslaved him, and he pursued it for many years after he lost it."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2642152/Mystery-beast-terrified-kids.html
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My take on this, if this story is true.
See something that you'd never seen before?...KILL IT! Humans are so predictable. I wouldn't be surprised if the creature didn't do shit..and the kids just decided to throw stones against it. Seen it happening while i was on vacation awhile ago...some kids see fun in that. They were throwing stones at ducks and such, and mommy dearest was like....'ok' .
I read the story again and i dont trust it. If this really was some kind of lizard thing that wanted to attack, bet your ass that he would have attacked them kids on the spot. Those things can run like crazy...nah, this beast didn't attack at all...these kids just thought it was fun to throw
stones at it and kill it. Typically human behaviour...just kill it.
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