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Posted: Sat Sep 1st, 2007 08:09 pm |
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My only question is would you put roadkill in your freezer????? Only in Texas......
By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer
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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Posted: Sat Sep 1st, 2007 08:40 pm |
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Hey, sure! Silly woman, listen to the scientific reasoning of a vet; it's not some weirdo mythical beast, it's just a mutated dog that sucks blood...I mean, we've ALL seen that...heck, anything for some press...
By the way, this sounds like way big fun to me as a tee shirt idea...I'll mention it to the dog saving folk here...so many pictures spring to mind...and I mean that.
C'mon...it's an adorable tee shirt for your child (and the therapy will send some lucky person into a comfortable retirement).
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Posted: Sat Sep 1st, 2007 08:59 pm |
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| I consulted with my experts -- George, Bogart, and Saucy -- and they say no way is that a dog. Dogs sit on pillows and chew doggie treats all day. They do lick blood, but would never leave the meat, let alone a trace, behind. George reports having seen the cupacabras at night in Culebra. He hopes they don't also reside in dens in Maine. Bogart says he was too scared to look. Saucy says dogs are all fluffy.
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Posted: Sat Sep 1st, 2007 09:04 pm |
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Actually, after consulting with my own experts, I don't believe the hand holding that is human either...unless of course, it belongs to a zombie with all of the blood sucked out of it, which in this case would be perfectly understandable. And PLLLLEEEAAAASSSEEEE don't tell me it is something to do with a glove. We all remember the glove excuse and I for one don't buy it!
Admin, I think your experts are spot on correct. The key scientific word here is MUTANT.
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Posted: Sat Sep 1st, 2007 09:06 pm |
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LOL....
Chiqatine (sp.???) was a great fan of the chupacabras -- get him to tell you some day all the "confirmed" sightings he's had......it's definately worth the giggle factor.
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