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Chupacabra Mystery Solved

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Belfast

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Not solved. This is still conjecture:

"Because these animals are greatly weakened, they're going to have a hard time hunting," OConnor said. "So they may be forced into attacking livestock because it's easier than running down a rabbit or a deer."
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Until they witness and document an attack, I say this is merely a possibility and not an answer.
 
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KHarvey16

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ToxicAdam said:
Come on, KHarvey. You know I don't read shit.
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It's because the dirty humans full of mites made dogs more resistant to them than their wild counterparts. So really this Chupacabra thing is for the wild dogs/coyote's own good, eventually they'll thank us if we step up our efforts.
 
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McNei1y

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Cuban Legend said:
kids get in here or else the mothman will eat your clothes off
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no but seriously I like that.




What other mythical/mysterious things do we have left that hasn't been debunked yet!?!? It's getting thinner. My childhood is fading away from me. Even though I am 21.

We still got Nessie?
 
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Poimandres

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Zzoram said:
Vampire bats? They are known to bite livestock, their saliva is anticoagulating so the blood will flow freely for a day. They generally hunt at night and apparently their teeth are so sharp and cut skin so easily that animals won't even wake up when it happens, leading to a bunch of bats sitting on the animal drinking for hours.

If the goats were already weak or sick with something so that they can't clot after the anticoagulant breaks down, they would keep bleeding until they died.
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The problem with this theory is, several animals have been found completely drained of blood with only a few small puncture wounds and no blood at all around the body.

This wouldn't fit with the standard behavior of vampire bats, which might cause animals to bleed out but rarely drain animals to death. Also it would presumably take a lot of vampire bats to drain a cow, but these drained animals usually only have 3 puncture marks.

It's not a bad theory though. Seems plausible. Maybe some sort of large unidentified species of vampire bat?
 
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Apoc29

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So the wild dog-like creature suspected of terrorizing goats turns out to be...a wild dog terrorizing goats.
 
Evolved1

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make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Poimandres said:
The problem with this theory is, several animals have been found completely drained of blood with only a few small puncture wounds and no blood at all around the body.

This wouldn't fit with the standard behavior of vampire bats, which might cause animals to bleed out but rarely drain animals to death. Also it would presumably take a lot of vampire bats to drain a cow, but these drained animals usually only have 3 puncture marks.

It's not a bad theory though. Seems plausible. Maybe some sort of large unidentified species of vampire bat?
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Maybe, but...

There are people who make big feet out of plaster of paris so they can plant giant "big foot" footprints in the mud... people who spend all night pressing down corn stalks with a board to create "crop circles", people who hang paper plates from a string to photograph "UFO's", and on and on...

They are full of shit. I don't put it past folks to exsanguinate an animal for the same reason.
 
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KHarvey16

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I know the author of the article tries to conflate the chupacabra with cattle mutilation, but they don't necessarily relate in any way whatsoever. If I had to guess I'd say the scientist interviewed here didn't even prepare for that particular question.
 
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Bit-Bit said:
I never understood what a chubacabra is and why it's scary.
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As a child growing up in Mexico when the Chupacabra phenomenon was in full force, this was the creature of my most terrible nightmares. Try going to the bathroom at 3:00 a.m. by having to traverse a 20 meter path from your bedroom to the bathroom that is completely uncovered to the the night sky. You are afraid to look up the moon light because any object in its path might fool your eyes to think there is a creature observing you.
 
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TL4E

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Lasthope106 said:
As a child growing up in Mexico when the Chupacabra phenomenon was in full force, this was the creature of my most terrible nightmares. Try going to the bathroom at 3:00 a.m. by having to traverse a 20 meter path from your bedroom to the bathroom that is completely uncovered to the the night sky. You are afraid to look up the moon light because any object in its path might fool your eyes to think there is a creature observing you.
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There was a point in my childhood when I feared it on many a night living in Chicago... :lol
 
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Poimandres

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recklessmind said:
Maybe, but...

There are people who make big feet out of plaster of paris so they can plant giant "big foot" footprints in the mud... people who spend all night pressing down corn stalks with a board to create "crop circles", people who hang paper plates from a string to photograph "UFO's", and on and on...

They are full of shit. I don't put it past folks to exsanguinate an animal for the same reason.
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Definitely. People will try anything for a buck or to get some attention.

However, I'm not sure how difficult it is to neatly drain a cow. I read something a time back about how there was no cell collapse in the drained animals, but that seems a little incredulous. I just don't know how attention seeking pranksters would actually go about doing such a thing...
 
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CurlySaysX

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this has been known since forever. how many tax dollars were wasted on this study? I could have done it for half with a simple Google search.
What next? Chuck Norris doesn't possess super human abilities but is actually just a normal human being.
 
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Alfarif

This picture? uhh I can explain really!
This shit couldn't wait until AFTER Halloween? Fuck you, Science. Next thing you'll tell me that god damn Slenderman isn't real and that demons won't come and drag me the fuck under my bed into the nether abyss... I fucking hate science. :(
 
Trojita

Trojita

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MrHicks said:
uuuum supposed chupa victims are animals completely drained of blood
just a few tiny fangmarks here and there and completely intact otherwise

when a dog kills/eats something it rips its prey to shreds like wolves
BS solved my ass
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Yeah the study only shows what the "chupacabra" corpses possibly are and how they became like that, not what is causing the blood sucking fang marks on the livestock.
 
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ChiTownBuffalo

Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Scientists: Ruining Magnets and Chupacabras.
 
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SUPREME1

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Since when do foxes/wolves/coyotes drain the blood of an animal and not rip it to shreds for it's meat?

They completely failed to address this point.
 
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Johnlenham

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Green Mamba said:
Uh, that absolutely looks like the rotted head of a dog.
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Its actually some art work done by some guy, theres a few other ones and that picture is alot bigger. Ill be damned if im going to hunt it down though :lol
 
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