Chupa Picture?, page 2

Originally posted by THENEO
What needs to be done is to authenticate the original photograph if that is possible?

You can't authenticate it because it's a hoax.

Here's the Snopes thread:
www.snopes.com...

Here's the citation:

Cheddar Showcaves, a tourist attraction which contains an attraction called "Crystal Quest." Crystal Quest is a dark cave full of Tolkeinesque carvings, intermittently lit by strobe. Cheddar Gorge officials confirmed this and noted that many people had taken pictures of strange things in the cave, after seeing a flash of light and pointing their camera at it. You can still see this statue there. This picture was debunked in Fortean Times "Strange Days #1," 1996, pp.27-28, from which the above information is taken.

They emailed (as you can see) Cheddar caves. Here's the Cheddar Caves reply (which you can see in the Snopes thread):

The good folks at cheddar caves emailed me back today. Without further adieu, here is their reply:


quote:
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Yes, the sculpture featured in the attachment does exist in Crystal Quest. Crystal Quest is a Fantasy Adventure in Cox's Cave. There is a storyline running throughout the Quest which consists of Dungeons and
Dragons. To add atmosphere to the quest we also installed mannequins, lighting, sound and special effects. Some people can find the quest rather scary, however other people are not bothered at all, it really
depends on your disposition.

I hope this has answered your question.

Many thanks

Kate Walton
Cheddar Caves & Gorge

Okay... now... everybody... all together, now: "It's fake!"

Originally posted by THENEO
No offense but I see a lot of posts and discussion but I still see no evidence?

Where is a picture of this place and a fresh image of the same attraction noted?

Debunkers use this method all the time, legitimize something in origin then it must be fake in terms of conspiracy. But where is the evidence?

Well, if you don't trust the folks at Snopes and you don't trust that the statue is obviously fake, then you have a very simple way to prove US wrong:

Write the folks at Cheddar cave. Ask them if this is one of their statues. They will write you back and tell you that yes it is. Just like they did for the folks at Snopes.

Here's the quest web page:
www.cheddarcaves.co.uk...
And the main site:
www.cheddarcaves.co.uk...
and the email:
caves@visitcheddar.co.uk

I've used research from Snopes before, and they are reliable. In fact, this is where most folks go to check authenticity of stories because the folks there will do a thorough job of investigating.

But if you mistrust the investigation, then email the caves... you might mistrust my reports, but you wouldn't mistrust communications from the cave owners themselves.

This pic. was recently discussed at cryptozoology.com
It was immediately identified as a photoshopped version of a photo of a statue on an amusement park ride in France. The same statue has been used for chupacabra hoaxes before.

Here are other chupa pics I found:

www.beyondroswell.com...

and these are better but worse at the same time

jasonfinch.tripod.com...

there is much evidence that such a creature exists but nobody has been able to present a credible photo yet.

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