OT - Chupacabra caught alive in South Texas
I give up. What changed that we can't embed in the first post anymore?
I lived in South Florida for a bunch of years and I swear that every time there was a particularly long string of slow news cycles there was a story about Chupacabra. People down there were just obsessed with the stupid thing.
After that I moved up here to Metro Detroit and it strikes me that the same is true with one of two stories. Every time the news gets a little slower than normal up here, the local stations start running stories about either the the Oakland County Child Killer or the location of where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.
There might be one or two stories that pop up when the news gets slow in Detroit, but nain rouge definitely wins that comparison.
It might have been struck by lightning to give it that white hair, but I think it's a human. You can see the giveaway at 0:41 of the video. They give it a human sounding name of "Jackie Stock". I can't tell for sure, but I'd say it's highly unlikely that's a chupacabra.
Canine's don't eat like that. It's a raccoon without hair. Coons do growl despite the expert witness' assertion to the contrary.
Look at the way it uses its paws, its posture, its bulbous black eyes, its tail.
Poor bastard probably has mange.
It was probably the offspring of MeanJoe7 and a racoon.
This was about a year ago. It turned out to be a racoon that had lost its hair.
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/another-chupacabra-monster…
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South Texas is not the remotest parts of Belize. Or the Mariana's Trench.
if only it were though...
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I'll mess with Texas. Come at me bro!
a pile of Bigfoot crap has been found in Washington state. Link to follow.
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until you added the word "state."
that was one of my errant flings of poop.
Maybe it's just the pet of the Leprechaun that was in Alabama?
biologist to determine wtf that is. I like the idea of finding a mythical animal, holding onto hope that its the real deal.
This video is over a year old...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/living-chupacabra-capture_n_50…
Yeah, that's just a dog with a weird skin condition. But I will say, the couple who caught it should take a bow for being the most Texas couple I can imagine.
I will trade them my Jersey Devil for it
Any story that begins with "Deep in the backwoods of south Texas" gets five fakes out of five.
BREAKING NEWS: BIGFOOT SPOTTED
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great, great, aunt Louise.
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Why can't I find a pic of a Javelina that has a rat tail like the animal in question?
Being a wildlife biologist is never useful on this blog, until today (or when discussing Bret Bielema). That is a raccoon with some kind of condition leading to hair loss such as mange, ringworm, or alopecia. Sometimes a diet change can do the same. Google "raccoon with mange". Happens with coyotes also and people go nuts and call the TV station. Perhaps Mrs. Stock should supply it with whatever she uses on her own scalp, seems to be very effective for her and they are both mammals so why not.
People thinking that a medium sized mammal can maintain a population level high enough to persist yet somehow go undocumented for decades in areas with high human populations, tons of hikers and hunters, and severe habitat fragmentation are living in a fantasy world (populated by bigfoots (bigfeet?), chupacabras, loch ness monsters, high school linemen with "excellent pad level", large breasted centaurs, and Miley Cyrus.)
You're going to tell me Harry isn't real? Get lawst.
