Amoeba Mummies of Lomo De Ballena

 

Amoeba Mummies of Lomo De Ballena

By Cole Herrold

The more one delves into the world of extraterrestrials, the more there are not only more bizarre encounters to read but also some interesting connections to other more famous cases. Perhaps the most famous is the rash of sightings of entities that seem similar to the Flatwoods Monster that occurred in Frametown. Similar cases occur today, such as when the show Hellier tried to link the Hopkinsville Goblins to a few anomalous photos of a creature and footprints they received. Its cases like this that in some way adds a patina of authenticity as others from various countries and from various decades describe encounters with the same or similar beings. This case from Peru is potentially is one such case as it bears some hallmarks in the appearance of the extraterrestrials to those of an infamous U.F.O. abduction case.

It was around 4:30 pm on February or March of 1952 (some sources state 1947) when a witness known only as "C.A.V." (assumedly initials) was driving along the Pan American Highway heading northbound towards the city of Lima. The witness was driving along when as he approached a desert area near Lomo De Ballena when something shiny seemed to catch his attention in the sky above. As he looked to see what this glaring object was, he noticed that it was a large object that appeared oval in shape. The object slowly began to descend, and "C.A.V.," curious about this strange craft, began to leave the safety of the road and, leaving his car, headed towards the now resting object. As "C.A.V." came closer to the object at a full sprint, he noticed that from what appeared to be a seamless object, a glowing door which opened along the side of the craft. He started to slow down as he saw this and came to a complete stop as something started to emerge from the now open vessel.

From this opening came three bizarre entities; each of them was approximately five feet tall, and their form was described as appearing like that of a classic mummy. They had noticeably joined legs that ended in a large round foot, and their form was covered in a towel-like texture for skin. When "C.A.V." looked into the face of the creatures, he noticed that they had no noticeable eyes, nose, mouth, or ears but where the eyes would have been a large transparent jelly with a large bubble in the middle. The trio of extraterrestrials proceeded to look at "C.A.V." before the entities began to speak to the understandably frightened man and ask in perfect English whether they were in North America. The entities stared at the man who could only respond with no, this is South America. The entities continued to look at the man and just then begun to speak fluent Spanish and say to the continuously surprised man, "take us to your chief." The entities seeing that the man was surprised by this request, soon explained that they were from another star and were concerned about the dangers this planet could cause with atomic energy. The man continued to listen and stare in disbelief at the entities when suddenly, for no true apparent reason, the entities decided to give him a lesson in the birds and bees on their species and state that they as a species were asexual and that they reproduce by fission. As the entities were explaining all this, one suddenly started to split in two like an amoeba resulting in now four identical mummy-like creatures.

After this conversation, the entities, seemingly now unconcerned with finding a leader, began to head once more to their ship. As they did this, one turned around and asked him if he would like to come aboard. Apparently no longer frightened by these visitors, “C.A.V." approached the craft cautiously and slowly began to enter the craft. The first thing he noticed was that the craft was transparent from the inside, and he could see everything around him. The next most startling thing about this object was that the object contained no machinery. "C.A.V." entered the craft, and the door closed; the craft proceeded to take him on a quick drive along the coast. What happened after this went unreported, but something had happened to "C.A.V." to the point that this entire encounter was erased from his memory and would be brought back to remembrance through the aid of hypnosis.

As with most South American cases, there appears to be nothing else written about this case. I came across this case in Albert S. Rosales masterpiece Humanoid Encounters: 1950-1954, and the only source listed for this case was simply listed as Richard Greenwell. I've been trying to see if this came from a book or article, but the lack of source outside of the researcher makes further follow-up on this account extremely difficult. With that said, it is extremely interesting, but to me, the most interesting aspect of this case is a similarity to a groundbreaking and infamous case.

In 1973 a similar group of extraterrestrials was responsible for abducting two individuals out fishing on the Pascagoula River. The case known as the Pascagoula Abduction featured three strange extraterrestrials who abductees Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker would describe as having elephantine-like skin with legs that connect into a single round foot. The creature's arms were long with mitten-like hands and also had featureless faces with one exception they bore three long carrot-like projections, which appeared where the ears and nose would be. Those features were the only facial features the creatures had. These abductors are almost identical to the Amoeba Mummies except for the faces of the entities, which while both are basically featureless, the Pascagoula abductors did have the long carrot-shaped protrusions, whereas the Amoeba Mummies had that black jelly with a bubble. Perhaps the Pascagoula Abductors are the same, and that what appeared to be spiky protrusions were some sort of technology or helmet that hid the black goo from view.

Pascagoula Abductor- Similarities to the Amoeba Mummies in almost all features but the face

Even with the similarities to the Pascagoula Abductors, these entities do seem to be very different; they talk as opposed to the Pascagoula entities, which only were reported to make beeping sounds adding to the hypothesis that they may have been robots or something similar. The Amoeba Mummies reproduce something the Pascagoula Abductors, at least from what was reported, did not or were incapable of. The Mummies also had a very different style of craft compared to what the Pascagoula Abductors came in, so this difference in technology could also mean that they are different culturally and species-wise.

While there might not be a connection with the Pascagoula Abductors, these aliens might be connected to a wider series of U.F.O. flaps that had occurred throughout South America during the 50s and 60s. These encounters had several areas of high concentration, but one particular area worth noting and, of course, important to this case is the Pan American Highway. The Pan American Highway had tons of cases of people reporting crafts as well as several bizarre entities which may have been connected or are directly connected with U.F.O.s. One particular case is the Martian Shrub which occurred in 1962 when two men had almost hit a nearly 3ft tall entity covered in silver and gold strips with several eyes over its plant-like body. Perhaps this entire area has some features that appeal to these visitors that we have not discovered yet.

From what I have so far discovered, there have, after the Pascagoula case, never been any other similar entities reported. These entities, much like the rest of the Space Parade, leave us with a variety of questions, especially with their concern about our atomic usage. Are these entities concerned with our welfare or our capabilities of stopping an invasion, or is it that this is some resource that never should have been utilized? We perhaps will never know the truth since most of these entities disappear, never to be reported or seen ever again.

Quick Facts:

Species/Potential Species: Extraterrestrial (potential Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species undeterminable)

Location: Pan American Highway, Lomo De Ballena, Peru, South America

Sighted: 4:30 pm February or March 1947/1952

Works Cited:

Humanoid Encounters: 1950-1954- The Others Amongst Us By Albert Rosales

Martian Shrub of Peru

 The Martian Shrub of Peru

By Cole Herrold

When people think of extraterrestrials, the first thought that comes to mind is of small gray or green beings with large almond shape black eyes, yet if history has shown us anything, this is not to be the case. The world of extraterrestrial encounters has some downright bizarre entities, but almost all of them have a symmetrical or human-like form. Whether it's the Flatwoods Monster, Space Penguins of Tuscumbia, or the La Rubia Abductors, these entities, while mostly different compared to the organisms we know, do share some features with us or animals that make them seem less alien. It's from these accounts even the most seasoned Ufologist is familiar with reports of machine-like or animal-like extraterrestrials, yet sometimes the entities reported do not follow those categories and seem to resemble something that is around us all the time. The Martian Shrub of Peru is an extremely short case but compelling nonetheless, perhaps most notably as the entity described in the encounter bears none of the earmarks of the classic UFO driver but instead seems to be some form of a sentient plant.

It was in August or September of 1965 when Julio L. de Romana and Antonio Chavez Bedoya were driving along the Pan-American motorway. The pair was almost 12.5 miles from Arequipa when they noticed a strange figure standing in the road. The car continued to truck down the road as they expected this figure to eventually move or scurry across the road, but as they came closer, they realized that this dark form was still standing perfectly still. The two realizing that if they did not alter their course, they were going to strike whatever this creature was, promptly swerved off the road. As they looked over at the strange form blocking the road, they at first thought it to be some sort of litter or some plant that managed to get knocked into the road. Yet as they continued to stare, they realized this clearly was not the case.

There standing in the road was a dark entity black in color and a little over 2 ½ feet tall. The witnesses could only describe it as "a strange being, a Martian" the entity appeared to be alive, but at that moment refused to move its body, gave the witnesses the impression that it was some sort of plant life as to them it looked like a shrub. Whether there were branches or leaves is unknown, but the creature's overall plant-ness was not its most startling feature. There towards where the witnesses felt the head should be, was a bright golden eye that appeared to be gilded this eye was large, but it was not alone as all along the body were several smaller golden eyes that were skittered around in the assumed branches. These eyes seemed to glint in the sunlight as well and were joined on several of the branches or body segments by long metallic objects like strips of gold and silver.

As the pair was reeling in this bizarre entity that sounds suspiciously like a sentient Christmas Tree was shocked to see a UFO fly above their car and the vegetative visitor. What happened after this is not known except for assumedly the duo had put the pedal to the metal and drove out of this area of high strangeness. While the UFOs' direction went unreported other individuals in the area would later go on to report seeing a strange craft in the sky.

 As for the Martian Shrub, there have been no reports of anything remotely similar to it in the annals of Ufology. UFO creatures that bear a strong resemblance to plants have been collected; the Walking Stumps, for example, were three spider-like entities of varying colors and patterns that, to the witnesses, seemed to be like crawling tree stumps. While these entities did not exactly have the appearance of something of the flora persuasion, another entity known as the Vegetable Man had features that clearly seemed to be of a kind of sentient plant humanoid. This entity had long ears that appeared leaf-like and had long fingers which were tipped with suction cup-like appendages that ended in long syringe-type fingers. The entity's body was often described as something like a stalk or a carrot and communicated to the witness as well as draining blood. While this entity clearly was plant-like, the UFO connection to it is speculative as there was no craft seen but a strange whirring phonograph sound which was believed to of been the craft taking off. So, with that said, there are still no plant-extraterrestrial cases making this one incredibly unique.

Now, much like in other cases I've written about with assumed Extraterrestrials, there is always the chance that the creature seen has nothing to do with the UFO phenomenon. In this case, the strange shrub was seen standing in the middle of the roadway before the UFO was in the area, and when the UFO came to the area, apparently it did not stop and pick up its occupant as if this was to be the case it would have been reported. So perhaps this creature is some bizarre plant that has gone undiscovered and just happened to of been crossing the road at the same time as the UFO was crossing overhead. I will say, given the appearance of the creature and the metallic strips, this seems unlikely and probably isn't the case.

With that said, if we take the extraterrestrial route because this creature seems to have either some sort of technology or even what might pass for clothing on its world, it is particularly bizarre. The tinsel-like strips seem to almost be used only as an ornament as they apparently did not do anything particularly spectacular when the witnesses saw it, so what the actual purpose of it is can truly only be left for speculation. Yet this almost point-blank description only leads into one of the issues with this case.

One of the problems with this case is the vagueness of it. I have found this to be a problem with a lot of the South American and Central American cases as rarely there's a follow-up or finding the newspaper accounts are exceptionally difficult, so all we have to go on is the scant information reused in the Ufological literature. That’s one of the major problems with this case is that it sort of abruptly ends we don’t know if the witnesses did see some sort of landing and the Martian Shrub return to the craft or if the drivers simply could not handle all of the high strangeness and simply drove off it appears that there was just no follow up in this case at all.

Another issue with this case is that each resource that does publish something on it has alternative dates for when the encounter took place. Some sources state August 1, August 29, August 30, and even a month later on September 29, even though the newspapers covering the case were released for the 31^st. Perhaps this is a simple error or some issue with translation when the accounts were published in other sources, but it does make it difficult to get a true point on when the encounter took place.

While this encounter is extremely frustrating, it is interesting nonetheless, mainly for the description of the entity seen by the two men. There has been nothing similar to it as far as what has been reported, and I think that is one of the most important elements to the case as there has never been something that appeared as a goth Christmas tree in either the world of cryptozoology, demonology, or Ufology aside from this encounter. If it was the typical Grey, we probably would not be talking about this case today since nothing really happens, but it's the appearance of this entity that steals the show and definitely something we perhaps will never see again.

Initial Sketch of Christmas Tree Variant

Quick Facts:

Species/Potential Species: Vegetable Extraterrestrial

Location: Pan-American Motorway, Near Arequipa, Peru

Sighted: Either August 1, August 29, August 30, September 29, 1965

Works Cited:

The Humanoids By Charles Bowen

Humanoid Encounters: 1965-1969 -The Others Amongst Us By Albert S. Rosales

Cronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 31, 1965

La Prensa, Lima, Peru, August 31, 1965

Gross, Patrick. “August 1965, Near Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, Julio L. de Romana and Antonio Chavez Bedoya” URECAT July 3, 2008. https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/ce3/1965-08-31-peru-arequipa.htm#jv1. Accessed September 14, 2021.