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Land creatures. United States

ID #1616785231
Added Fri, 26/03/2021
Author July N.
Sources
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Status
Research

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
11.1996
Location: 
Сан-Антонио, TX
United States

One night, the rancher woke up to a loud noise coming from the paddock. He got up, went out into the paddock, and turned on the headlights of his pickup truck. 

He saw a strange animal caught in a predator's trap. As soon as the animal saw him, it tried to attack him, but the trap and chain held it back. In the distance, the rancher saw two more similar creatures that seemed to be running away from there. 

The creature in the trap was 2 feet (0.6 m) long, but the other two he saw in the distance were about 4 feet (1.2 m) long. 

According to the owner of the ranch, they really did not run, but jumped, about 10-15 feet (3-4.5 m). The creature in the trap was described as a large lizard with a large head, disproportionately large for the body. There were at least 13 vertical spikes protruding from its spine. At 12 inches (30.48 cm) from the creature's back, it had a long tongue ending in a sharp point. 

Someone from the nearby University of Texas picked up the creature in a trap, apparently it died, and its body, apparently, it was never returned.

Original news

Location. Near San Antonio Texas
Date: November 1996
Time: night
A rancher woke up one night after hearing a lot of noise coming from the corral area. He got up and went out to the corral and turned on the lights of his pick up truck. What he saw was a bizarre animal trapped in his predator trap. As soon as the animal saw him the animal tried to attack him but the trap and the chain held it. In the distance the rancher saw another two of the same creatures, kind of running away from there. The creature in the trap was 2 feet long but the two others he saw in the distance were about 4 feet long. According to the rancher they really were not running but taking leaps, anywhere from 10-15 feet. The creature in the trap was described as looking like a large lizard, with a large head, disproportional large for the body. On its back coming from the spine, there were at least 13 vertical spikes that stuck up, 12 inches off the back of the creature, it had a long tongue ending in a sharp tip. Somebody from nearby Texas University picked up the creature in the trap apparently died and its body. Apparently it was never returned.
Source: Antonio Guillen, “End of the Line”

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