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Chupacabra

Also called Goat-sucker, Chupacabras, Texas blue dog

The goat-sucker: a spiny creature blamed for draining livestock of blood.

In 1995 farmers in Puerto Rico began finding goats and chickens dead with small puncture wounds. Witness Madelyne Tolentino described a spiny, bipedal creature with large dark eyes, and comedian Silverio Pérez coined the name chupacabras.

As reports spread to Mexico and Texas, the Chupacabra changed shape: in the US it is usually a hairless, dog-like animal. Most of those carcasses have turned out to be coyotes or foxes with severe mange, but the original Puerto Rican version remains a mystery.

What witnesses report

  • Livestock with neat puncture wounds
  • Spines or quills down the back
  • Hairless, grey-blue dog-like animal (US version)

Famous cases

  1. 1995Canóvanas attacks
    Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2007Cuero carcass
    Cuero, Texas

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