Oh my gosh?

Did you hear about that on the news? A local television station in Texas broadcasted a story on Chupacabras. This creature is actually a famed "Mexican folklore animal" that actually came to life from a recent home video. At first this was first seen as an "unidentified hairless creature" (except for strip going down it's back, probably due to mange, a chronic skin disease by parasitic mites that cause hair loss and lesions), with blue-grey skin, a long - rat-like tail, and a serious overbite with large canine teeth.

The station says this isn't the first time this "blood-sucking thing from beyond" has claimed fame in "Lonestar State." The first appearance was July 2004 when creature was killed for it was going after a rancher's chickens in Elmendorf. The "Elmendorf Beast" was shot again, several months later, in October. More sightings of this was seen around Lufkin (a surrounding town, I'm guessing).

The question asked in article is, "Honestly, are people buying this?"

It is also known as "the Goat Sucker." Supposedly this creature first appeared in Mexico and Puerto Rico around 1960s before its recent northern migration where it has now followed controversy in it's tracks. Eyewitness accounts all vary, but come to a main conscensious: Height of three to five feet, with red beeming eyes, a snake-like tongue, gray skin, long - spinal quills, and a sulfur-like stench. The Chupacabra also boasts talents as the ability to fly or bound like a kanga.

There has been controversy of surrounding that the "Mexican Chupacabra" attacks humans on several accounts: A homeowner, catching a glimpse, saw it allegedly broke into a house through a window, tearing apart a teddy bear, to leave a pile of slime and a piece of rotten meat. Another woman claimed she saw a beast with horns and wings and from the bite marks from her neck to believe it was a Chupacabra. (Another physical attack was reported in Guanico, Puerto Rico when a guy - Osvaldo Claudio Rosado claimed he was grabbed behind by a gorilla. He was treated for cuts and scratches on his torso. There are no gorillas in Puerto Rico, so that only means one thing....)

Chupacabra's were termed "the single most notable cryptozoological phenomenon of the past decade" by America's leading cryptozoologist Loren Coleman - said when an impressive series of attacks plagued Mexican livestock in the 1990's. This phenomenon has sparked intense debate among scientists, zoologists, and residents. The rancher won't release DNA samples on the supposedly "Chupacabra," because he wants a second opinion. Even though there's flaws in the stories it does make you wonder - what it is?

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