Posted on 04/02/2014 9:23:39 PM PDT by Rebelbase
RATCLIFFE, Texas — Deep in the back woods of South Texas, you never know what might be lurking around the corner, or in your tree.
“He saw this strange animal up here eating corn,” Jackie Stock said.
In Ratcliffe, a small town in DeWitt County, residents are certain they've found the mythical, despicable chupacabra, and this time, it's alive.
Ratcliffe Resident Jackie Stock said her husband caught the creature Sunday night.
“He called me to come and look, and I said ‘Bubba that looks like a baby chupacabra,’” Stock said.
With its hairless back, large claws, countless teeth and ferocious growl, many would say this animal fits the bill.
“I hunted coons for 20 years with dogs and I ain’t ever seen anything that looks like that right there,” Ratcliffe resident Arlen Parma said.
Parma said one of the biggest signs it's not a raccoon is its growl.
“A coon doesn’t make that noise, or a possum. What makes that noise? I guess a chupacabra does,” Parma said.
Most people in DeWitt County are convinced this is the elusive chupacabra, but what do wildlife experts have to say?
“The animal in the cage as best I can tell from the view is some sort of a small canine,” Brent Ortego, Wildlife Diversity Biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife, said.
Ortego said a canine can include a coyote, dog, or even a fox. He said the animal most likely has mange which has caused it to lose its hair. But as for a chupacabra, he thinks otherwise.
“It's never been proven to be a unique species. It was always something out there that allegedly was said to cause harm to people or livestock,” Ortego said.
Chupacabra or not, right now this little guy is staying at the Stock household, living off a diet of cat food and corn, at least until someone can find out what it really is.
“We were just trying to figure out what it is because we've never seen anything like it before,” Stock said.
the mythical, despicable chupacabra and the lady with the scariest hair, both first in the state of Tejas.
The way it sits on its hind legs, and the look of its front paws are similar to a kangaroo. Even the tail is long like a kangaroo’s.
Not sure why people can’t identify a raccoon.
http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2011/11/ugdorable-mutant.html
Yep...canine’s do not eat out of *fingered* hands. The *scientist* in the vid says it’s a canine, but I disagree. That growl was really spooky sounding, too.
OMG I just wet myself!
It’s very obviously a raccoon, though.
Me too. The lady said she discovered it sitting up on a wooden perch in the tree eating corn from a feeder. I wonder how it got up there. Jumped or climbed?
Looks like a Wallaby I saw years ago in Perth, Austrailia.
Sort of a mini-me Kangaroo.
It’s a raccoon with mange. Zillion google pics of them.
There is a DeWitt County in Texas. But there is no Ratcliffe in DeWitt County — or anywhere else in Texas.
Morlocks?
You’d be growling too if you lost all your nice raccoon hair and turned 12 kinds of ugly.
Very strong jumping/crouching muscles. But it’s bite is small.. why do Mexicans fear it so? And it eats corn?
I need to see its mouth opened.
wolverine on a bad hair day?
it looks like some kind of marsupial like a possum, crossed with racoon, crossed with a giant rat..whatever it is sure doesn’t look like any known species... it’s sure looks to fit for what people claim is the chupacabra...dam if this is true its like finding a real life Bigfoot
This story will no doubt be discussed on Coast to Coast AM which starts in 15 minutes.
Thats no dog with mange.
Im thinking raccoon.
“The animal in the cage as best I can tell from the view is some sort of a small canine,” Brent Ortego, Wildlife Diversity Biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife, said.
LOL, this “scientist” probably believes in globull warming too.
Canine? Has this idiot ever seen a dog? This critter has FINGERS! Hunched back and huge teeth. It looks just like the dead one that lady had stuffed and tested it’s DNA and found out it was a new species.
I have seen a dash cam video of one running down a road and it looked exactly like this one.
Raccoon? WHAT? It’s not a BIRD either!
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