All about the mysterious, voracious Chupacabra - or the goat sucker.
Meaning "goat sucker", chupacabras is the name given to a mysterious creature that walks or hops on two legs, has short forelegs, sometime red eyes, a quill running down its back. It may also have wings and might be able to fly. Sightings seem to have begun in Puerto Rico, other Latin America countries and the U.S. South. Here are some true reader stories of sightings from all over.
Is there a connection among the various small, vicious, flying monsters that have terrorized unsuspecting people around the globe for decades? Here's what they look like and what they've been up to.
Reports of a small, sharp-fanged creature have been reported since the 1970s, and sightings intensified in the mid-'90s. Millie G. may have had an even earlier encounter with this frightening creature – a terrifying experience that has been burned into her momory. This is Millie's story.
El Chupacabra has been crawling all over Chile in April-June, 2000, raising many new questions about this mysterious creature, and resulting in astonishing claims about its origin.
The frightening, ravenous and elusive "goat sucker" has terrorized Puerto Rico, Mexico and Chile for years. And perhaps it has been seen in many parts of the U.S., as these unnerving reports from readers suggest.
It attacks in the night, sucking the blood from its helpless victims. Let's follow the bloody trail of the elusive "goat sucker" over the past four years.
Was a baby Chupacabras captured in Chile and then taken away by the mysterious men in black?
Includes photos that appear to show a Chupacabras corpse from a South American news report. Looks weird.
Background info on the "goat sucker" with reports on some of the attacks.
Author Cora S. recounts the encounter she had with a strange creature in July, 2008 that she believes might have been a Chupacabras.
This article is followed by vidoe clips from the 1996 documentary "Chupacabras! The Legend Begins."
While there are many theories to what the Chupacabra is, this article suggests that it is a government experiment gone awry.
A mix of vampire and marauding, furry lizard, the Chupacabra has become one of the most common beasts studied under the general heading of cryptozoology.
Folklore regarding El Chupacabra - a name which means goat sucker - goes back many years. However the modern chupacabra era probably began in 1975 with the arrival in Puerto Rico of the "Moca Vampire."
Nick Redfern travels to the island of Puerto Rico with fellow cryptozoologist Jonathan Downes to make a 20-minute segment for Proof Positive on the still-ongoing mystery of the diabolical chupacabras.
In this far-out (but fun to read) article, Chubee claims he is half alien Gray, half human and that the government is working with Grays to create an army of super soldiers. They also created the chupacabras.
Dr. Virgilio Sánchez Ocejo of the Miami UFO Center summarizes the most crucial elements collected during his field research in the Chilean towns of Calama, María Elena and Tocopila - sites of recent Chupacabra activity.
One of the most gruesome mysteries that has baffled experts is the mutilated corpses of farm animals. One current theory is that they are victims of "El Chupacabra," so named by South American countries where this creature seems to concentrate its attentions.
