'Aliens' Terrorizing People In Peru Villages Turn Out to Be Gold Miners on Jetpacks

[Judi Lynn]

In a real 'Scooby Doo'-esque scenario, the 'aliens' terrorizing locals were actually just criminals searching for gold

Published 08/12/23 02:38 PM ET|Updated 2 hr ago
Zachary Rogers

Villagers in Peru reportedly thought they were being attacked by “seven-foot-tall-aliens” but authorities in the area have revealed it was actually a gang of illegal gold miners flying around on jetpacks, purposefully trying to scare people in the area.

Indigenous “Ikitu” villagers reported in late July that they were being attacked at night by “strange beings,” sparking an investigation by the local prosecutor's office, according to La Republica.

Witnesses said that the “aliens” they saw were masked or hooded, dressed in all black and could be as large as two meters tall. Some locals likened what they saw to the infamous Spider-Man villain “Green Goblin,” who famously flies around on a glider. There were also other superstitious answers given for the mysterious attackers' identities, such as them being “los Pelacaras,” or “face peelers.”

Investigating prosecutor Carlos Castro Quintanilla told the publication RPP that the 'aliens' behind these events are actually criminals, who put on masks and terrorized villages in order to continue committing their illegal gold mining operations without impediment.

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[GreenWave]

1. They would be safer if space aliens were attacking them and not criminals.

I would imagine giant chunks of gold are not that uncommon in the cosmos so why go to a planet to excavate?

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Sounds familiar