Case file · Close encounter
Scaly rescuers in the Huánuco marsh
In January 1977 student José Álvarez told a Peruvian radio programme that four small green scaly beings with three clawed fingers pulled him from a marsh in Huánuco province.
1977 CE · -9.93, -76.24 · status: claim
The sceptical view
Reported abroad by La Presse (Montreal) on 15 January 1977; uncorroborated, and catalogued as probable invention. Location approximate.