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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Report: Chupacabra attacks farm animals
It's back. A farmer claims the legendary Chupacabra attacked
his lambs in a farm in central Chihuahua last week, according to
Mexican news reports. The farmer said that he found 10 of
his animals Thursday morning with head and neck wounds that he believes
were caused by the infamous "goat sucker" in a rural community southeast
of Delicias, La Opción de Chihuahua reported. One lamb was killed. La Opcion reported that another man in the same community reported a Chupacabra attack years ago, but it had been five years since the last attack.
Delicias is southeast of Chihuahua City, about 300 miles south of El Paso.
Chupacabra stories first emerged in Puerto Rico in the early 1990s and reported sightings over the years have spread to several parts of the North and South America, including the U.S. and Mexico. Chupacabra tales first hit the El Paso-Juárez region in 1995, including a report of a married woman from the Juárez area who claimed that the blood-sucking creature had bitten her on the neck. Her claim was later debunked as an attempt to divert attention from a lover's hickey.
In 2010, two men said they believed the Chupacabra was responsible for the deaths of at least 30 of their chickens in Horizon City, according to El Paso Times archives...more
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