Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?

[SouthChic]

Phylis Canion holds the head of what she calls a chupacabra, or "goat sucker," at her home in Cuero, Texas, Friday. She found the animal dead outside her ranch and thinks it killed many of her chickens.

Story here (http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/has-a-mythical-beast-turned-up-in-texas/20070831222309990001)

How would you like to run into one of these? :smt103

[kevin]

Whatever it is It's some kind of UGLY!

[SouthChic]

I had that same thought. ;)

[Luvia]

T-shirts? REally? :roll:

It is ugly, though. For some sick reason, the picture makes me laugh. Posing with severed dog head...that's so absurdly funny to me.

[ComputerDude]

Strange. CNN had this story yesterday but the animal's head wasn't severed. The person who found it had the full body and was keeping it in their deep freeze.

[eyescene]

Well check out these images (http://images.google.com/images?q=%22Chupacabra%22&num=20&hl=en&newwindow=1&rlz=1B2GGGL_enUS203US203&um=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title). They say this is not a real creacher but a fairy tale.

[ComputerDude]

Well check out these images (http://images.google.com/images?q=%22Chupacabra%22&num=20&hl=en&newwindow=1&rlz=1B2GGGL_enUS203US203&um=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title). They say this is not a real creacher but a fairy tale.
well it's been a fairy tale up until now. If the animal they have is real and not the result of a talented special effects person, it certainly does fit the description of what people have been talking about for a long time.

[daisy]

Strange. CNN had this story yesterday but the animal's head wasn't severed. The person who found it had the full body and was keeping it in their deep freeze.


I read the story and there were 3 of these found so we may have stories on more than the one with this older hunter lady???/

Here is what a vet said about the dog.





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.Must Read?

[HorseWhisperer]

It just looks like an ugly dead dog who has no body because it was chopped off. Dogs kill chickens.