Chupacabra
What is a chupacabra?
The chupacabras[1] (from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat sucker"), is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1995 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabras as a contemporary legend.[2]
What does BEAM know of this creature?
From the FIGU Forum, Questions Answered by Billy thread[3]:
Question
Ben
Dear BEAM and Christian
What is your knowledge about the creature called Chupacabra? Is it real creature, does it evolved by natural means (if not then how it originated), what is it's life-span, do Plejaren ever investigated how many those creatures currently live on Earth and in which region of our planet, does the visual description of this creature presented by alleged witnesses corresponds to it's actual look.
Thank you for your answer.
Salome
Beniamin Skowronski
Answer
Billy does know about those ape-like creatures from TV, but cannot answer your questions.
References
- ↑ Diccionario Clave, chupacabras. It states that both singular and plural is chupacabras.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
- ↑ http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/12/11395.html?1283081740
