Texas Woman Claims to Have Found Mythical 'Chupaca
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Texas Woman Claims to Have Found Mythical 'Chupacabra'
Saturday , September 01, 2007
CUERO, Texas -
Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this," she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote, but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said. "It's good for Cuero."
rider
Texas Woman Claims to Have Found Mythical 'Chupacabra'
Saturday , September 01, 2007
CUERO, Texas -
Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this," she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote, but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said. "It's good for Cuero."
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The article I read this morning had pictures of the thing. UGLY AS HELL! I will see if I can find it and post one of them. 0 -
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin."
She has found the bodies of three illegal Mexicans who were run over while sneaking across the road there in southeast Texas.
"She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past 4 years."
Mexicans love chicken.
"Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico."
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Here is a pic of the Chupacabra...this is not the same article I read this morning...it had a better pic, but I cannot find that one now. 
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Daayum!! My mother in law...[:0][:0]....and not the one on the right.
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[8D]-Now you see what happens to teenagers on drugs--
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Looks like a hog that was at someones barbecue. How did it make it to Texas from Puerto Rico? 0 -
I'd breed hundreds of them if I could train them to eat illegals.
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aahh, that's not a chupacabra. just wishful thinking on the part of a gringo's silly housewife. if she knew the stories of real chupacabras, she wouldn't even give that dog head a second thought.
chupacabras aren't just chicken theives. they have been known to kill dozens of sheep or goats at a time, not just "biting a hole and licking up blood" but leaving drained carcasses. sometimes cows too.
they have been seen to have small leathery wings. they stink like sulfur. they have large vicious claws. a farmer chased one into his shed with a shotgun, tangled with it and it got away but sliced the hell out of him. most incidents are in south america, some in central america/mexico and lately a few in the southern us.
you don't have to take my word for it. google up some stories and read for yourself. that's obviously not a chupacabra.0 -
they've tried to chase them down before -they're pretty rare- followed blood trails thru the jungle, but never caught one. if someone finally catches one, they'll know it. 0 -
Here's a little more of a close up pic. Ugly looking thing! 0 -
Looks like a Dogacabra to me [:D] 0 -
Looks like a "dead for a while" ferrel dog to me. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dheffley
Looks like a "dead for a while" ferrel dog to me.
Maybe a little pitbull[}:)][}:)]0 -
Some body let my x loose. 0 -
Pit Bull, those are all over my neighborhood and no one here calles them Chupacabra, they call them Perro. 0
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