context1: It is located on the southern slopes of the Nevada de Toluca, which is also known as Xinantecatl, is 50 minutes/58 km from Toluca. Its original name was Tequaloyan, which in Náhuatl means place where there are wild <strong>beasts</strong> that devour men. The original name comes from the previous existence of wild <strong>animals</strong> called tecuani (tē=someone, people; cuā=eat; ni=habitual suffix) as now noted in the coat of arms shield.
context2: By 1987, the creature was connected to over 200 farm <strong>animal</strong> deaths. More recent attacks were reported in 1995 and 2001. The Ministry continued to study the reported sightings into the mid-1990s, before concluding that the <strong>Beast</strong> was either a hoax or myth and that the alleged sightings had been mistaken identifications of creatures native to the Exmoor area.