Posted on 02/13/2005 8:00:19 AM PST by UnklGene
Strange corpse has some muttering the word ‘chupacabra’ -
2/10/2005 By: Reed Upton
Some New Mexicans say it’s the weirdest thing they’ve ever seen: a creature – and that’s the best word to describe it – found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa.
To some, it’s simply intriguing. To others, it’s downright scary. The creature belongs to Robert Wheeler.
“It was found out on the West Mesa,” says Wheeler. ”A friend of mine was out there shooting and kicked it out of the dirt.”
“It looks like a gargoyle” said Wheeler’s friend Steve Garcia. “It has these sponge-like lips.”
Garcia and Wheeler say Hispanics seem most affected by the creature – and what it might be.
“[To people of] Spanish heritage, it’s the chupacabra,” says Wheeler. “The goat sucker is what they call it.”
A Google search will reveal many images of what people imagine the mythical chubacabra ranging from a demented Grinch-like beast to something more closely resembling the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Wheeler delivered the creature to a New Mexico Game and Fish office where Eyewitness News 4 shot video of it – and recorded responses from people entering the office on regular business only to see the dried corpse. They weren’t sure what to make of it.
“Any guess as to what it could be,” Eyewitness News 4’s Tom Joles asked one of the drop-ins.
“Something prehistoric, I assume,” answered the viewer.
After doing some research, Eyewitness News 4 has concluded that the creature probably lived in the ocean at one time and probably isn’t either a chupacabra or an alien. Eyewitness News 4 at 10:00 on Friday will explore what the creature may have been.
cool
"Purina Monkey Chow"
When I was a Psch. major we used "Purina Rat Chow." Luckily Rat Fink was the only animal on which I had to do an experiment.
It sells. And the "distinguished journalists" at NBC aren't about to let the tabloids make all the profit on sensationalism.
a followup story on KOB TV
http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=17079&cat=HOME
Game and Fish: Bizarre creature an ocean skate
Last Update: 02/12/2005 2:44:41 PM
By: Todd Dukart
A bizarre creature found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa wasn’t the chupacabra, the Department of Game and Fish said, but it was something that isn’t often seen in New Mexico: an ocean skate
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Chupacabra? More like ChupaCabron!
Mark Twain wrote a story about a petrified man, the Martian Invasion of its day.
Mark Twain wrote a story about a petrified man, the Martian Invasion of its day.
interesting ping
George Noory had this story on two nights ago. It's an Ocean Skate. He interviewed the KOB-TV anchorman.
Goll-ee!
Dont tell Carl! L0L
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