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Last week’s Johnny Depp Chupacabra attack as an excuse for being tardy to a press conference was the inspiration for this discussion about a fascinating, elusive, goatsucking creature!

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This week is one of our first ventures into the world of Cryptozoology. Creatures like the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot exist in folklore, but have no solid scientific proof they are real.  Chupacabra is an interesting example of how a single person’s story of an encounter with such a creature can grow and spread into mass hysteria; fear of a threatening beast of unknown origin. The Johnny Depp Chupacabra Incident was just the start of what we hope to be a continuing tradition of exploring the world of cryptids and undiscovered beasts!

Links

• The Johnny Depp Chupacabra Incident : The actor gives VERY bizarre excuse for missing a press conference
• Wikipedia’s entry for Chupacabra
• ‘Vampire’ stalks Siberian livestock | RUSSIA | The Moscow News
• Living Chupacabra Caught by Texas Couple
• Influence of the movie “Species”: Is El Chupacabra Real? | El Chupabra Proven Fake | El Chupacabra, Bigfoot & Loch Ness Monster
• Popular culture depictions
  • X-Files – El Mundo Gira – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Chupacabra Terror (Video 2005) – IMDb
  • Chupacabra vs. the Alamo (TV Movie 2013) – IMDb
  • Chupa song (Chupacabra) – Andrea | LyricsTranslate.com

Featured Song: El Chupacabra

A stalker in the night,
Compact and mean,
A creature plucked right from,
an animal’s worst dream.

He’ll bleed you slow,
his eyes glow red,
It’s the little monsters,
that will get us in the end.

Run for your lives,
a terror is unleashed
A real life X-File is coming
for your beasts.

Might be a coyote,
he’ll bite your throat,
and suck your goat,
He’s the Bigfoot of Mexico,
El Chupacabra.

A chameleon and a killer,
an experiment gone awry,
Leaving a trail of victims,
all bled dry.

Disappearing like a shadow,
You’ll never apprehend,
The little monsters,
that’ll get us in the end.

Run for your lives,
a terror is unleashed
A real life X-File is coming
for your beasts.

Might be a coyote,
he’ll bite your throat,
and suck your goat,
He’s the Bigfoot of Mexico,
El Chupacabra.
El Chupacabra.
El Chupacabra.