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You might not know what El Chupacabra is--although if that's the case, your knowledge of the unexplained, or of retread Scooby-Doo episodes, is sadly lacking. El Chupacabra is a cryptid, a creature roughly analogous to Bigfoot who is said to live in Mexico, Puerto Rico, South America, and the southwestern US. Its name, chupacabra, means "goat sucker," because it feeds on the blood of goats and other livestock.
There have been hundreds of sightings of El Chupacabra since about 1990, and some have been proven to have purely natural explanations. For example, 3 bodies of bizarre, ugly, doglike creatures were found in Texas, and while the local population were quick to call them chupacabras, DNA testing proved that they were actually a breed of coyotes, though they must have been severely diseased to look as they did. Other sightings have never been explained.
The recent sightings in northern Texas involve an animal control officer finding a couple of scary looking creatures. From the AOLNews article:
"All I know is, it wasn't normal," Animal Control Officer Frank Hackett, who shot one of the animals in a local rancher's barn, told WOAI. "It was ugly, real ugly. I'm not going to lie on that one."
Scientists are sure that when DNA testing is complete, these creatures will prove to be simply deformed coyotes, like others before them have been. Some others, at least. People who have experienced these frightening creatures aren't so sure.
