Chupacabra Found outside of San Antonio (neighborhoods, moving, farmers)

[Bulldawg82]

I'm not an expert (by any means), but wasn't the Chupacabra first sighted in Puerto Rico, then in Central America (Mexico, specifically)? Also, the description of it sounds nothing like a dog. Why has this canine - as different as it may be - usurped the title of Chupacabra?

[Chorizo]

Originally Posted by Bulldawg82

I'm not an expert (by any means), but wasn't the Chupacabra first sighted in Puerto Rico, then in Central America (Mexico, specifically)? Also, the description of it sounds nothing like a dog. Why has this canine - as different as it may be - usurped the title of Chupacabra?

Thats pretty easy to explain I think.

I mean if you think about what people find when a "chupacabra" attacks.

Dead livestock with puncture wounds in its neck. That could come from anything with sharp teeth.

Sightings: you're on edge because of the dead live stock, now you see something that does not look like anything else you've seen before. Your mind will make up stuff. Is it night? How well can you see in the dark?

If these things are say crossbreeds or natural genetic mutations of a coyote, they will look different, might possible move differently as well.

Very easy, IMO, that someone saw one of these things, and through the fear and twisting of words as stories are passed around and made up, that it could turn this dog like critter into a humanoid creature.

[cr1039]

Not sure why Johnny Redneck felt the need to poison the thing as opposed to just opening the barn door that the animal was inside of. I wonder if charges will be filed against him?

"Under Texas law, the cruel treatment of animals is forbidden. There are a number of actions that are considered "cruel", including":
(5) killing, seriously injuring, or poisoning an animal;

[Bulldawg82]

Originally Posted by Chorizo

Thats pretty easy to explain I think.

I mean if you think about what people find when a "chupacabra" attacks.

Dead livestock with puncture wounds in its neck. That could come from anything with sharp teeth.

Sightings: you're on edge because of the dead live stock, now you see something that does not look like anything else you've seen before. Your mind will make up stuff. Is it night? How well can you see in the dark?

If these things are say crossbreeds or natural genetic mutations of a coyote, they will look different, might possible move differently as well.

Very easy, IMO, that someone saw one of these things, and through the fear and twisting of words as stories are passed around and made up, that it could turn this dog like critter into a humanoid creature.

What you have said makes perfect sense - but the part that I find a little presumptious (on calling this dog a Chupacabra) is that the Chupacabra first started in Puerto Rico decades ago (with sightings still happening). I think the original Chupacabra is something totally different than what is being spotted in Mexico/South Texas. As a matter of fact, I don't think the Puerto Rican one is real at all (IMO).

[crypton]

Why do they call a coyote with the mange a Chupacabra?

[Bulldawg82]

Originally Posted by crypton

Why do they call a coyote with the mange a Chupacabra?

That's what I am asking.

[crypton]

I feel sorry for the poor animal. It apparently suffered from some skin disorder that was likely very painful.

[eger]

Originally Posted by Bulldawg82

That's what I am asking.

lmao

[Chorizo]

Originally Posted by Bulldawg82

That's what I am asking.

I see it very possible that a coyote with mange might be what started the chupacabra stories to begin with.

Additionally, if this IS some sort of cross between a coyote and a wolf, or a new(er) breed that is the result of some natural mutation - whose to say it can't migrate north?

I mean - it used to be that there were very few armadillos in the US. Now they are all over places like Texas and Florida, and anywhere in between. They came up from Mexico (just like the Virginia opossum).


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This was discovered just less than 20 years ago - how long had it been around before we discovered it?

While the chances of finding unknown animals are getting smaller and smaller, I believe there is still chance of finding species of animals we do not yet know about. This could be one of them.

It could just be a really ugly family of coyotes too.

Either way, it is enough to base a myth off of, if they have been pretty elusive.

[TXtrkgrl]

Originally Posted by cr1039

Not sure why Johnny Redneck felt the need to poison the thing as opposed to just opening the barn door that the animal was inside of. I wonder if charges will be filed against him?

"Under Texas law, the cruel treatment of animals is forbidden. There are a number of actions that are considered "cruel", including":
(5) killing, seriously injuring, or poisoning an animal;

I highly doubt it.