Have They Found the Chupacabra?

11.21.09

LIFESTYLE

Have They Found the Chupacabra?

by Mariela Rosario | 09.02.2009 | 12:42pm | 2 Comments

A taxidermist in Blanco, Texas claims to have a frozen, preserved specimen of the ever-popular Latin American mythical creature: the Chupacabra. Says Jerry Ayer, owner of the Blanco Taxidermy School, "It's different, that's for sure. It's very interesting."

The animal was found by one of his students, who placed poison out to catch an unidentified animal that had gotten into a family members barn. Ayers says he does not know what the animal is and that it does not appear anything like any animal he's ever come across. "I don't know what to call it, so I'll just call it a chupacabra too."

Check out the CNN report below and tell us: Do you think they've found the chupacabra?

2 Comments

racheQe
09.04.2009
12:47am

It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico where these sightings were first reported. The Chupacabra is a made up creature of folk lore, akin to the bogeyman – it wanders around at night and sucking the blood and draining the life from its victims, which in that case would make the chupacabra real, because that fits the description of the IRS. An animal was found a year or two ago believed to be the creature, which turned out to be a mange ridden coyote. The animal is a fiction – and joins the ranks of other famous cryptids like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and responsible government. It's just a fairy tale, no more real than Goldilocks and the 3 bears, so don't put any fast cash into Chupacabra protections measures.

Alexia
09.03.2009
3:12am

Chupacabra, which in Spanish means "goat sucker," is a mythical creature thought to suck the blood out of livestock. It’s alarming ‘cause they say that the Chupacabra is a made up creature of folklore, akin to the bogeyman. It wanders around at night and sucking the blood and draining the life from its victims, which in that case would make the chupacabra real, because that fits the description of the IRS. An animal was found a year or two ago believed to be the creature, which turned out to be a mange ridden coyote. The animal is a fiction – and joins the ranks of other famous cryptids like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and responsible government.