Greetings,

In the October issue of PUG there was an article on a creature found in Panama that was stoned to death by some children who thought it was some form of alien. I just had a chance to review the pictures on this and wanted to inform you that it is a Hairless Sloth. Sloths are normally with hair of course, but because this one was found in a waterfall, the hair on the creature has come off over time and what we have left is a typical Sloth without hair. Sloths are native to the Panama region and I was able to identify it quite quickly.

I just wanted to share that with anyone here that wasnt sure!

Here is the pics of the 'monster' that is actually a hairless bloated dead sloth:

http://momento24.com/en/2009/0…..16/panama-…illed-an-alien/

*note the claws on the ends of the arms*

Here is a pic of a normal panamanian sloth with hair:

http://www.carolinanature.com/…..mals1.html

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Hope this helps- sorry to debunk this one!