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