Chupacabra - A Real Creature?

I saw a program on that, recently. Either on Discovery or National Geographic Channel. They provided a lot of proof it is all nonsense, and although these programmes are not always right, I tend to believe them on this.

I thought it was a type of canine...don't remember where I heard that though.

I saw one of those yesterday in Central Tallinn. Those Chupabaras

Is the Chupacabra a real creature? the answer is, as in many other similar questions, Who knows?
is it possible such a creature or a similar one could exist? certainly, since we know perhaps 10% of the species on earth. Is it probable? uncertain.

It's fun to think about, and quite possible. But don't put money on it, or at least not too much-a lot of questions like this one could go either way.

Originally posted by TheARRGH is it possible such a creature or a similar one could exist? certainly, since we know perhaps 10% of the species on earth. Is it probable? uncertain.

 

True...but It would be SO COOL IF IT WAS!!!

Maybe they were Abbagoochies

The Elmendorf Beast is the name given to a strange creature discovered in South Texas.

The animal was shot by a rancher, Devin McAnally, in Elmendorf, Texas (south of San Antonio) in August 2004, after it had mauled thirty-five chickens in one day. It was a small hairless creature. Upon further examination, it appeared to be like nothing else known. It weighed twenty pounds (nine kilograms), and was very malnourished. The animal is said to have a severe overbite, and massive tissue damage. Later, more and more of these beasts were uncovered in the neighborhoods of Elmendorf, Pollok, and Lufkin, Texas. These beasts are unique in having a bluish-gray skin tone and no hair. When the first one was shot, it was said to have been eating mulberries. At the time, some thought the creature was a wolf�coyote cross, others thought that it was a Mexican Hairless Dog (or some other dog) with mange, and some even speculated that it was a Muntjac deer. Not surprisingly, some claimed the beast was a Chupacabra.

After the initial encounter in Elmendorf, another was spotted on Friday afternoon, October 8, under the patio of the Womack family in Pollok. In this instance, the house-owners' large dogs barked at it, but cried and whimpered when they were brought closer to the beast. The beast was shot in the eye, and virtually no blood came out of the wound. The family then phoned an expert, their daughter Stacey, who came immediately. As she was on her way, a similar animal crossed the road just in front of her. She suspects that the fleeing animal was the dead one's mate. The first of the bodies was later sent for DNA testing and many experts in the field had come up with different theories. The first result was inconclusive, though it confirmed that the species was canine. A second test said that the creature was a coyote, but made no mention of the first test, so some people doubt its accuracy.

Upon examining the Elmendorf photographs, a spokesman with the San Antonio Zoo said this is definitely not a coyote, but he doesn't know what it may be. Some of the Elmendorf tissue has been shipped to the University of California-Davis Veterinarian Genetics Laboratory for DNA analysis. Results are still pending.

 

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There's a genuine cryptozoological mystery deep in the heart of Texas. A rancher in Elmendorf, Texas, shot a strange animal that ate 35 of his chickens in a single day. Scientists who have examined the creature's body have not been able to identify it. Unknowncountry.com is having DNA testing done on the body. For more information and pictures, read the full story.

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The Elmendorf beast is a strange, hairless dog-looking creature with a blue-gray color and strangely-shaped teeth. Macanally says, "First thing that came to my mind, is surely everybody's gonna think this is a Chupacabra. But it's so odd because it has no hair." One woman who saw a photo of it says it's exactly how her grandmother described the Chupacabras she saw.

Skull Recovery. Click for Detail.

When the rancer took the skull to experts at the San Antonio Zoo, biologists could not identify it. The zoo's Terry DeRosa thinks "It may be one of the hairless dogs that perhaps you see in Mexico." Mexican hairless dogs are generally much smaller. This animal is believed to have weighed around twenty pounds. Some experts who have observed photos of the corpse feel that the animal was afflicted by sarcoptic mange, and had not originally been hairless.

This expert says, "I believe that this animal's condition represents some sort of unrecognized environmental catastrophe. Other small predators with sarcoptic mange have been observed elsewhere in the country recently. It needs urgent study."

The condition of the Elmendorf Beast's jaw is not a result of disease process. John Gramieri, the San Antonio Zoo's Mammal Curator thinks it's a mix between a dog and a coyote�a coydog�with very strange teeth. He says, "It's clearly a member of the dog family, a family candidate. For whatever reason, this animal had a very poor fusion in the [jaw area]�so it allowed that lower jaw to spread in a way that is not normal for any mammal, actually�It apparently had some very bad skin ailment, and that skin ailment made it go bald except for the top of its body." Gramieri, as well as area ranchers, believes that there are more of the creatures out there. Area ranchers believe that they are breeding.

The jaw structure is not a deformity in the usual sense because it is symmetrical. It is not a mammalian jaw at all, but appears more akin to the jaw of a reptile. There is nothing in the genetic code of the mammal that would enable a jaw structure such as this. This raises the possibility that intentional genetic manipulation, or a highly unusual natural mutation, has been involved in the emergence of this species.

The rancher says, "I want this one to be a new species�or at least something that somebody has never seen in a cross between two different ones."

DNA results from one of the world's leading testing facilities should be available within a month. To learn more, click here, here and here.

 

 

 

 

 

Even if it's all rubbish, it's still interesting to rad about, I think.

 

Again more evidence the inbred and crossbred dogs had been raised by a crazy dog breeder. If they had of been around for all that long they would have learned to stay away from human settlement.


Edited by elenos - 16-Aug-2007 at 07:18