Mystery 'Gollum' creature found in Panama: reports

Updated November 5 2012 - 9:24pm, first published September 21 2009 - 6:07am

A group of teenagers have reportedly discovered an unidentified creature in Panama that has left zoologists puzzled as to its origins.The teens said they found the mutant creature when it was alive, however it began advancing towards them and they threw rocks and sticks at it, killing the creature.

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