Showing posts with label chupacabra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chupacabra. Show all posts

Thursday, July 15, 2010

chupacabras

chupacabras



Chupacabras is the subject; the mysterious creatures that might or might not exist, and if they do, might or might not be vampiric.Even before the hottest thing at the movies was the "Twilight" series and Sookie Stackhouse and her famous Vampire Bill steamed up television with "True Blood," people have watched in the night for vampires and vampiric creatures. In Texas and other areas with significant Hispanic cultures, like Puerto Rico or Mexico, the critter most often appearing in folk legend is the chupacabra, literally, goat sucker. (If it were chypacabra, that would be goat eater, and I would have to confess, I have enjoyed cabrito.) The name comes from goat herders finding goats insanguinated with puncture holes in their necks.

People have found carcasses of beasts they think might be chupacabra, unlike the story of many cryptids, such as the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot. So far, ones that have been found in the United States have proven to be genetic mutations of common animals, like a hairless raccoon. In the past week, a rancher and an animal control officer have shot two animals some suspect might be chupacabra."I'm not sure on that part. All I know is, it wasn't normal," said Animal Control Office Frank Hackett. "It was ugly, real ugly. I'm not going to tell no lie on that one."DNA testing is being conducted to see if the dog-like beings, are, best guess, coyotes or dogs with a horrible skin disease.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Chupacabra Pictures

Chupacabra Pictures
Chupacabra pictures of a chupacabra found in Texas back up last year's chupacabras news. Do these photos really show a chupacabra or just an ugly dog? Is it another Bigfoot hoax? Is el chupacabra found for good? You might be surprised. Cuero, Texas was ground zero for chupacabra pictures in 2007, when a lifelong hunter found an odd piece of roadkill that looked like a hairless dog with metallic blue skin and sizeable fangs. Deeming it to be a chupacabra, the alleged chupacabra pictures - posted on Fox News - pointedChupacabra Pictures Reveal the Chupacabra Found Might Have Known Origins to a 40-pound creature.
Cuero - or Quero - once again made news with chupacabra pictures, when in 2008 a deputy recorded a creature looking like a chupacabra. The dashboard video - posted on CNN - showcases a creature that looks eerily like a mix of dog and coyote that could easily weigh in at more than 40 pounds. At that time, we reported on these findings in the article "Chupucabra Goat Sucker Puts Cryptozoology in the News Spotlight."
Chupacabra Facts - or Fiction?
Call it chupucabra, chubacabra, or chupa, the recent avalanche of chupacabra pictures makes it hard to doubt that chupacabras are indeed around. The lore surrounding chupacabras suggests that these creatures suck the blood of their prey, usually livestock. Accounts of humans proclaiming a chupacabra found vary, and in some cases the cryptid animal is said to be the size of a bear, while in others it features dinosaur like spikes on its back, hinting toward a more reptilian origin.
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