Alleged photos of small (est. 80cm / 2.5ft tall) "reptilian"-amphibian humanoid alien taken on 20-Aug-1993. From a series of 6 Polaroid photos taken by 23yr old Italian painter Filiberto Caponi in Pretare d'Arquata del Tronto (in Marche) Italy in 1993.
Note: Studying the characteristics of sighting reports, it seems possible that such beings have been reported all over the world and at different times, but given different names. Various regional names (Chupacabras, Kappa, Jersey Devil, Kalanoro etc) hide the fact they all resemble eachother in their humanoid body plan, bipedal posture, number of digits (3), short arms, long legs, facial characteristics, aquatic habits, feeding habits etc.
Unbelievably, in total there have been 5 encounters of Filiberto Caponi with the being. In the first one of 9-May-1993 he did not photograph it. On 24-May-1993, he took two photos (photo 1, photo 2). On the 11-Aug one photo (photo 3), where the being is within a dark covering. On 20-Aug he took two photos of the being sitting (photo 4, photo 5 most detail). On 20-Sep he took the last picture in which the being is seen upright with stretched legs and seemingly without its coveralls (photo 6). Apparently, in all but the last one of Caponi's photos, the being is wearing "cover-alls" and a "helmet".
Could this being be water dwelling / amphibian? (more on the significance of this later) Extracts from Caponi's 1993 testimony which suggest that the being desires water (if indeed amphibian, its coveralls might simply serve to keep its skin moist, rather than be a "space suit"):
"The being had always appeared with gauze around the legs, and something similar to leather on its back, but this time it did not wear its covering anymore, but appeared with two tubes on the thorax that seemed to slightly move under its skin, like from air or liquid pressure, or some fluid, I don't know, maybe for its respiration. The small tubes both moved rhythmically. And an other important thing: I was convinced that the body was wet, it drained water, it dripped. But not much. From its head, water passed beside the eyes like some sweat. I want to emphasize that that evening my sister had also heard the noises, on the small terrace of our house, where my father had two drums in which he put water for watering the flowers. The drums were supposed to be full, but instead one was half empty. We have thought that perhaps it had gone to bathe itself. Maybe during the night, it had "undressed", dipped in a drum, washed, and jumped from the terrace, producing the noise of a jump in water that my sister heard."
Also, the only time the being was seen without its coveralls, was on 20-Sep-1993, i.e. a night with heavy rain.
Related: Another incident involving similar "reptilian" humanoid beings occured at the city of Varginha, Brazil in Jan-1996. Notice the striking similarities between the being in the Caponi photos and the descriptions of the beings at the Varginha incident witnesses: "oily/shiny (wet?) brown skin", "large head, large eyes, "very small hands with three webbed fingers" (src: student Hildo Lucio Galdino), "huge veins running down its neck, like a giant ox heart". In a squatting position (squatting is also how Caponi's sketch depict it, in his first encounter). Of the two beings chased and shot by soldiers from Tres Coracoes Army Base, one had "no bodily hair", whereas the other had 3 protrusions on its head going around the head (sometimes described as "horns") and was "covered in dark brown hair" (male/female? uniform?). Made a strange buzzing sound (like a swarm of bees).
Another researcher independently arrived to the idea the Varginha beings were amphibian:
the idea of these creatures being water based comes from various aspects put together: [house-servant working for a military officer] witnessed video where the captured beings were seen inside water tanks. Membranes between fingers. Creature kept wrapped in wet sheets. The alien was seen at the zoo on a location just a few meters from the lake. Skin looking wet - amphibious like.
Src: Varginha Diary by Newton Augusto
American medical doctor and UFO investigator Dr. Roger Leir traveled to Brazil in 2003 and interviewed a Varginha doctor who said he examined one of the aliens. The Brazilian physician observed brown shiny skin, reticulated with a discernable outline of large cells, much like reptilian skin, which though smooth, showed the outlines of scales. "The feet were unusual, with 3 short central toes on the front of the foot, while on one side was an additional prehensile-like appendage which pointed downwards in a resting position. At the end of this appendage was a claw approximatly ¾ to 1-inch in length." Leir recounted (src: C2C interviews on 29-Aug-2004 and 22-May-2005). [Todo: footprint / track plaster casts?]
According to Brazilian UFOlogist A.J. Gevaerd, Varginha is probably the best documented CE3 incident in the world, as over 80 direct first-hand witnesses have come forward to confirm the capture of at least 2 beings:
To top off this copy and paste masterpiece, I'd like to say that there's more to come from me on this topic. It's one I've taken interest in recently and done a bit of research on. The story gets very fucking strange.
I end on this note: If you believe in alien visitation, naturally, your next question should be what they're doing here. If they've been here for as long history records, it is clear they have an agenda. What is their agenda? Some people I've come across in my research have compelling stories about what it could be. To be continued... dun dun dun...
