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via <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.rawstory.com">RawStory</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->, I see this <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.click2houston.com/news/4895017/detail.html">news blurb</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> which details:<br><br>Reggie Lagow set a trap last week after a number of his chickens and turkeys were killed.<br><br>What he found in his trap was a mix between a hairless dog, a rat and a kangaroo. <p></p><i></i>

That kind of left me wanting to know a little more... very matter-of-factly it was. A hairless demon-kangaroo was caught by a Texas farmer yesterday. Now sports. <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:black;font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Qutb means "axis," "pole," "the center," which contains the periphery or is present in it. The qutb is a spiritual being, or function, which can reside in a human being or several human beings or a moment. It is the elusive mystery of how the divine gets delegated into the manifest world and obviously cannot be defined.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br></p><i></i>

You can see the image on the site. another similar creature was photographed...I think also in Texas some months ago. Speculation was simply a dog with a skin condition, but it was a pretty similar looking critter. It's interesting, but not nearly as scary looking as some of the chupacabra reports. <p></p><i></i>

D'oh. I didn't see that there was a slideshow. Well, that poor think sure was ugly, but it's no demon hound. It does look like a kangaroo, of sorts. An unknown kangaroo-like species, in Texas? Would I be wrong in thinking genetic manipulation here? <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:black;font-family:century gothic;font-size:x-small;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Qutb means "axis," "pole," "the center," which contains the periphery or is present in it. The qutb is a spiritual being, or function, which can reside in a human being or several human beings or a moment. It is the elusive mystery of how the divine gets delegated into the manifest world and obviously cannot be defined.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br></p><i></i>

Looks like the work of the evil Mephisto <br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.peperoni.de/kai/bilder/southpark/mephisto.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>More seriously, I was surprised to find that the term chupacabra is used pretty generically to describe a whole range of weird beasties in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Guess they're finally migrating up to Texas. err, where was the island of Dr. Moreau located again.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://skepdic.com/chupa.html" target="top">snippet</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Like other creatures in the cryptozoologist's barnyard, the chupacabra has been variously described. Some witnesses have seen a small half-alien, half-dinosaur tailless vampire with quills running down its back; others have seen a panther like creature with a long snake-like tongue; still others have seen a hopping animal that leaves a trail of sulfuric stench. Some think it may be a type of dinosaur heretofore unknown. Some are convinced that the wounds on animals whose deaths have been attributed to the chupacabra indicate an alien presence. However, they do not attribute the "mutilations" to the aliens themselves, but to one of their pets or experiments gone awry.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a239/ZeroHaven/tinhat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

Farmer kills an enchanting creature to protect his fucking chickens. Too much.<br><br>The link below is to one of the stranger websites I've seen--be warned.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.customcreaturetaxidermy.com/fantasy/fantasy_3xx.html">www.customcreaturetaxider...y_3xx.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

Why do chupacabras appear most often in Texas?


Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 01, 2007

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."


Looks to me like what she really found was a way to make some extra cash.