Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

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Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby barracuda » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:02 pm

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Chupacabra Sighting Times Two

A barn in Hood County, Texas, has become ground zero in the hunt for the chupacabra.

Earlier this week, animal control officer Frank Hackett shot and killed what was unquestionably one of the ugliest creatures to ever walk the planet. That much we know. What's less clear is whether or not the departed creature was the elusive goat-sucking beast.

Interestingly, that wasn't the only chupacabra sighting around Hood County. A second creature was spotted and killed several miles away. Both appear to be either hairless coyotes, extremely ugly dogs, or, who knows? Maybe the thing they call el chupacabra.

In the wake of the discovery, Web searches on "chupacabra sightings" and "chupacabra texas" both roared to life, as did Web lookups for "chupacabra translation" and "chupacabra definition." According to Virtue Science, the name literally translates to "goat sucker." Legend states that the beast would attack goats and suck their blood. Think of them as a less sexy version of "Twilight"'s infamous vampire Edward Cullen.

Officer Hackett was careful not to say whether or not this is really the mysterious beast. He's going to wait for the DNA tests before he makes up his mind. There is one thing he does know: "It wasn't normal." And another officer on the scene commented that she'd "never seen anything like it."

Below you can watch the locals discuss their findings, but beware. The images of the creature are quite nasty.

(Video at link.)
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting

Postby DeltaDawn » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:32 am

hope this didn't double post, glicks here tonight....but couldn't help but laugh here. Son when he was about 8? was horrified about an unsolved mystery show or some such show on the chupacabra. He was convinced it was at the chicken coop, which was his chore to close up at night. I, being terrible parent, laughed mao and kept telling him, pffftttt, get real, close the chickens off and stop making excuses. Nowadays???? who knows what he was terrified of and how awful was I to doubt his fears and not understand???? If it was now????? I'd say: "Son, show mom what scares you and we will fight the demons together". ......Oh what a wish, to have been that kind of parent!!!!! sigh!!!!!
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby barracuda » Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:27 pm

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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby marycarnival » Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:15 pm

From Wikipedia:

The Mexican Hairless Dog is a rare, hairless breed of dog whose size varies greatly. It is also known as Xoloitzcuintle (Spanish pronunciation: [ʃoloit͡sˈkwint͡ɬe]; English: /ʃoʊlɔɪtsˈkwiːntli/ shoh-loyts-kweent-lee)

The Xolo is native to Mexico. Archaeological evidence shows that the breed has existed in the New World for more than 3,000 years.[1] Most likely, early forerunners of the Xolo originated as spontaneous hairless mutations of indigenous New World dogs. Hairlessness may have offered a survival advantage in tropical regions. Indigenous peoples of Central and South America had Xolo dogs as home and hunting companions, and today they are still very popular companion dogs; even as the national dog of Mexico. Their value in ancient native cultures is evidenced by their frequent appearance in art and artifacts, e.g., those produced by the Colima, Aztec and Toltec civilizations in Mexico.


The breed is not well known in the US, even in Texas (which is among the states which border Mexico). As a result, the Xolo has been mistaken for the mythical Chupacabra of Mexico.


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A friend of mine has one of these dogs, and the dog's name is...yep...Chupacabra.
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby barracuda » Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:55 pm

marycarnival wrote:A friend of mine has one of these dogs, and the dog's name is...yep...Chupacabra.


Is it a blood-sucking goat vampire?
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby marycarnival » Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:06 pm

barracuda wrote:
marycarnival wrote:A friend of mine has one of these dogs, and the dog's name is...yep...Chupacabra.


Is it a blood-sucking goat vampire?


Heavens no! Chupy is one of the sweetest canines I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. And she has a mohawk! :lovehearts:

It just looks like those pics from the OP and that news clip are pics of Mexican Hairless dogs...and I'm sure that that's exactly what they are, and I'd like to see less of them getting shot by rubes who think that they are mythical blood-sucking beasts.
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby Luther Blissett » Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:55 am

I still remember the public shift in the myth of the chupacabra from intelligent (sometimes robotic) (sometimes extraterrestrial) vampire to dog. It was abrupt and all tied in to one internet photo meme circa 2003. After that, most chupacabra stories were about dogs, with none of the old mythology tied to it.
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby marycarnival » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:51 am

Luther Blissett wrote:I still remember the public shift in the myth of the chupacabra from intelligent (sometimes robotic) (sometimes extraterrestrial) vampire to dog. It was abrupt and all tied in to one internet photo meme circa 2003. After that, most chupacabra stories were about dogs, with none of the old mythology tied to it.


Exactly. And these beautiful, innocent dogs get killed over it. Really lame. I mean, I'm all for mythology, but lets leave the poor dogs out of it. Bring back the old myths, and free the Xolos!
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Re: Texas Chupacabra Sighting.

Postby ShinShinKid » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:03 pm

Did you notice the Chupacabra sightings were almost exactly a year apart.
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