January 15, 2014

The Chupacabras: Which One?

Las_Caras_de_la_Chupacabra_by_kjmarch
Las Caras de la Chupacabra by kjmarch

“As someone who has now been to Puerto Rico on many occasions, I am often asked a question that goes something like this: How did the Chupacabras manage to make its way from Puerto Rico – an island – to the United States, and specifically to the heart of Texas? Well, the fact is that it didn’t. Not at all. In the slightest.

“Despite what certain people in the media, eyewitnesses, and elements of the paranormal research community have said to the contrary, the only connection between the original beast of Puerto Rico and the skinny, hairless dog-beasts of Texas is the name they share. And that’s it.”

That – above – is how my latest Mysterious Universe article begins on the Puerto Rican Chupacabras vs. the Texan one…

Nick Redfern About Nick Redfern
Punk music fan, Tennents Super and Carlsberg Special Brew beer fan, horror film fan, chocolate fan, like to wear black clothes, like to stay up late. Work as a writer.

Filed under Chupacabras, Cryptid Canids, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Eyewitness Accounts, Lair of the Beasts