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Posted: May 28 2004,18:33

I saw the photo of a dead cow reportedly done in by the goat-sucker.  Very interesting stuff, it apparently started in hispanich countries, a hispanic island, and then spread onward from there.  There's even been reportings of it down here in Florida.

Scary stuff, makes you wonder why it's not seen if it's a species.  And if you're superstitious and believe it's a "demon", why is it eating animals?  C'mon now...

An interesting thing to note is that when some people captured one alive (it made the papers), some people (MiB) claiming to be from N.A.S.A. came and retrieved it.  

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Posted: May 28 2004,18:35

Why do they call it 'goat-sucker' if it's killing cows?

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Why do they call it 'goat-sucker' if it's killing cows?

It actually doesn't usually kill cows.  It usually goes for chickens and goats (smaller livestock).  The first reported sighting was of it in a chicken coop, and it scared the bejeezus out of a poor farmer.

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Posted: May 28 2004,18:37

What spurred this thread I wonder?

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Posted: May 28 2004,18:39

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What spurred this thread I wonder?

A six pack?  :D

Seriously, I LOVE cryptozoology.

I love reading up on the history of these things, like Bigfoot, Chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, and so on.

I also love good ghost stories.

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An alleged predatorial creature in South America that is said to drink the blood of various farm animals, leaving corpses in the fields with incision wounds on their necks.
 
The stories of this creature have become something of a legend in recent years, and there is now quite an interest worldwide. There have been expeditions aimed at finding evidence of the creature, but so far nothing conclusive has been found.

Some people have claimed that they've seen the creature in remote areas, often in the act of attacking a farm animal. Some reports describe the beast as being like a large cat/dog, while other's have described it as being similar to the classic alien 'gray' appearance. It is often described as having 'spines' down it's back, but on the whole these reports vary. This makes it hard to believe in the validity of such claims. If each person is describing something different, it's difficult to tie these reports to the sightings of just a single animal.

There have been many alleged reports of Chupacabras footprints, dung and even a corpse, but none have been sufficient to prove the beasts validity.


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Posted: May 29 2004,03:54

I think it needs a cool sound effect. Something akin to "tikili-li"




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Posted: May 29 2004,04:00

I like this stuff too.
I wrote a children's book that includes the Chupacabra.  
You'll see it in Kabuki #3.
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Posted: May 29 2004,04:03

Have you all read "The Big Book Of the Unexplained" from DC/Paradox Press? It has a chapter on cryptozoology that includes a Chupacabra entry.

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Have you all read "The Big Book Of the Unexplained" from DC/Paradox Press? It has a chapter on cryptozoology that includes a Chupacabra entry.

No, I haven't, but I'll have to check that out.  

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