In the end of February 1968, a newspaper of Madrid told a series of damages that were suspected of being caused by an escaped circus bear or escaped from a bear owner, in the surroundings of Vilovi in Spain.
It is indeed mentioned that an enormous hairy creature was seen, it had long arms and walked heavily, and drank in a pond.
Sensationalist ufologist John Keel, who maintained that UFOs are "ultraterrestrial", republished the story, apparently adding details of his own and linking the case to the UFO issue by a remark that UFOs are often observed in the area.
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[Ref. js1:] JACQUES SCORNAUX:
In his catalogue of alleged footsetps traces of alleged UFO occupants, Jacques Scornaux discusses a case in Vilovi, province of Barcelona, Spain, of February 26, 1968.
He notes that he only has sources in English language on this Spanish case, and wonders on this "eternal paradox of the information flow in ufology."
He notes that the source nearest to the original seems to be an article of the Flying Saucer Review, volume 14, #4, page 34, for July/August 1968, which gives a translation of an article of the Arriba newspaper of Madrid.
The account is given by Jacques Scornaux as indicating that repeatedly, an enormous hairy creature, with long arms and heavy steps, was observed in the surroundings of Vilovi and was accused of causing damages.
On February 26, after having gone to drink in a pond, it left in a clay soil a certain number of 40 centimeters long imprints which resembled those of a plantigrade.
The idea was put forth that it would be a bear escaped bear from a circus or a bear owner, and the newspaper announced that a search party was going to be organized.
Jacques Scornaux indicates that John Kell [sic, Keel], on page 130 [of a reference which I cannot indicate as it is a previous part of the article in a previous issue of the magazine which I do not have]) summarizes the article of Arriba while being obviously inspired by the Flying Saucer Review, but "without quoting it of course" instead of using the Spanish original, which Jacques Scornaux indicates being a bad idea for two independent translations of the same text are never identical, according to his professional opinion.
John Keel adds that the search party yielded no result, but he did not specify how he would know of this information.
The case is also in the Saga magazine, but date of the 27th, which is the date of the article in Arriba. The magazine also adds his own words, by indicating that "the animal is said to have attacked horses" and that there would have been frequent UFO reports in the area.
Scornaux notes that in his opinion, these various additional details come from the United States and must be received with a grain of salt.
Ufologist and sensationalist journalist John Keel, probable author of the article in the Saga magazine, who professed that UFOs are "ultraterrestrial", and much criticized the other ufologists by insisting that they did not publish serious data, republished the newspaper story, without investigation or checking, without considering possible ordinary explanations, apparently adding details of his own and kinking the story to the UO topic by the remark that UFOs are often observed in the area.
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Case with no real relation with the UFO issue.
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
| Main Author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
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| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 30, 2007 | Creation, [js1]. |
| 0.2 | Patrick Gross | May 30, 2007 | First published. |
