From: Scott Corrales <lornis1.nul>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 15:21:26 -0500
Fwd Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:19:47 -0500
Subject: The Rooftop Madman" Appears in Santa Fe Argentina



INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
March 6, 2005

Source: http://www.infobae.com/notas/nota.php?Idx=170363&IdxSeccion=100439#

Date: 03.04.05

A Mysterious Character Harasses Santa Fe Residents

Local residents say it jumps from house to house, is dressed in
black and has red eyes. After hundreds of complaints, police is
looking for it. Listen to the Sheriff's story on Radio 10.

Santa Fe is jumping. Residents of the southern area are
frightened by the appearance of a strange entity they've dubbed
"the rooftop madman" and who  -  according to their accounts  -
 leaps from roof to roof engaging in acrobatics.

Witness claim it stands two meters tall, is entirely clad in
black and wears a balaclava; it sports a cape and its eyes shine
red according to the information received by researchers. This
character is able to cross the streets by leaping from one
rooftop to the next, taking acrobatic leaps that can be of up to
five meters high and ten meters long.

"He looks like the cat man," say some locals. "His outline is
barely visible, his figure. He never showed his face, but they
say they've seen his eyes and that they have a reddish cast."

In an interview with Radio 10, Sheriff Gabriel Legstra
acknowledged that "there is a widespread psychosis. In recent
days we have received hundred of reports at our radio command
center."

"On Tuesday I dispatched 18 units to assuage people's fears. But
ultimately there is no other crime than tresspassing here. The
character goes from one roof to the next, appears inside a
house, has pressed his face against a window but hasn't attacked
anyone."

The psychosis is growing among residents of southern Santa Fe in
spite of having never been attacked. Police confirm that in
recent days calls have multiplied, reporting a man leaping from
one rooftop to the next "like a madman".

According to Diario La Capital, he first appeared in Barrio
Centenario, only meters from the Colon Stadium, but they say he
was seen closer to town, such as in El Arenal, San Lorenzo,
Chalet and Santa Rosa de Lima. This is the area most affected by
the 2003 floods.

In any event, despite the intense combing of the area by dozens
of officers, police were unable to find the character, but
advised the public to remain calm, since there are reports
within the force that some local residents directly tried to
shoot the entity to death.

Mystery grew when several witnesses said that "bullets won't do
anything to it. Its eyes gleam red when it it mocks those who
try to hunt it."

A resident of El Arenal claimed having fired 17 times against it
without bullets having the least effect, while the ghost did
nothing but provoke it, howl like a beast or cry like a child,
making dance steps on the rooftops over which it treads like a
cat.

"People are afraid of being attacked, beaten and robbed by this
man. They fear he will break into their property and are
defending themselves," say those in Regional Unit 1 who in turn
describe the locals as "expectant and armed with knives and
sticks."

Most locals describe a being that appears to have sprung froma
 comic book: large in stature, who not only wanders the rooftops
but also crosses the streets in a single bound and can climb
smooth walls up to six meters high. "It's the Devil," say the
bolder or more imaginative ones.

Sheriff Legstra said that a woman told him that "the entity
pointed at her with its finger and left her paralyzed."

Another local woman said that last Monday, during an intense
rain, the phantom managed to jam the car doors of a vehicle with
7 passengers aboard, who were armed and ready to hunt it down in
spite of police warnings.

Others decided to stand guard 24 hours by the doors to their
homes, armed and vigilant. But it has not been possible to
capture it up to now.

Residents of the southern section interrutped traffic, claiming
greater lighting for the area, since may are afraid to leave
their homes alone.

Translation (c) 2005. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to
Liliana Nunez.