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Welcome to the July issue of Odyssey of Oddities
This month the topic is

C H U P A C A B R A S

So, you hear a commotion outside on your deck or patio. You live in the island nation of Puerto Rico. The noise startles you from your sleep. The dogs are barking and going wild. Something is amiss. It's time to spring out of bed and investigate. Your wife is awake by now as well, as you pull your trousers up and put on your shoes. The noise is really wild now as the chickens on your patio have joined in with the dogs. You open the door and to your amazement or total shock, there is a creature pulling chickens out of your chicken cage. Several dead chickens are on the patio already. The creature looks at you with glowing red eyes. It's slight body is akin to that of a monster. You grab anything you can find and start clubbing the intruder. It fights back at you and you struggle with it for a time. The creature is further startled by your wife as she appears and screams. Suddenly it jumps high into the air and escapes into the night, as you give chase. The creature is too fast, and so you give up, and go back to examine the dead chickens lying all around your patio.

This is exactly what happened in one of the earliest Chupacabras attacks. It is not fiction, or someone's fanciful tale. Other animals in the area were drained of blood by two puncture wounds to the neck, just as this man's chickens were. Goats were found with the same cause of death, hence the name Chupacabras, which means "Goat sucker" was given to the mysterious leathery creature. Even the Mayor of the city got involved and is a true believer in the Chupacabras. He saw the evidence and was good friends with one of the victims. Having known one of the people all his life, he knew that he was not prone to telling fictional fairy tales. The search was on. Many animals in the area, including cats, goats, chickens were all victimized and killed by this elusive creature. The first real attacks had begun and they seemed to originate in Puerto Rico.

It seems as though the initial sightings were confined to Puerto Rico, but that didn't last too long. Texas, and Florida had similar incidents happen. Then Mexico and recently, even South America. Arizona and California later were also struck by the "Chupa" also. It seems as though the Chupa likes to work in the southern regions of the U.S., South America, and Central America. There were reports in two other U.S. cities that were never explained where cats were meeting a similar fate. St. Louis Mo. and Chicago Illinois were both victimized by something that killed house cats. After following up on these incidents, nothing was mentioned to really blame it on the Chupa though. .The current activity seems to be located in Chile in South America. One investigator has concluded that as many as 50 of the creatures may be in the country. There have been over 135 animal deaths recently. When he tried to put a number on other deaths that were perhaps not reported to anyone, his estimate would be around 5000 animal deaths attributed to the Chupacabras. The same investigator attributes ufo activity with the chupa. There have been many attacks after ufo sightings in many areas of his country. So, we have a new investigator in a "hot spot" who is currently documenting the latest cases for study.

Glowing red eyes always disturbs me greatly. I would need my heart restarted if I ever saw glowing red eyes. This is what makes the Chupa especially scary in my opinion. Along with glowing red eyes, the creature stands around four feet in height, with hair that goes down it's back. Most accounts show that it has wire like hair on it's head sometimes too and on the rest of it's body, but not totally covered in hair. Leathery skin seems to be shown in most accounts as well. Fangs protrude from it's mouth, not unlike a vampire. The head seems large, but not too large in relation to the rest of it's body. The legs are spindly but it has enough muscle tone to it's thighs to make it seem compatible with it's ability to jump and run well. Some accounts give the Chupa "wings" and the ability to fly.

There are many artist renderings to look at on the web, but most people have heard of the Chupa and have seen these renderings. One interesting note is that A village in South America described it perfectly during a recent attack. The notable thing here was that they had no previous knowledge of the creature. They were very isolated and didn't have access to any previous stories to relate to. So when they drew the pictures of what the intruder looked like, it was quite interesting that they drew the exact description that most of the other accounts elsewhere had come up with!

Does this creature really exist? In my opinion, I tend to think that it must. There have been too many accounts as of now with too many credible eyewitnesses that all describe the same thing over and over again. The dead goats, and chickens were killed by something, and in so many cases, the people whose animals were killed all described the killer in great detail and it always is the same, or very very close in it's makeup. If this was a court case, it would have enough evidence to prosecute someone that looked like that! I am going to say that this creature is in fact out there.

As to where it comes from, or how long it has been around, that is anyone's guess. Legends of Gargoyles have been in existence almost as long as man has been on the planet. Are these creatures Gargoyles? Various cultures have all had the Gargoyle in their history. Could it be more than just a concept for a statue on a building? Chupacabras may have been in existence for a long long time. Who is to say? Another theory is that the secret lab on Puerto Rico created the creature in a genetics experiment. That is also a possibility too. No one knows much about the Chupacabras, or where it comes from. That is something that we may never know. Even though it may be a ufo related creature, it is hard to say where the Chupa's reside.

Recently one account in South America told of how one was captured by a government team. The creature was whisked away never to be seen again. So if they are real, there is a possibility that someone has one in captivity somewhere. I hope they keep it securely fastened in it's cage.

I would like to say I am a skeptic on this one however, with the evidence and quality of the witnesses that are all around in many countries, I have to say they saw something out of the ordinary. Without being able to offer any other conclusion, I have to go along with what they all seem to describe with the same similarity. Until there is evidence to the contrary, I will go along with the Chupacabras. After all it's an odd place out there sometimes.. Gtars said it..

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Welcome to the July issue of Odyssey of Oddities This month the topic is

C H U P A C A B R A S

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