Mysterious creature draws world's gaze to taxidermy school

Mysterious creature draws world's gaze to taxidermy school

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He said word spread quickly that he was in possession of an unknown animal -- often speculated in his region to be chupacabras, or mythical creatures, he said. Soon, the local, national and even international media picked up on what he said could be a "genetically defective coyote."

"Chupacabra" roughly translates from Spanish to "goat sucker." Reported victims are said to have puncture wounds to their necks, supposedly where the chupacabra drained their blood.

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Is that the mythical chupacabra? I am disappointed it looks like a wild dog or a dead coyote!
Has anybody seen anything like this in Texas? What do you experts think?
A quick search on Wikipedia: it says the Chupacabra has the size of a small bear and is reptile like, so they are probably on the wrong track!


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It's a dog with no hair, probably due to mange. Idiots like this guy (who found the dog) really detract from the real efforts of cryptozoology.

[edit on 3-9-2009 by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi]

agreed, just another case of a poor mange infested critter

2nd verse, same as teh first