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Posted on 07/13/2010 1:07:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Is the legendary "goat sucker" stalking Hood County? Two strange, coyote-like creatures have been killed with in 10 miles of each other, and locals say the animals could be chupacabras.
Hood County Animal Control Officer Frank Hackett killed the first creature last week. He found it in an old barn. When it growled at him, he put the animal down. "It was ugly, real ugly, I'm not going to tell no lie on that one," he said.
A few days later, a rancher killed a similar creature. Jack Farr, who owns the property where the first coyote-canine-cross was spotted said he thinks more of the strange animals are out there.
"I have heard of a chupacabra before, but I thought it was some sort of mythological thing," he said.
But after seeing firsthand the creature killed on his property, he doesn't know what it was.
"I've seen deer and coyotes," he said. "This had deer ears, big teeth and pinkish skin like nothing I've ever seen before."
Hood County Animal Control sent the animal to Texas A&M for testing. Until DNA tests are returned Doctors at Texas A&M would only say it's some kind of coyote hybrid. When asked if it could be the legendary and very elusive El Chupacabra, Hacket said, "I don't know about that one. I'm going to wait for the facts to come in. All I know is, it wasn't normal."
*snicker*
No.
Boy howdy...if I had a dollar ever time I heard that one...
One for your ping list for sure.
Agree with S&A: El Chupacabra? No.
A very skinny, mangey Great Dane or Dane-cross is my best guess, after saving & blowing up the picture.
Yep, just some poor, sick canine. Probably a mercy to put the thing down.
Why is this man smiling? That poor dog...
No, he said 'sucker' with an 's'.
There was another story about this here in San Antonio, but the pictured dog looked like a Xolo.
How sad that Animal Control is so uneducated they can’t help but accept the possibility that a mange-ridden or bred-to-be hairless dog could be a mythical creature! These are probably the same officers that call every mutt they come across a lab or shepherd mix, even when they look like chows, pit bulls, etc. Sad state of affairs when the people we rely on to identify breeds, provide a safe place for pets, and adopt to the right people can’t even do the simplest of tasks related to their very jobs.
Sometimes I despair for the human race.
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