whomper Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 1 2 3 Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas? AP Posted: 2007-09-01 01:09:48 Filed Under: Weird News CUERO, Texas (Sept. 1) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. Eric Gay, AP Canion and her neighbors found the bodies of three of these creatures in July outside her ranch. She kept the head of one to trace its origin through DNA testing and plans to mount the head in her home. Source: AP 4 of 4 But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. "It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin. Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity. She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past couple of years. "I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this," she said. What's Your Take? What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote, but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said. Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico. Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens. "I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross between two or three different things." She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have elsewhere. But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria. "I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's find. The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said. As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and licking it up. Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one. "If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said. "It's good for Cuero." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I turned 21 the summer it came out. I'm not afraid I did it at the bar that summer. It worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark5 Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Somewhere there will be a VICK joke in here.. I'm just guessing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I believe it is time to buy a new gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I believe it is time to buy a new gun. Like a Texan needs an excuse to buy a new gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I turned 21 the summer it came out. I'm not afraid I did it at the bar that summer. It worked. I'm still trying to figure out how this post relates to this thread ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I'm still trying to figure out how this post relates to this thread ... Sometimes I post things that are only for my amusement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Sometimes I post things that are only for my amusement. Hey, if we can't amuse ourselves, why do we bother? Carry on ... I did watch the whole damn clip waiting for some ugly assterisk doglike creature to make an appearance so it would fit in the thread ... Okay, I'm a moran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Hey, if we can't amuse ourselves, why do we bother? Carry on ... I did watch the whole damn clip waiting for some ugly assterisk doglike creature to make an appearance so it would fit in the thread ... Okay, I'm a moran. See. Now I've amused myself. I found it funny to think of some people here watching that song. Now you have the song stuck in your head. I do remember a version of that song with the words changed to chupacabra. Although it was during college, so it may have been "imagined". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 CUERO, Texas (Sept. 1) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one. "If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said. "It's good for Cuero." Firstly, people who shoot stripy horses and call themselves hunters are f'n idiots. Why does the origin of this story not surprise me? Secondly, didn't take her long to start selling T-shirts, did it? I call BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Firstly, people who shoot stripy horses and call themselves hunters are f'n idiots. Why does the origin of this story not surprise me? Secondly, didn't take her long to start selling T-shirts, did it? I call BS. I was ready to call BS on it too until I seen the photo. I am now awaiting results from the DNA testing they are doing. either way its nothing more than some kind of dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Cuero, TX = 94.3 miles from Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Cuero, TX = 94.3 miles from Austin. by road but not by air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 by road but not by air It's a commonly-known fact that chupacabras drive AMC Pacers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 It's a commonly-known fact that chupacabras drive AMC Pacers. depending on top speed, you might haveone in your bed by midnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 saw some nutria this summer in east texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 saw some nutria this summer in east texas. Those are good eating, seriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 looks like a pigs head or a charred dog ...only blood sucker in texas is Jerry Jones ( sorry whomp i had to do it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 Texas Mystery Creature Just a Coyote AP Posted: 2007-11-03 15:04:15 Filed Under: Weird News SAN MARCOS, Texas (Nov. 2) - The results are in: The ugly, big-eared animal found this summer in southern Texas is not the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. It's just a plain old coyote. Photo Gallery: It's No 'Goat Sucker' Eric Gay, AP Phylis Canion holds the head of what she called a chupacabra, or "goat sucker," on Aug. 31 in Cuero, Texas. She found the animal dead outside her ranch and suspected it killed many of her chickens. 1 of 4 Biologists at Texas State University announced Thursday night they had identified the hairless doglike creature. San Antonio television station KENS-TV provided a tissue sample from the animal for testing. "The DNA sequence is a virtually identical match to DNA from the coyote," biologist Mike Forstner said in a statement. "This is probably the answer a lot of folks thought might be the outcome. I, myself, really thought it was a domestic dog, but the Cuero Chupacabra is a Texas Coyote." Phylis Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in Cuero, 90 miles southeast of San Antonio, Texas. Canion said she saved the head of the one she found so she could get to the bottom of its ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity. Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Additional skin samples have been taken to try to determine the cause of the animal's hair loss, Forstner said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 What a shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 That's one ugly ass coyote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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