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.
I hope with all my heart that it helps your poor pup.
LOL
I reckon somebody will figure it out soon enough.
The woman said they first saw it sitting on their tree-mounted bird feeder eating corn.
Just like a coon.
The way it chews looks exactly like a coon.
I’m not one of those who needs this to be “something else” so I’m sticking with coon.
:)
It is a raccoon with mange. Most “chupacubra” are coyotes with mange.
They don’t WANT it to be a raccoon.... they WANT it to be a creature that doesn’t exist!
Ann??? Ann Richards??? Is that you???
Popularity Poll...
Mooshell???
Or
Chewbacca???
I’m going with Chewy...Much more popular...
Besides, Mooshell in this picture looks more like a Morlock from the “Time Machine” than anything else...
Raccoon with sarcoptic mange. All these sightings of “chupacabras” are animals like foxes, coyotes, or other wildlife with sarcoptic mange.
With opposable thumbs?
That’s why it’s coon.....
"Raccoons have been widely used for neurobiological research and with respect to paw (hand) use have been `considered' to be primates because they display highly developed skilled hand use. Their exceptional manipulatory ability is puzzling from an evolutionary perspective both because they belong to a taxon that is divergent from primates and because most members of their taxon are not especially skilled. Surprisingly, there has been no systematic investigation of their manipulatory ability."
Bought 12oz of Nu-Stock today.....
Thanks for the tip.
Please let me know how it does!
I don’t see a yarmulke.
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