Villagers from the indigenous Ikitu community in the Alto Nanay district of Peru, near the city of Iquitos, have called for aid from the military to help them fend off extraterrestrial beings, who they claim have been launching nightly attacks on the village of San Antonio de Pintujacu since 11 July.
The villagers describe the beings as 7ft (2m) tall with large heads and yellowish eyes, wearing armour that makes them resemble the Green Goblin from . They have also been compared to the alien from the films. Community leader Jairo Reátegui Ávila. I shot one of them twice and he wasn’t injured; he rose and disappeared. We’re very frightened about what’s happening here in our community.”
