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Relax, It's Just a Bald Coyote

Strange find is not chupacabra of urban legend

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 2, 2007 9:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Scientists have identified the peculiar animals found in southern Texas this summer—and they’re not the bloodsucking chupacabras of Mexican lore. No, the three bodies discovered near San Antonio were actually just coyotes that had lost their hair, DNA tests show. Researchers say the...   Read full story »

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