Case file · Cryptid
Cerro Azul 'monster', Panama
In September 2009 teenagers near Cerro Azul, Panama, said a pale, hairless creature crawled out of a cave toward them; they killed it with stones, and their photos spread worldwide as an alien or new species.
2009 CE · 9.17, -79.42 · status: explained
The sceptical view
Panama's environment authority examined the body and identified it as a dead brown-throated sloth whose fur had fallen off after a time in water, bloating the body.