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When Paula M. went to the dump site in search of old, collectible bottles, the last thing she expected was an encounter with an unknown animal. And she may not have expected the amount of attention the story of her encounter would receive. Besides the article about her sighting of this mysterious creature, which appeared on this website (see "The Creature of the Dump"), Paula was also recently interviewed by talk radio host Jeff Rense. (The archived recording of this interview on Jeff's show, in RealAudio, can be accessed here; the interview begins approximately one hour, 30 minutes into the show.) Brad Steiger, a well-known author of many books on the paranormal and mysterious creatures, also spoke with Paula on Jeff's show. Steiger commented that he has documented many encounters with strange creatures, but the one Paula met was new to him. Most curious, he said, was the animal's large, crystal-blue eyes.
Paula is still seeking answers or even suggestions to what this large, worm-like creature might be. Some readers have responded with their ideas - and even warnings - about this blue-eyed tube worm. Here is what they have to say:
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Ingot?
I probably won't be the first or only to inform you that what Paula
saw at the dump may indeed be an unidentified Southeastern Asian creature known as an
ingot [possibly lingot]. Check with Agence France-Press for stories
about ingots during the final years of French involvement in Indochina. They were seen burrowing everywhere, and the descriptions of the bodies
and eyes match those of Paula's story. Old Indochina veterans in the French army could never explain them or where they came from, and there
is no record of American sightings during this country's involvement later. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, supreme commander of French
forces in Indochina, was so unnerved by sighting of burrowing ingots and the lack of information about them that he brought in a special team of
researchers, who apparently found nothing. The ingot is like no other creature reported on earth, and it contributed to the general weirdness
of the French experience in Indochina. Ingots were reported in large numbers in 1953 around the North Vietnamese site where an entire French
regiment vanished without a trace. This disappearance may have had nothing to do with ingots, but there are still old veterans in the cafes
of Paris, Bordeaux and Marseilles who swear there was a connection. Incidentally, the reality of the disappearing regiment is
well-documented. For a few years in the 1950s, burrowing ingots made big news in France. But France, like the US later, hid its Indochinese
veterans and paid little attention to their stories... about anything. Such is defeat.
- Loic C.
[Note: An Internet search has turned up no information about these ingots. Anyone out there have more information? - S.W.]
Rubber Boa?
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Paula's response: "No, it wasn't a Rubber Boa. A Rubber Boa has beady, dark eyes and visible face features, along with slithery looking skin, and the color is different."
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