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Stephon Special user Maryland, USA 911 Posts |
Has a mythical beast turned up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer CUERO, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. "It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin. Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity. She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past couple of years. "I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this," she said. What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote, but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten or carried off — all the blood was drained from them, she said. Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico. Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens. "I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross between two or three different things." She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have elsewhere. But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria. "I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's find. The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said. As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and licking it up. Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one. "If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said. "It's good for Cuero."
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CJRichard Special user Massachusetts 542 Posts |
It looks like an ugly dog to me. It looks nothing like the ones on Higley's site. . .
Now the real question is this: They found the bodies of not one, but three of these never before caught, mythical beasts. And this woman saves one head for DNA testing? Isn't that sort of like coming upon an alien crash site near Roswell and bringing back a toe or something? Just suppose this thing really did test out to be something unusual. They threw away three whole bodies and kept one head in a kitchen freezer. . .
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Aliens in Roswell? Ha ha ha!
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Kondini Inner circle 3609 Posts |
I have it on good authority that Doug has been seen in the vicinity (You notice he hasn`t been posting much lately!!).
Say no more. Another gross of T Shirts is on it`s way to you Doug ! Ken |
dave_matkin Inner circle 4522 Posts |
Are you trying to say that it is actually doung they found?
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CJRichard Special user Massachusetts 542 Posts |
Quote:
On 2007-09-02 12:34, dave_matkin wrote: It that how one spells dung in the UK?
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Doug Higley 1942 - 2022 7152 Posts |
Enough. Please.
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dave_matkin Inner circle 4522 Posts |
Sorry Doug!
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Doug Higley 1942 - 2022 7152 Posts |
Higley's Giant Flea Pocket Zibit
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