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.
LMAO
YEP that looks like him or her which ever the case may be! This one however is in much better condition!
I have, but never seen one that looked like that after I removed his coat, either. ;-')
I’m still curious why Mexicans fear it.. it’s their boogeyman they tell their kids nightmare stories with to ‘better act right’... How big you think this one will get after care? 80 lbs?
what about the ears?
I propose that it is time take the mystery out of all these sightings and have competent zoos take a before shaved and after shaved picture of a few of all mammals known to exist.
They’re superstitious.
I think it will weigh about as much as the average coon does, sans hair.
:)
Shaved beaver, I presume?
Hard to tell about the ears, but it matches well otherwise. Poor mangy creature, whatever it is.
Its those cheap Obama phones.
:)
Only one chemical I have found seems to be effective and that is permethrine...problem is my dog is allergic to it. It has been quite a battle but i finally won it by using very small doses of it and doing it 4 times a month.
It has happened several times...he's 11 now, but I am trying to give him a few more years. The mite bites humans as well, vet told me it is of the type that crosses species..difficult to eradicate and this part of the country is crawling with the stuff..
Part of the after effects, is a thickening and blackening of the skin and loss of hair, all the hair..
Using cortisone's, off the shelf, and believe it or not, Dynovite....
He's been on the dyno for 6 weeks and all the hair is back and the bad skin is falling off replaced by new skin and hair..
I have never tried to use a dietary aid until now, as I was afraid I might lose him. So I bought the stuff and darn glad I did...
Al Czervik: Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must’ve been something before electricity.
But it’s not in DeWitt County, as the article claims.
Ain’t nobody here seen a baby jackalope before its ears and horns grew out?
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