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chupacabra stories: 3 news summaries

Bigfoot Sighting Revealed to be Big Mistake

Bad case of mange made bear look like legendary Sasquatch

Nov 8, 07 6:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania hunter's footage of a "juvenile Sasquatch" has been discredited after officials said the star of the show was actually an unhealthy bear. Same deal for a Texas rancher who claimed to have captured a chupacabra, the legendary Mexican goat-killer, but had in fact only bagged a coyote.... More »

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parasites • Texas • Pennsylvania • coyote • chupacabra • bigfoot • Sasquatch • mange

Relax, It's Just a Bald Coyote

Strange find is not chupacabra of urban legend

Nov 2, 07 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 doglike beasts are a “... More »

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baldness • San Antonio • coyote • chupacabra • bloodsucker • legend

Woman Claims Roadkill Is Bloodsucking Monster

Texan says 'chupacabra' killed her chickens

Sep 1, 07 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's hairless with large ears, big fangs and grayish skin. So it must be the legendary bloodsucking creature known as the chupacabra (translation: "goat sucker"), according to Texan Phylis Canion, who scooped up the curious roadkill and stuffed it in the freezer for posterity. She's saving it... More »

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Texas • DNA • myth • chupacabra • bloodsucker • roadkill

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