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Blood
sucking
mythical
creature
found
September 4th, 2009
ANANOVA
Two men in Texas
believe they may have
discovered the body of a
semi-mythical beast
rumored to suck all the
blood out of its prey.
Lynn Butler,
a taxidermist,
says he found the
chupacabra in a chicken
barn three months ago,
after an unseen predator
was heard running amock.
It has a hairless,
leathery body and pointed
muzzle and some animal
experts,
who have inspected
the corpse,
say it may be a chupacabra,
a predator first sighted
in Puerto Rico in 1995.
Descriptions of
chupacabras differ wildly –
they have been likened
to rodents,
lizards and even small bears –
but they all tend to be
distinguished by prominent
fangs visible on Mr Butler’s
specimen.
The name translates from
the Spanish as “goat sucker”
because of reports that the
beasts puncture the skins
of livestock with their teeth,
draining them of blood.
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Suspected sightings have
been reported across the
Americas and even as far
away as Russia,
but scientists dismiss the
animals as modern legends.
Jerry Ayer,
a friend of Mr Butler and
a fellow taxidermist,
plans to have it properly
stuffed and mounted for
public display.
“To be honest,
I don’t know what it is.
I’d probably say it’s a
freak-of-nature coyote,
or a hybrid breed with
a genetic mutation,”
he told the
Los Angeles Times.
“Very odd-looking,”
he added.
“The hairlessness is sinister
because you can see the
bones protruding
at the hips.”
“People say there’s a
mythical beast and I
have one.
I’ll call it chupacabra
because people love it,
but I don’t know
what it is.”
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