El Chupacabra

The demonic protagonist of an old myth or a new species created by the U.S. secret government that they do not want us to know about? Whatever the case El Chupacabra is something people should not overlook. El Chupacabra is a legendary cryptozoology creature that has been letting his presence be felt in differents parts of the world ,including Puerto Rico, Russia, Mexico, the U.S. , Central America , South America.
The origin of el chupacabra is unknown but it has not stopped people from inferring or creating their own stories. The term “chupacabra” is Spanish for “goatsucker.” The first sighting of the chupacabra myth was first reported in Cavanas, Puerto Rico on March 1995. Madelyne Tolantino was the first person to report the creature eventually
named by, Puerto Rican comedian, Silverio Perez. Even though Perez used the term “chupacabra” he was not the creator of the term. The term chupacabra surfaced from 2,300 years of American and European belief about a creature who prey on their livestock, mainly goats. This creature was a harmless nocturnal bird , this was believe to be the chupacabra because these birds would fly over the goats before they were found dead with their blood being sucked out of them (Jason Colativo, “Prehistory of Chupacabra”). Another explanation for the origin of the chupacabra is that it is the product of top-secret U.S. government genetics experiments in the rainforest of Puerto Rico. Some suggest that it's an extraterrestrial being, brought to Earth on spaceships. Still others suggest that the mysterious creature is part of some sinister biological warfare program, or even the embodiment of God's wrath. (Benjamin Radford, “Chupacabra: Facts about the Mysterious Vampire Beast” ).
There is four very different versions of the legendary chupacabra.
Although, each version being very unique in it’s own way they kill the same way , by sucking the blood out it’s prey with a signature style. However, only two of them are mostly known , which are the Puerto Rican chupacabra and the wild dog or Texas chupacabra. First, the one who helped create the term “chupacabra” was a harmless bird that was believed to kill livestock due to the fact these bird would fly over the livestock a short time before the livestock were found dead. The most common one was reported in Puerto Rico which is a reptile-like creature with leathery greenish-gray skin and spikes running down the spine of the back. The monster can be approximately three to four feet tall and standing and hopping like a kangaroo. This version has been reported by 200 people in Puerto Rico and some people in Russia. The third increasingly common version of the chupacabra , in the U.S., is more like a strange breed of wild dog or coyote. This version lacks the hair of a dog, but features the pronounced spinal ridge or “spikes” similar to the reptilian chupacabra. The four-legged, dog-like chupacabra is also known for some fearsome fangs and claws used to kill and suck the blood out it’s prey. This version has been the most reported , Texas being the place being most reported. The fourth and least famous version of the chupacabra, which people relate with Dracula, is a bat-like creature with unusual large fangs. This version has never really been reported but people relate to Dracula because they both suck blood of their prey. (“Vampire Studies: El
Chupacabra”).
Other factor we have to consider is the behaviors, habitat of el chupacabra. El chupacabra drain the blood of it’s prey, leaving the meat. Not many animals suck the blood of their prey leaving the meat , mosquitoes , being the closest candidate to doing this. People say that a coyote could have attack the animals and failed to kill , leaving the animal to bleed to death. However, farmers confirmed that there was no blood around the animals and they definitely drained from most their blood. The chupacabra leaves it’s mark on his prey through the bite unusual bite marks found on the prey. These bites are very unique to the chupacabra, not many animals kill or bite in the same way as the chupacabra. The Puerto Rican chupacabra receives the most criticism because the description of this version is very similar from the monster from the 1995 Sci-Fi film Species. The film Species features strange alien creature breaking lose from an U.S. government program in a jungle killing various of animals and even humans. Benjamin Radford, author of Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore, has conducted studies on the chupacabra and he’s concluded that the Puerto Rican chupacabra sightings “can not be trusted” because the creature described and the creature from the film were very similar (Carey, “El Chupacabra Mystery Solved: case of Mistaken Identity”). This claim actually has some background to it but you can not tell me that every person who reported it was influenced by the film Species. Some people believe the Texas version of the chupacabra has been proving to be a coyote and wild dog hybrid with the skin disease mange, a skin disease caused by mites. Although, that does not mean this version is non existing because there is no links connecting the animal caught and the signature killings of the farm animals.