[Inyo-Mono]

the chupacabra has been characterized as the southern equivalent of the Sasquatch.

No, the Southern version of a Sasquatch (Bigfoot) is known as a "Skunk Ape."

[Fai Mao]

“No, the Southern version of a Sasquatch (Bigfoot) is known as a “Skunk Ape.””

Or a Rugaroo, or a Wood-booger

[SaxxonWoods]

No, the Southern version of a Sasquatch (Bigfoot) is known as a “Skunk Ape.”

My farm/ranch grandfather told me that name when I asked him about Bigfoot as a kid in ‘65. He had never mentioned the subject but when I asked about Bigfoot he said, “We called them Skunk Apes. They smelled real bad and you would smell them before you would see them. Haven’t seen them since the ‘30s.”