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Myth, Fantasy, History and Sci-Fi News | Chupacabra Road Kill
Carcass adds to chupacabra lore in Texas
June 04, 2008 | The South Texas hunt for el chupacabra continues.
The dread of south-of-the-border goatherds -- chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish -- became an Internet-fueled topic last summer when three hairless doglike creatures became road kill south of Cuero in DeWitt County.
Another met a similar fate May 8, this time north of Cuero. The man who claimed it turned it over to Phylis Canion, whose ranch south of Cuero is near where the original three were killed.
Canion, a nutritionist and owner of a retail sportswear shop, has become known around the world as the "Chupacabra Lady," after selling thousands of T-shirts to commemorate last summer's findings.
"The guy called me," she said, "and he said 'I got one, you want it?' So he brings it in, and I'm saying, 'Whoa, dude, this one looks like mine!'
"Now we're talking."
The South Texas version of the chupacabra mystery might have ended late last year when DNA tests requested by Canion stated that the creature was Canis latrans, or a common coyote. A few skeptics have added that sarcoptic mange probably caused the animals' hairlessness.
Perhaps, Canion said, there is no supernatural component to the legend of the fanged monster with fiery red eyes, big claws, and distinct ridge along its spine.
Maybe, she added, there's a scientific explanation for the mythical creature, which would make it a cryptid -- an animal whose existence has been reported but not confirmed.
"I never disputed that it did not have some sort of coyote in it," Canion said of the tests conducted at Texas State University at San Marcos. "What I disputed was the tests were not involved or detailed enough to tell me what else could have been in it.
"Or why it had no hair."
Another round of tests was ordered, this time at the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, which specializes in animal forensic science.
The UC Davis lab stated that the animal was a cross between coyote and Mexican wolf.
Wolves, Canion said, sometimes have blue eyes, as did her "chupe." Peepers like that, she asserted, can reflect red in the glare of goatherds' lantern or flashlight.
Canion, a nutritionist, said the animal's diet may provide an explanation for its proclivity to suck blood. She said she lost dozens of chickens that were sucked dry of their blood.
She suggested that the animals might crave blood because of a vitamin deficiency that is being passed to their offspring.
The DNA tests did not explain why the creature had no fur except for some wisps of hair along its back. Those strands, however, could explain the back ridge in the chupacabra legend, she said.
Perhaps, Canion added, the animal carries a baldness gene.
"Could this thing be genetically hairless and it got passed on?" she asked. A pathology expert at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, however, had another explanation.
"Sarcoptic mange -- that's exactly what it is," Dr. Danny B. Pence said, referring to an infestation of tiny burrowing mites in the skin.
Canion said she wants UC Davis to test the carcass she received May 8.
"I don't know," Canion said, "maybe now we've finally found the chupacabra."
Resource Star-Telegram.com | Posted in categories: [Mythical Creatures] | Comments | Added by potato chip on November 17, 2008 | | ive heard that the chupacabra is the work a government expirent gone lose, could be possible |
| Added by Lily on November 12, 2008 | | Most people say this stuff is real, and that this site is sufficient proof. Well, if it is, and you can prove it, I will believe you. Why would the chupacabra have no fur? & why would there be any in Georgia if there is no sheep in Atlanta? I do believe in them, but I don't think we've just suddenly stumbled upon their existence right now. |
| Added by AJ on November 11, 2008 | | I do bileve that the Chupacabra is one of the most tamed creatures. Truthfully the Chupe was actually a specially bred dog/bat that was meant for keeping a birds eye on sheep and to hunt for their shepard.... i know this from a VRY valuable rescource.............For I own one. |
| Added by Sarah on November 10, 2008 | | I will ne,ver believe something that i dont seee unless i see it with my own eyes
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| Added by bubble butt on November 05, 2008 | | i love to learn about magical creaters this web site is awsome |
| Added by Lykoi on November 02, 2008 | | These are real. |
| Added by Devil Hunter on November 01, 2008 | | I believe this is one of the most questioned creatures in history and I can see why. |
| Added by skytz on October 31, 2008 | | were i come from there have been rumors going around that there have been chupacabra sightings i live in w.a and me and my m8 were out camping and were saw somthing witch looked to be a wolf with horns and huge spines going down its back, so the next day we went serching for it and found nothing, nothing but giant paw prints. we ran home as fast as we could and told our parents but the didnt belive us so i got my farthers rifle and we went out camping the next night.....how stupid we saw it and as i drew my farthers gun towards it it bit my friends arm right off. As he lay there in my arms bleeding like hell i shot in the air a few times and it ran off screeching a hidious sound that could deafin you, i rushed home to get my farther but he wasnt there so i went to my m8's house to get his farther but he wasnt there ither so i ran back into the forrest (we were camping in the forrest) i knew exactly were i had put my m8 and had givin him the rifle with a full magazine (clip) and i herd the gun go off so i ran back as fast as i could only to see my m8 my best m8 mauled to bits and as i cryed on his chest the beast came back so i grabed the gun and shot it clean between the eyes, i draged my m8 back to my house, blood driping from his chest and neck, no arm, and as my mother came through the door he died |
| Added by nads on October 30, 2008 | | i thought el chupacabra was found in south america, where the authorities actually claimed that it is indeed real...
with substantially more proof than this..oh well, whatever. |
| Added by eli ward on October 28, 2008 | | Re:katara
When i was at my cuz house we were shotting bows and arrows and mine went over fence. We went to retrive it in a field we saw it. It landed next to a terrier with a hole in its head and stomach, there was no tounge, no eyes, its heart/other organs were gone, and its back was torn open. Whats weird i live in CA. |
| Added by eli ward on October 28, 2008 | | yeah on monster quest they found alot of dead ones, but they were all cross breeds of dogs and coyotes. |
| Added by rock on October 26, 2008 | | Thge chupacabra sounds really fake like everthing else on this site. |
| Added by nic on October 26, 2008 | | i saw this show and they found a chupicarbra but it was a hybrid of a domestic dog and a kyote |
| Added by jake on October 25, 2008 | | I definately believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Added by katara on October 24, 2008 | | I HATE the Chupacabra! I have seen an animal slaughtered by the chupacabra. it had a small wound on the back of it's neck and it's whole spine had been removed. it's tounge was gone. most of it's organs were gone as well! it was disgusting and when I saw it I vomited... ><; |
| Added by 7w on October 24, 2008 | | no one knows for sure, i mean for all we know there really could be something creepy out there. who knows... |
| Added by Lucy on October 23, 2008 | | COOL I BELIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Added by jaayjaay on October 13, 2008 | | i doubt you found a chupacabra because if you did then you would be eaten. lol. |
| Added by lucy on October 10, 2008 | | where i am from there is this guy that says that he hunts the chupacabras. |
| Added by scott on October 07, 2008 | | I BELEVE
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| Added by Itchy on October 05, 2008 | | Late night, long drive home. saw somthing looking like a small yetie with some horns? Didnt want to question whatever it was any further, that kinda stuff gives me bad dreams... Hope this helps |
| Added by Zack on September 24, 2008 | | My friend thoought that chupacabra was Chubaca like in starwars and when we were camping he sed he saw it
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| Added by Daron on September 18, 2008 | | my friend Parker told me he saw the chopacabra in atlanta,goerga my home town. |
| Added by Patricia on September 02, 2008 | | Found the Chupacabra!!! I knew it was real!! ............ hee :) |
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