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August 2004 – Page 7

Chupacabra in Indiana
by Bray

This happened on June 28, 2004, in St.John, Indiana. I was out in my driveway about 9:30 p.m., throwing snap dragons onto my driveway. In front of my house and behind it, there are woods. I looked up and, across the street near the trees, I saw a shadowy figure standing there. At first, I thought it was just a shadow from a bush or something. Then I saw it move. It moved into the light cast by the only street light on my street.

What I saw, I will never forget. It was about 3 to 4 ft. tall, and had little or no hair. I couldn't really tell, but it looked grayish-green in color. It had three claws that I could see on each arm, which were small. It was in a crouched position that made me think of a kangaroo. I could see what looked like spikes running down the back of the creature. At this point, it turned and looked straight at me. It's face looked like a human's except for a few features. There was no nose; just two nostrils, like slits. Its eyes shined a yellow-green color. The eyes seemed to be farther apart and a bit higher up on the head than a human's. When the creature noticed me looking at it, it turned toward me and adopted a stance suggesting it was going to leap toward me. At this point, I turned and ran quickly up to my garage and started punching in the key code number as fast as I could. Once it was open, I dashed up to the door inside, where I paused for one second to look back. The creature was no longer there.

In the days that have passed, I have watched from the window at night to see if it would return, but it has not. But I would never go into those woods searching for it. The creature had looked more than capable of killing me. The closest thing I can relate it to is a Chupacabra. But I've never heard a story in which they were this far north.

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