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| Subject: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:11 pm | |
| Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas'Two men in Texas believe they may have discovered the body of a chupacabra – a mythical beast rumoured to suck all the blood out of its prey. Lynn Butler, a taxidermist, says that he found the mystery creature's corpse in a chicken barn three months ago, the morning after an unseen predator was heard running amock.
While its hairless, leathery body and pointed muzzle resemble a dog with severe mange, other animal experts who have inspected the corpse have suggested it may be a chupacabra, a predator first sighted in Puerto Rico in 1995.
Although descriptions of chupacabras differ wildly – they are variously compared to rodents, lizards and even small bears – they tend to be distinguished by prominent fangs visible on Mr Butler's specimen.
The name translates from the Spanish as "goat sucker" because of reports that the beasts puncture the skins of livestock with their teeth, draining them of blood.
Suspected sightings have been reported across the Americas and even as far away as Russia, but scientists dismiss the animals as modern legends.
Jerry Ayer, a friend of Mr Butler and a fellow taxidermist, now has possession of the body and says he plans to have it properly stuffed and mounted for public display.
"To be honest, I don't know what it is. I'd probably say it's a freak-of-nature coyote, or a hybrid breed with a genetic mutation," he told the Los Angeles Times .
"It has a little fuzz around the feet. Almost like little socks of fur. And there's a little hair up the backbone. Very odd-looking," he added. "The hairlessness is sinister because you can see the bones protruding at the hips.
"People say there's a mythical beast and I have one. I'll call it chupacabra because people love it, but I don't know what it is."
Mr Ayer says that he does not want to develop a reputation as a crank, but says he has pleased that widespread interest in the find – he has been interviewed by CNN and other US networks – has increased the profile of his business, Blanco Taxidermy School.
The last cryptozoology sensation to attract international attention followed the claim by two Georgia residents to have discovered the body of Bigfoot last year. They subsequently confessed that photos produced as "proof" of their find actually showed a rubber ape costume. Click the link at the top to see pictures. | |
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:13 pm | |
| I saw some stuff on this already including the Monster Quest on History channel, interesting stuff. Their chupa-dog thing looks a little diffrent then the other ones that I've seen though | |
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cynfullov star member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:21 pm | |
| It's pitiful looking. It looks like a dog. ; | |
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:32 pm | |
| Looks like a coyote... somewhat. |
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cynfullov star member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:43 pm | |
| Wissels suck the blood out of creatures... how can something like that suck? Most carnivorous animals once they get a certain age lose I thought the ability to suck or know how. That just has flesh eating looking teeth. | |
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La Diva Carlotta supernova
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:58 pm | |
| It's a vampire dog! I got nuthin'. | |
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Spooky vip member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:37 am | |
| It's a deada** hairless coyote. | |
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Ginger_Snaps Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:07 am | |
| A coyote with mange (it could also have a mutated gene that made it hairless). People really need to touch up on their zoology. | |
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:06 am | |
| - Ginger_Snaps wrote:
- A coyote with mange (it could also have a mutated gene that made it hairless). People really need to touch up on their zoology.
ya its probably just a coyote. Coyotes like to eat chickens, but do they drink just the blood People want to find the chupacabra so bad they will call anything they find the mythical creature. In most cases any unknown creature turns out to be a "normal" animal anyways. | |
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Alenuska active member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:24 pm | |
| I thought Chupacabras were supposed to look like a cross between max morden. a gray and a lizard... with claws.. | |
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cynfullov star member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:10 pm | |
| ^... Sort of like this? In my mind, I always thought they would look something like a legged lamprey or that tapeworm guy off of the X-Files. | |
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Ginger_Snaps Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:05 pm | |
| Yeah, the El Chupacabra is supposed to look like some kind of alien lizard/reptoid with spines coming out of the back and red eyes. | |
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:18 am | |
| Yeah, I remember talk of that from my childhood in Central Texas. Which is why, in the novel I'm writing about an Austin-area rock band's rise and fall (they say write what you know) the band is called El Chupacabra. This results in some Spinal-tap-like reviews which reference the bands' suckiness or lack thereof. | |
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:02 pm | |
| - Ginger_Snaps wrote:
- Yeah, the El Chupacabra is supposed to look like some kind of alien lizard/reptoid with spines coming out of the back and red eyes.
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:39 pm | |
| - Ginger_Snaps wrote:
- Yeah, the El Chupacabra is supposed to look like some kind of alien lizard/reptoid with spines coming out of the back and red eyes.
I'd probably adopt him! | |
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La Diva Carlotta supernova
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:20 pm | |
| ^^Me too, me too! I want one, and I'll name him, Ramon. | |
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Emmature senior member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:12 pm | |
| Aw, if yours ever had puppies... or whatever baby chups would be called, I'd want one! | |
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:54 pm | |
| I thought Chupacabras were supposed to look like a cross between max morden. a gray and a lizard... with claws.. ________________________
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Ginger_Snaps Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:11 am | |
| I apparently can morph to look like any animal with mange. | |
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Emmature senior member
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| Subject: Re: Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast 'found in Texas' Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:26 pm | |
| - lavivi wrote:
- I thought Chupacabras were supposed to look like a cross between max morden. a gray and a lizard... with claws..
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I've seen images like that, but I figure they're either a different creature or an exageration of a more organic looking beast. I believe in the mangey looking ones, but have my doubts about the cooler looking ones you describe. Also, as the board's official Texan I do stare into the dark off my balcony hoping to see one of these. So far, just possums. | |
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