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Chupacabra found alive in Texas? (photos and video at link)
AZ Family.com ^ | 4/2/14 | Janelle Bludau

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.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canine; chupacabra; dog; mange; wilddog
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To: doorgunner69

Whatever it is, do not try to pet or hand feed it.


Au Contraire, I think you could hand-feed it. It’s eyes show that it is very sentient.

Petting, no, only with a long toothbrush.

Exciting new find, with an oral history of hundreds of years with the Mexicans.


81 posted on 04/02/2014 10:50:55 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Cold Heat

The so-called Montauk Monster ended up being a raccoon carcass.


82 posted on 04/02/2014 10:53:41 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Yeah i googled it....there are a whole bunch of raccoon chupa’s.....

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0SO8wgF9TxTJBcA1z5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0cmU0Ymt0BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM3MF8x?_adv_prop=image&fr=oberhp&va=raccoon+chupacabra


83 posted on 04/02/2014 10:55:28 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Rebelbase

Hairless raccoon.


84 posted on 04/02/2014 10:58:06 PM PDT by gallandro1
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To: Cold Heat

Raccoons don't jump or have the haunches and thick shins of kangaroos.

85 posted on 04/02/2014 10:59:15 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: shibumi

It. Has. FINGERS.

I have NO idea WTF that is.

But I want one.


86 posted on 04/02/2014 10:59:15 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: icwhatudo

It is a coon.


87 posted on 04/02/2014 10:59:54 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: txhurl

LOL.....OK....but it’s still a coon...


88 posted on 04/02/2014 11:02:52 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Jane Long

The guy who says he never heard a coon growl like that has never dealt with a rabid one.

Oh yes they do.


89 posted on 04/02/2014 11:05:55 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: shibumi

Coon.


90 posted on 04/02/2014 11:07:45 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: Salamander

I want one too!

It is clearly sentient. Some de-worming, coat restoration (has a boar’s coat), nutritional therapy, collect the estrus (I sense it’s a female) to trap a male and breed them where it was trapped.


91 posted on 04/02/2014 11:08:10 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Rebelbase
Several have called it a hairless or mangey racoon, and the pictures of such do resemble this. OTOH, I'd give the long time coon hunter some credence that it's not a coon.

I'd say a better body match would be a coatimundi, a "slinkier" form of coon; coons have a more 'bearlike' body. Still a horrid case of mange, no matter what it is. DNA should not a problem here, and would be definitive.

Where this was trapped is on the extreme fringe of its range, so wouldn't expect locals to be familiar with them.


92 posted on 04/02/2014 11:08:23 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: faucetman

Mostly foxes.


93 posted on 04/02/2014 11:10:51 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: Cold Heat

Buy some Nu-Stock.

It works like you won’t believe.


94 posted on 04/02/2014 11:11:35 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: Cold Heat

If the mange is not contagious, it’s demodectic.

If it’s demodectic and your dog is having sporadic outbreaks, it’s most likely auto-immune and any type of cortisone suppresses immune function.


95 posted on 04/02/2014 11:14:12 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: Salamander

Honky.


96 posted on 04/02/2014 11:14:25 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: okie01

US Post Office
100 Texas 7
Ratcliff, TX 75858

It’s at Ratcliff Lake & Rec Area in the Davy Crockett National Forest...about 20-25 miles west of Lufkin.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/US+Post+Office/@31.3912933,-95.139281,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xc2107c6044865d4a


97 posted on 04/02/2014 11:16:04 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Coatimundi have short, stubby ears.. this guy has fox ears.


98 posted on 04/02/2014 11:17:17 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl

Wow...you’ve really got this planned out!

I’d breed for the hairless gene, myself.

:)


99 posted on 04/02/2014 11:18:46 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

That was my first guess but the ears are the deal breaker.


100 posted on 04/02/2014 11:19:36 PM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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