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Land creatures. Egypt

ID #1616777564
Added Fri, 26/03/2021
Author July N.
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Initial data

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Incident date: 
07.10.1996
Location: 
Армант
Egypt

Egypt's interior ministry announced that police and civilian hunters shot dead "two unknown animals" in this city on the eastern bank of the Nile, 500 km south of Cairo.

The locals called the creatures "salaava", which colloquially means "female ghouls". Folklore has it that these ghouls inhabit ancient tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings. 

Creatures that look like large hyenas or wild dogs have killed three people and injured dozens in a series of overnight attacks around Armant.

Original news

Date:  October 7, 1996
Location: Armant, Egypt 
Time: night 
Summary: Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced that police officers and citizen hunters had shot and killed “two unknown animals” in this city on the east bank of the Nile 500 km south of Cairo. The local people called the creatures “salaawa,” a colloquial name meaning “female ghouls.” Folklore has it that these ghouls inhabit ancient tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings. The creatures, which resembled large hyenas or wild dogs, have killed three people and injured dozens in a series of nocturnal attacks around Armant. 
Source:  UFO Roundup Vol. 1 # 33 

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