For those you live near the area or have knowledge about it, is this El Chupacabra real? The short article is reproduced below. There is also a video of the alleged creature. Here is the link: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93844?fp=1 Chupacabra Sighting Times Two by Mike Krumboltz A barn in Hood County, Texas, has become ground zero in the hunt for the chupacabra. Earlier this week, animal control officer Frank Hackett shot and killed what was unquestionably one of the ugliest creatures to ever walk the planet. That much we know. What's less clear is whether or not the departed creature was the elusive goat-sucking beast. Interestingly, that wasn't the only chupacabra sighting around Hood County. A second creature was spotted and killed several miles away. Both appear to be either hairless coyotes, extremely ugly dogs, or, who knows? Maybe the thing they call el chupacabra. In the wake of the discovery, Web searches on "chupacabra sightings" and "chupacabra texas" both roared to life, as did Web lookups for "chupacabra translation" and "chupacabra definition." According to Virtue Science, the name literally translates to "goat sucker." Legend states that the beast would attack goats and suck their blood. Think of them as a less sexy version of "Twilight"'s infamous vampire Edward Cullen. Officer Hackett was careful not to say whether or not this is really the mysterious beast. He's going to wait for the DNA tests before he makes up his mind. There is one thing he does know: "It wasn't normal." And another officer on the scene commented that she'd "never seen anything like it."
There's a link posted which contains a video of the alleged creature . Anyway, here is the one that I found on the net:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra [rquoter] In July 2004, a rancher near San Antonio, Texas, killed a hairless dog-like creature, which was attacking his livestock.[6] This animal, initially given the name the Elmendorf Beast, was later determined by DNA assay conducted at University of California, Davis to be a coyote with demodectic or sarcoptic mange. In October 2004, two more carcasses were found in the same area. Biologists in Texas examined samples from the two carcasses and determined they were also coyotes suffering from very severe cases of mange.[7] In Coleman, Texas, a farmer named Reggie Lagow caught an animal in a trap he set up after the deaths of a number of his chickens and turkeys. The animal was described as resembling a mix of hairless dog, rat, and kangaroo. Lagow provided the animal to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials for identification, but Lagow reported in a September 17, 2006 phone interview with John Adolfi, founder of the Lost World Museum, that the "critter was caught on a Tuesday and thrown out in Thursday's trash."[8][/rquoter]
Necro-bump: Chupacabra found?!?!? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_cXdjGfVE7U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Sure looks strange to me. Based on it's movement and forelimbs, I'm not seeing canine. Looks more like a mange-ridden, rabid raccoon to me. A little more footage here: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us...us/2014/04/02/dnt-tx-possible-chupacabra.kavu EDITED TO ADD: Yes, if you live in Katy, you should evacuate.
