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2 events here, 1996 to 1997, in date order.
Three young women in Varginha, Minas Gerais, said they saw a strange crouching creature, and rumors of an army capture followed. A 1997 Brazilian Army military police inquiry found no military operation and concluded they had likely seen a local man; the files were made public in 2026.
A 1997 Army inquiry (IPM) found no sign that soldiers or vehicles captured a creature in Varginha and concluded the witnesses most likely saw a local man crouching in the rain. A military judge ordered it archived; the records were made public in 2026.
