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Is THIS the mythical chupacabra?
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Is THIS the mythical chupacabra? Texas family finds mysterious hairless creature prowling through their yard
A man in Ratcliffe, Texas has caught a smallish, black critter that he believes is the legendary beast
The story of El Chupacabra began in Puerto Rico when farmers found their goats dead and drained of all their blood
While Jackie Stock and her husband Bubba think they've bagged the mythical animal, some believe they have a raccoon with mange
A Texas couple believe they've captured the legendary 'goat sucker' beast el chupacabra.
Jackie Stock and her husband Bubba discovered the hairless, growling creature eating corn outside their Ratcliffe home on Sunday and decided it could be but one thing.
'He called me to come and look, and I said "Bubba that looks like a baby chupacabra,”' Stock said.
Indeed, the animal is not very large--perhaps the size of a house cat.
But its wrinkly black skin and bulbous eyes still lend it a look of menace.
The couple have kept the thing in a cage and have been feeding it and making sure it has water to drink.
They've also given friends and neighbors the opportunity to come take a peek.
Neighbor Arlen Parma spoke from experience when he concluded it's likely the blood sucking chupacabra.
'I hunted coons for 20 years with dogs and I ain’t ever seen anything that looks like that right there,' Parma told KAVU.
And his identification wasn't just based on looks:
'A coon doesn’t make that noise, or a possum. What makes that noise? I guess a chupacabra does,' Parma said.
Stock and her husband say they have kept the animal in a cage, not to harm it, but out of curiosity.
'We were just trying to figure out what it is because we've never seen anything like it before,' Stock said.
No chupacabra has ever been positively identified, of course, and if the Stock's find is ever ID'd, it will likely be as a mammal, possibly with a parasitic infestation that has caused its hair to fall out.
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Mysterious hairless creature first thought to be chupacabra was likely a diseased raccoon
The small, black critter that some believed to be the legendary beast was put down to end its suffering
Local game officials have decided against performing a necropsy to confirm what it was
Most believed it was only a raccoon with mange that caused the animal's hair to fall out
The story of El Chupacabra began in Puerto Rico when farmers found their goats dead and drained of all their blood
The animal believed by some to be the legendary 'goat sucker' beast el chupacabra was likely a diseased raccoon, but no necropsy will be performed to confirm.
The hairless, snarling creature was discovered Sunday by a Texas couple eating corn outside their Ratcliffe home, they since have had it euthanized because it appeared to be suffering.
A local game official told TMZ he believes it was a raccoon with mange, but that no necropsy will be performed on the bizarre creature.
'The warden did contact the person who trapped the animal and told him that since it did appear to be a raccoon, he would have to release it back into the wild or euthanize it,' Mike Cox, Texas parks and Wildlife Department spokesperson, told NBC News.
'The land owner left a message on the warden's voice mail this morning that the animal had been euthanized.'
When asked by NBC why no further investigation would be done, Cox quipped 'our agency does not believe chupacabras exist anywhere but in the imaginations of some.'
Some of those people include Jackie Stock and her husband, the couple who discovered the bizarre beast and began calling it Chupie.
She told TMZ of her sadness at having it put down.
'It went to sleep peacefully,' she told TMZ. 'I had gotten attached. I was calling him Chupie. He will be missed.'
Officials at the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office referred inquiries about the animal to local game warden Mike Hoffman, who has yet to respond to interview requests from MailOnline.
The woman also told the gossip site that she had received several complaints over the unusual animal being kept in a cage and not receiving proper care.
The couple was in disbelief after first discovering the creature, which she said is likely only a raccoon with mange.
'He called me to come and look, and I said 'Bubba that looks like a baby chupacabra,' Stock said.
The animal was not very large, perhaps the size of a house cat. They kept it in a cage, fed it and made sure it had water. PETA began leaving her voice mail complaints over how they cared for the supposed chupacabra, according to reports.
They also gave friends and neighbors the opportunity to come take a peek.
Neighbor Arlen Parma spoke from experience, and insisted it was likely the blood-sucking chupacabra.
'I hunted coons for 20 years with dogs and I ain’t ever seen anything that looks like that right there,' Parma told KAVU.
And his identification wasn't just based on looks:
'A coon doesn’t make that noise, or a possum. What makes that noise? I guess a chupacabra does,' Parma said.
Stock and her husband say they kept the animal in a cage, not to harm it, but out of curiosity.
'We were just trying to figure out what it is because we've never seen anything like it before,' Stock said.
No chupacabra has ever been positively identified, of course, and if the Stock's find is ever ID'd, it will likely be as a mammal, possibly with a parasitic infestation that has caused its hair to fall out.
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Chupacabra-Like Animal Won't Be Necropsied -- Texas Can't Handle the Truth!
Chupacabra Mystery
Dead Animal Won't Be Tested
Texas Can't Handle the Truth!
Move over grassy knoll ... there's a new conspiracy in town -- animal regulators in Texas REFUSE to necropsy the dead animal some believe to be a Chupacabra.
Mike Cox (yes, really) from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. tells TMZ ... there's no reason to perform tests on the raccoon-like animal captured in Ratcliff, TX this week because his agency has determined Chupacabras are mythical creatures.
TMZ sadly broke the story ... the couple that captured the animal -- which they named Chupie -- had it put down after they were told it was suffering. The know-it-alls convinced them it was a mange-riddled raccoon.
So, we asked, what is the scientific basis to definitely exclude a Chupacabra as a possibility? Cox fired back, "There hasn't been a new mammal discovered in Texas in centuries."
Oh really Cox? Well, Smithsonian scientists announced last August ... they had discovered a new species of mammal called the Olinguito ... part of the raccoon family.
So there are still undiscovered treasures in the animal kingdom ... even mangy ones.
As for the the final resting place of Chupie ... it's a fireplace mantle. The finders are taking it to a taxidermist.
So, hide your kids, hide your goats.
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