| The Chupacabra is one of the most recent | | | | was accompanied by mutilations and the |
| creatures of cryptozoology, first seen during | | | | reports outside Puerto Rico were more |
| the early 1990s in Puerto Rico. El | | | | frequent. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, |
| Chupacabra, Chupacabras or Goat Sucker is a | | | | Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Brazil, |
| creature native to the Americas, particularly | | | | Dominican Republic, and the United States |
| the island where it was first reported, | | | | were the preferred target of the Chupacabra |
| Mexico, and the United States, although this | | | | before making Mexico its second home. After |
| being has been reported in other Latin | | | | being considered a vampire or "macho cabrio", |
| American communities. | | | | the Chupacabra was considered a type of Alien |
| | | | until the continuous sightings gave it |
| Goat sucker is the literal translation to the | | | | specific forms of appearance. The Chupacabra |
| Spanish word Chupacabra, the name given to | | | | is supposed to be a wallaby-like being, a |
| the creature after being reported as a winged | | | | strange breed of wild dog, or the most |
| being, with the habit of attacking and | | | | common, a lizard-like creature with |
| drinking the blood of goats and livestock. | | | | greenish-gray skin and sharp spines running |
| Like occurs with other cryptids, the | | | | down its back. |
| Chupacabra is described in different way | | | | |
| after the sightings in Puerto Rico. From the | | | | In 2001 a Chupacabra's corpse was found in |
| North Carolinas in the United States to the | | | | Nicaragua supporting the conclusion that it |
| south of Chile bordering with Argentina, the | | | | is simply a strange breed of wild dog, but in |
| Chupacabra was a lonely single creature | | | | recent years the tracks of a winged-like |
| flying from one location to another, until | | | | being were found in Mexico. This finding |
| the reports of attacks revealed that there is | | | | shows a creature as it was originally |
| more than one creature in the area. | | | | described in the 1990s, but without the |
| | | | corpse, this proof makes no evidence for |
| Once again, the scientists consider the | | | | scientists. |
| Chupacabra a legendary creature, born from | | | | |
| modern urban legends, but nobody can explain | | | | There is a website that describes this and |
| how and who attacked animals in the way the | | | | numerous other creatures of Cryptozoology in |
| Chupacabra is described to attack. In early | | | | detail. The website is called: Unknown |
| 1992, the first reports were considered human | | | | Creatures, and may be found at this address: |
| acts of Satanism or a similar cult. Later, it | | | | |
| was said that a sort of primitive vampire was | | | | By Robert W. Benjamin |
| responsible for the killings of many | | | | |
| different types of goats, and other animals, | | | | Copyright © 2006 |
| including birds, dogs, cows and horses. All | | | | |
| dead animals were found with one pattern in | | | | You may publish this article in your ezine, |
| common, they all had two puncture holes on | | | | newsletter or on your web site as long as it |
| their necks and they were totally drained of | | | | is reprinted in its entirety and without |
| blood. | | | | modification except for formatting needs or |
| | | | grammar corrections. |
| Mass hysteria began when the lack of blood | | | | |