Chupacabra in Places such as Mexico and Puerto Rico - Ever Heard of chupacabra ?

[Naphtali]

My friend was saying something about "chupacabra". He said the chupacabra is something like an animal (which they normally refer to us gold sucker) and that this animal is unknown to science. the chupacabra is said to be systematically killing other animals in places such as Puerto Rico and Mexico. He also said chupacabra has been crawling Chile for the past several months now. have you ever heard of this mystical creature? what is actually chupacabra?

[bellebelle]

From wikipedia.com:

Chupacabra (also Chupacabras /tʃupa'kabɾas/, from Spanish chupar: to suck, cabra: goat; goat sucker) is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1990 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Most biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabra as an urban legend.

Ironically a few days ago a video was leaked to CNN and other sites and TV stations of a sheriff's deputy filming what is believed to be a chupacabra in Texas. I've seen the video and to me it doesn't look like a bear, it looks more like a mix between a dog and coyote, but there is something about the animals profile that seems odd. Here's an article from Scientific American about the incident:

Traveling all the way from its point of origin in Puerto Rico, the chupacabra (literally "goat sucker") has now popped up in the Texas town of Cuero. Or it allegedly has. Even better, sheriff's deputy (in training no less) Brandon Reidel caught the supposed chupacabra on tape.

The animal appears to have a long snout and forelegs slightly shorter than the hind legs, the textbook, or rather folkloric, description of the animal that likes to attack livestock, particularly goats, and drink their blood. Short-haired (rather than hairless like the classic chupacabra) the dread beast looks like a small dog, or perhaps a coyote crossed with a small dog such as a pit bull.

Or it could just be a coyote. After all, that's what the last chupacabra sighting in Texas turned out to be: coyotes suffering from a bad case of mange. Either way, the truth is out there.

And for everyone that wants to see the video:

youtube.com/watch?v=aqebUluWFM4

[DarkTimes]

It's probably a hoax done for fun or for some other ploy.

And if it's a real creature, it might be a deformed animal. Which is very possible as I've seen several odd creatures, I remember there being a two headed snake amongst other things. It might have either been born this way, a result of some cruel experiment, or even exposure to harmful chemicals.

[aasim]

i have never heard of chupacabra.. It sounds more like a name of a place..But hey! thanks for providing the information... I checked the video on youtube whose link you provided.. thanks again.. this is helpful to update my knowledge...Wikipedia is something man!! it provides almost all the information regarding anything and everything...

[oo1987]

It is actually "Goat Sucker", not "Gold Sucker", but as for the validity of it's existence, I am skeptical. These are mainly country people, in an area with a lot of folklore and myths. I think it's more likely a more mundane animal is killing the livestock.