El Chupacabra

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:42 pm

The El Chupacabra is a myth...legend... well it is something that originated in Puero Rico. The "Goat Sucker" as it is trasnlated into English is kinda like Big Foot or a Yeti on four legs that has a reputation for not being something you want to find alone in the woods. This thing allegedly sucks all the blood from its prey like a vampire and there are many differnt variations of what it may look like; anyway there have been "sightings in Europe, Texas, Tennesse, California, Washington, Puerto Rico, and parts of Mexico. Yet the most recent was in Longveiw, Texas a town less than 50 miles from my house so naturallly it is on the news and werent really sure waht they had found it had been hit just hard enough by a truck or car or something to just kill it on the side of the road and the guy that found it the next morning took pictures of it that didnt get into the web page so i went and found an internet site on the thing and found a picture of it and although nobody is just sure what it looks like i will show a few variations of it. If you know any thing about it please... share.

Paranitis · Post by **Paranitis** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:53 pm

Umm..can you possibly attach some files for us to look at? Normal picture viewing doesn't work here anymore for past reasons.

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:47 pm

Chupacabras exist. I killed one three months ago, in an epic battle for my sheep. And the monster insisted to tell me to drink some coffe and take a cold bath!

Uh... nevermind. It's an urban legend that is also very largely distributed on south america, but dont worry, seems that the fox and some smaller animals may have the habit of drinking the blood of animals if they cant, for some reason, open their leather skin.

Besides, if there is a Chupacabras around, you may be sure it wont atack humans. Chupacabras only atack animals and lonely animals according to the lore, only those who leave the group. So, if you're home alone, take care.

blake · Post by **blake** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:53 pm

eek

Yeah, ive done numerous reports on the chupacabra in school and it really freaks me out. I was just out in a field with my girlfriend today, we live in Texas, and was thinking... "hmmm, i hope i dont get goat sucked..."

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:04 pm

[QUOTE=blake]Yeah, ive done numerous reports on the chupacabra in school and it really freaks me out. I was just out in a field with my girlfriend today, we live in Texas, and was thinking... "hmmm, i hope i dont get goat sucked..."[/QUOTE]

Blake, it will be easier to get stabbed by a scorpion... Well, thats my guess. I'm pretty skeptical about Chupacabras cause this has been a real big issue two years ago in Brazil till the news got used and used and used and dried and then died.

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:06 am

[QUOTE=blake]Yeah, ive done numerous reports on the chupacabra in school and it really freaks me out. I was just out in a field with my girlfriend today, we live in Texas, and was thinking... "hmmm, i hope i dont get goat sucked..."[/QUOTE]
Funny, the last time I was alone with a girl I was thinking the exact opposite.

All this talk about the Chupacabra reminds of an educational video about Bigfoot on Futurama:

"In the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest dwells the strange and beautiful creature known as Bigfoot perhaps. Sadly, logging and human settlement threaten what might be his habitat. Although if it's not they don't. Bigfoot populations require vast amounts of land to remain elusive in. They typically dwell just behind rocks but are also sometimes playful, bounding into thick fogs and out-of-focus areas. Remember, it's up to us. Bigfoot is a crucial part of the ecosystem if he exists. So let’s all help keep Bigfoot possibly alive for future generations to enjoy unless he doesn't exist."

Paranitis · Post by **Paranitis** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:06 am

'Stabbed' by a scorpion? Like the scorpion is holding a knife? Or someone holding a scorpion and stabbing you with it? Or do you mean 'stung' by a scorpion?

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:17 am

[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]Chupacabras exist. I killed one three months ago, in an epic battle for my sheep. [/QUOTE]

In other words, the chupacabra you killed was either Waverly, or a relative of Waverly's. It doesn't sound good, regardless.

I only met a chupacabra, once. It was the late 17th century, and I was hanging around Trinidad after the dullest part of my 3500-year-long vacation from active Babylonian godhood. I met up with a sweet young thing who turned out to be the Viceroy's daughter. I asked if black lace was the fashion in the area, and she told me that no, she had just had the great pleasure of seeing her annoying brother buried.

Evidently, he found annoying people too much fun to give up completely, because he came back that night and many following nights as a chupacabra. For a small fee, I agreed to get rid of him. We played cards, drank quite a bit, and I told him about my form of worship (that is, the religion that involves...worshipping...me.) Eventually, he decided to give it a try, and I moved him back a few thousand years to Babylon. Last I heard, he was incredibly happy, gambling and dating my vestal virgins.

The moral of this story is that vicious living can bring its own reward.

Taco Magus · Post by **Taco Magus** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:10 am

Are you guys sure u havent been mistaking this creature for a peguin? they are very dangerous indeed. see my post here

Btw wasnt chupacabra in diablo1?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:00 am

@Blake: Don't fear, the Chupacabra is a mythical creature just as Neo states, it belongs to cryptozoology. Cryptozoology is the study of animals that are not known by science. "Hidden" animals that may exist during to legend, folk lore and anecdotes, but have not been objectivly observed. Examples of creatures that belong to the crypozoology are Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, unicorns and the Chupacabra.

As with most legends, there is an explanation behind the seemingly "unexplained" phenomena that people observe. As far as I know, the Chupacabra legend started out with findings of dead goats in Puerto Rico. Veterinary examinations revealed nothing unusal with the dead goats, but due to some phenomena (I can explain in detail if someone is intersted) that can occur when carcasses are lying outside for a while, people started believing that the goats' bodies had been emptied of blood. That's how the "goat sucker" name was established.

Since then, the myth has spread to Mexico and souther US, and been picked up by UFO-conspiracy groups who claim the Chupacabra is the result of alien experiements, and by other conspiracy grouops who claim it is the result of mad Russian or Chinese scientists. In both groups, it is of course also believed that the goverment is withholding information from the people in order for panick not to spread etcetc the usual crap. Fake videos and pictures of Chupacabras have been released on internet.

I am not familiar with the recent reports that Neo refers to, but please post a link if you have any. I am sure that carcass of the dead animal will turn out to be a well known species.

blake · Post by **blake** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:25 am

eek

[QUOTE=C Elegans]@Blake: Don't fear, the Chupacabra is a mythical creature just as Neo states, it belongs to cryptozoology. Cryptozoology is the study of animals that are not known by science. "Hidden" animals that may exist during to legend, folk lore and anecdotes, but have not been objectivly observed. Examples of creatures that belong to the crypozoology are Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, unicorns and the Chupacabra.
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hmm... Stupid Text... Sorry i was kidding, i guess the part about goat sucked wasnt silly enough to be seen.I had other things on my mind at that time, heh. I have done reports on it in school though. Its always fun topic to research to see the new pictures of badly mangled creatures that got hit just hard enough by the car to not tell what it is...

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:49 am

Actually, this is the best urban legen to come across SYM for monts...

Keep it up dude, you got even some Fable lore!!!

lol!

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:10 am

Cool, I'm noing to use it as a little sub-quest in the d&d quest i'm writing.

I've said it before, SYM is my inspiration. I already have a NPC based on Fable.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:11 am

[QUOTE=blake]Sorry i was kidding, i guess the part about goat sucked wasnt silly enough to be seen.[/QUOTE]

Ah, sorry then. Well, anyway, I did some reading on the recent Texas case and found some pictures on the net, and I am willing to bet it's a severly malnourished dog with sarcoptic mange or similar skin disease. It was reported that the animal had long claws and that it's teeth was in excellent condition despite the bad state of the skin, which makes it more likely it is a domestic and not a wild living creature. The poor dog-like animal also has an overbite, maybe this made feeding very difficult. If there are several animals in this condition found in the area, it may be a genetic disorder or even a breeder who mistreats the animals badly.

PS I also enjoy cryptozoology, it's amazing what the human mind can believe without evidence!

giles337 · Post by **giles337** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:12 pm

dude.... you still amaze me CE

so how does this thing manage inter-continental travel??? easy-jet?

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:25 pm

[QUOTE=Rob-hin]I've said it before, SYM is my inspiration. I already have a NPC based on Fable.

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This sounds scary.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 7:24 pm

[QUOTE=giles337]dude.... you still amaze me CE

so how does this thing manage inter-continental travel??? easy-jet?

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Amaze you with my addiction to curious information?

I suppose the creature is an illegal immigrant, like everybody from South America.

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:44 pm

Sorry for the delay on the pics that i promised to ya'll, I just kinda started watching movies HBO has it all.

any way heres the article that the News station put up but they didnt have their pictures that they showed on the news bit that they did on it. I guess that they just didn't feel the need to follow up on the internet with some pictures.... any way heres the article and i found an ok pic but it is not nearly as good as the pic that they showed and Scayde is at work so i cant get her to help me get some really good pics. http://www.nbc56.com/artman/publish/article_725.shtml http://www.uncoveror.com/chupa.jpg
http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/chupacabra1.jpg
The face looked more like the first pic and then what it is supposed to look like is the second picture but how can you say waht something is supossed to look like if no one has official record of it???

and then the last one down there is just wierd looking

http://www.vgg.com/et/chup.jpg

EDIT: Wow Ther is actually a whole internet site/forum/store thingie for the chupacabra! http://www.elchupacabra.com

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:47 am

[QUOTE=fable]This sounds scary.

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I'll explain here.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:28 am

Yes, that explains everything neatly. Though you left out the part about Elminster cheating at cards.

When I used to play in one particular MMORPG, I had a kindly mage who was slightly crazed and manic, with a penchant for telling stories like a bard. It got so that I would enter the gameworld, only to have a group gather around the mage and ask him for a tale. Was kinda fun, though the game lost a lot of flavor as traffic picked up. When novice players run into the rooms where you're doing a bit of roleplaying every minute hitting a macro of I NEED SPELZ!!!!!!! GIMME SPELZ!!!! and such, you feel like emigrating.

@Blake: Don't fear, the Chupacabra is a mythical creature just as Neo states, it belongs to cryptozoology. Cryptozoology is the study of animals that are not known by science. "Hidden" animals that may exist during to legend, folk lore and anecdotes, but have not been objectivly observed. Examples of creatures that belong to the crypozoology are Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, unicorns and the Chupacabra.

Yes, humanity has a remarkable propensity for believing in the existence of creatures that haven't ever been seen over 1000 years or more of legend. But the unicorn (at least, as far as my meager study has gone) was used in the early Renaissance symbolically to denote purity. Anything that starts as a symbol among scholars has a tendency to debasement once it gets out, of course. I think there's a direct correlation here with the modern promulgation of pseudo-science by the popular media. If it's sensational enough and the person claiming it is a "scientist" or an "academician," it rates several minutes of coverage.