Gnome of Girona
12-14-2009, 10:56 PM
The so called Gnomo de Girona (Gnome of Girona) is the name given to the remains of an animal or a fetus (abnormal or not) found near Girona, Catalonia (Spain) in September 1989.
The body was bluish, devoid of hair, with some little spots mainly in neck and face. Its total length was approximately 12 centimeters. It showed a protuberance in the forehead area, elongated ears, reddish eyes and a snout similar to that of rodents. Its fingers showed interdigital membranes.
According to the original version showed in TV, the being had been captured by some campers about 11 kilometers from Gerona, in the route from the villages of Bañolas to Olot. They were near a forest when one of them heard some noises similar to low volume moans. When he looked in the direction from where the noises were coming he spotted the being, that tried to escape moving fast from them. The being emitted "a kind of squeak similar to an old man's laughter". The campers managed to capture the being by throwing a blanket over it.
The being then remained alive for approximately 24 hours after its capture, although other versions of the story extend this time to 4 days. It refused all food offered to it although according to its captors showed some degree of intelligence. After its death, the Spanish parapsychologist Ãngel Gordon got the body and preserved it in a jar with formol.
After examination of the availables pictures of the preserved body, the American investigator John Altshuler and Spanish doctor LuÃs Linares concluded that it was not the normal fetus of any known animal. Doctor Linares declared two possibilities:
âThe first option is that it is a monstruous being, that is to say a teratorogical case in which tissues like limbs, organs, etc. develop but in an abnormal way. It can also be the finding of a primitive being that has been conserved in a cold area, like snow or a glacier, where the tissues would have remained preserved. In this case, we would be facing an animal unknown to modern scienceâ
The body was bluish, devoid of hair, with some little spots mainly in neck and face. Its total length was approximately 12 centimeters. It showed a protuberance in the forehead area, elongated ears, reddish eyes and a snout similar to that of rodents. Its fingers showed interdigital membranes.
According to the original version showed in TV, the being had been captured by some campers about 11 kilometers from Gerona, in the route from the villages of Bañolas to Olot. They were near a forest when one of them heard some noises similar to low volume moans. When he looked in the direction from where the noises were coming he spotted the being, that tried to escape moving fast from them. The being emitted "a kind of squeak similar to an old man's laughter". The campers managed to capture the being by throwing a blanket over it.
The being then remained alive for approximately 24 hours after its capture, although other versions of the story extend this time to 4 days. It refused all food offered to it although according to its captors showed some degree of intelligence. After its death, the Spanish parapsychologist Ãngel Gordon got the body and preserved it in a jar with formol.
After examination of the availables pictures of the preserved body, the American investigator John Altshuler and Spanish doctor LuÃs Linares concluded that it was not the normal fetus of any known animal. Doctor Linares declared two possibilities:
âThe first option is that it is a monstruous being, that is to say a teratorogical case in which tissues like limbs, organs, etc. develop but in an abnormal way. It can also be the finding of a primitive being that has been conserved in a cold area, like snow or a glacier, where the tissues would have remained preserved. In this case, we would be facing an animal unknown to modern scienceâ
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