Strange alien creature from Panama or just an animal ?

[hartiberlin]

Hi,

This story is now going around the world:

The discovery of a strange creature in Cerro Azul has aroused controversy among the people, for while some say it may be a being from another planet, others simply believe that is an animal.

Four teenagers aged between 14 and 16 years, met him at the Jet Blue Hill, on Saturday, while having fun in the place.

According to one of them told the program code 4, they suddenly saw the creature emerging from a cave located behind the water jet. At her appearance and it began to climb over the rocks to one of them panicked and began to thrash him and throw sticks, getting killed, after which they threw into the water and ran.

See:

http://www.telemetro.com/insolito/2009/09/15/nota39732.html
http://www.telemetro.com/insolito/2009/09/18/nota39919.html
http://www.telemetro.com/insolito/2009/09/16/nota39834.html

http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/mystery-themen/2009/09/totes-alien/raetselhaftes-wesen-am-strand-in-panama-entdeckt.html

Regards, Stefan.

[Bulbz]

Looks like a deformed Sloth 

[sm0ky2]

this is not  sloth.
sloths have several distinct features that are simply not present in this creature.
for instance, sloths have a protruding nose, much like primates.

this animal in the photos here more resembles a shellless turtle than a hairless sloth.

[Cloxxki]

My first impression went for the sloth as well, and then the next to an albino shell-less turtle. A turtle expert should be involved in the investigation.
Of course, not the least bit of DNA was recovered at the scene? That's how it usually goes.

Poor creature. Teens having fun.

[hartiberlin]

Hmm,
this sloth streches his tongue out,
but it looks different than the Panama creature:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3506/3805366401_9090a4156f_m.jpg