Posted on 06/19/2023 12:49:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Do you believe chupacabras exist? You’re not alone, at least not in Texas. A “chupacabra” — sometimes referred to as “the chupacabra” — is one of the American Southwest’s most famous cryptids. Cryptids, according to Merriam-Webster, are “animals that have been claimed to exist but never proven to exist,” like the Loch Ness Monster or Sasquatch, for instance.
The folkloric creature, whose name means “goat sucker” in Spanish, is believed by some to roam areas of Puerto Rico, Mexico and the U.S., especially southwest Texas. Chupacabras were first reported as recently as 1995 but they’ve persisted as a feared livestock predator for decades.
A few of the most recent alleged sightings, which frequently take place in the summer months, include:
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Shoot!
If they’re not hunted they’re not afraid. Here in New Mexico they practice invisibility most of the time.
[singing] doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo CAT scan doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo CAT scan... [/singing]
But seriously, they are probably dying coyotes with mange.
Thanks to the decline in other predators (wolves in particular) and availability of household pets as food sources (coyotes aren't very effective predators of deer, for example, preferring smaller prey), coyotes are reported from Alaska to as far south as the south (east) bank of the Panama Canal.
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