Unwanted multiple clipping paths created

In Illustrator CS4, Mac OS 10.5.8 - I open a document: any color mode. I place a tif image and then apply a clipping mask to crop the image. When I reopen the document, multiple clipping masks are now added around the image (at the edge of the entire placed image.) How do I stop this?

Screen Shot 1 of 3: Here is a placed image, with one clipping path. I've saved it and then reopened the file later. You can see the blue rules showing the edge of the actual image and the path of the original clipping mask. It's small but the document info palette says "Clipping Masks: 4".
Screen Shot 2 of 3: I have released the clipping mask and you can see the paths of the other mysteriously "added" clipping masks.  They are grouped with the image. After ungrouping I can move the image and the added clipping masks are left in place.
Screen Shot 3 of 3: I've now moved the image again and there seems to be another "mask" or path really close to the image edges. I can delete the path and the image still remains. So it is not the edge of the image I am seeing.

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