The Unseen Posted August 23, 2011 #51 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Why the heck did those dumb A$$es let it go instead of holding it for animal control? Man that makes me want to put my foot in that fat heads butt,Even though it wasn't a chupa they should of held it till it was looked at by an expert.That fool should have just let it be instead of scaring it and trapping it just to let it go,Some people are idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unseen Posted August 23, 2011 #52 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I feel that animal control should have been called in order to treat this animal if it needed it for any medical condition and then released into the wild. Also, a DNA sample would have been called for. JMO My feeling exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketgirl33 Posted August 24, 2011 #53 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Why do people completely lose their ability to identify an animal once it loses its hair? I have hairless rats, and I know they look a little odd, but seriously, you can tell they're rats. The way an animal moves, its body language, where it lives, the sounds it makes, none of this changes just because they have no hair. Im so sick of seeing hairless dogs or foxes and people unable to even begin to guess what it might be. The pic I saw of this animal just showed some kind of hairless fox or dog. Thats it. Its nothing that would 'amaze' or 'confound' me. I'd just say 'oh, look, a fox with mange, poor little guy' and move on. Or get it some help from a wildlife charity or something. My first thought would not be 'OMG a monster! What could it possibly be?!' You are witness to the introduction to the makeing of a mythical creature. This is exactly how myths get started. This looks like a fox with no hair to me as well. I grew up with a friend whos dad had a pet fox. They really arn't very large and I think this guy looks just like a fox with no hair. I also just saw a clip on You Tube about a troop of Chimps that had mange and they were just hairless. No red spots no other signs of mange except it looked like they had dry skin. For the most part though, this is exactly how crypto's get started and the legends and myths. Think 500 years ago, some one some where saw a "Wild Man" in the forset. Having never seen a wild man before,(they seem to be a dime a dozen nowdyas!) he runs to the nearset village and tell his tale of the Wild Man of The Forest. 500 years later you have Bigfoot, Skunk Ape and the Abonable Snow man.(sorry can't spell abonable snow man!) Rocketgirl I have a red heeler(dog) and she looks EXACTLY like this little critter. If I can get a pic of her I'll put it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trakyan Posted August 24, 2011 #54 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) maybe its a new species or breed of fox? or something else i mean there is such thing as evolution you know and its nice to see people calling these chuppies something other than a cyote with a mange p.s dont chuppies walk on hind legs? and there have been reports of animals attacking live stock and when the people came to fend it off with dogs it killed or fought them off and it has been reported to kill people so maybe there is a species undiscovered yet no big surprise just that people havent acepted that yet Edited August 24, 2011 by Trakyan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIYX Posted August 24, 2011 #55 Share Posted August 24, 2011 There is a video somewhere of a similar thing that was caught and released. I see a lot of people saying its a hairless dog or hairless fox, but in the video I mentioned its a tail is way to long to be a fox or dog. I use to work at a dog pound and I have seen hairless foxes and dogs and they don't look like this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Girl Posted August 24, 2011 #56 Share Posted August 24, 2011 If any of you saw this walking around outside, would you instantly say 'its a rat' or would Lenny have been another 'OMG MYSTERY BEAST!' http://www.shadowrat.com/rats/lennysleep.jpg Just sayin' things look odd when they're bald, even moreso if they're underweight or have an injury. Below is a photo of lenny at the end part of his life, when he couldn't keep weight on (he'd also lost his tail earlier in life) http://www.shadowrat.com/rats/cyn13.jpg A lot of people wouldn't identify him as a rat, Im sure. It just shows that hairlessness on things that usually have hair freaks people's perceptions out *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaneSilvermoon Posted August 27, 2011 #57 Share Posted August 27, 2011 It does look canine but has some features not seen in them. It's tail is way too long and has a tuft on the end. ....... The back legs are much longer than the front. Like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Girl Posted August 28, 2011 #58 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The tuft on the tail is because, if we're talking mange, it doesn't make their hair just fall out uniformly. It comes out in patches along their body. A tuft on the end of the tail is very common in animals with mange. And honestly, until you've seen an animal stripped of its hair, you don't realise how long certain parts of its anatomy are. Rats, for example, have very short legs proportionately, to their body. But look at a hairless one, and their legs are pretty long. I could post pics to show if needed. The long tail is 100% fox. They have long tails, they just look more compact and short when they're covered in puffy fur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne87 Posted September 1, 2011 #59 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I don't know why they called it Chupacabra...Chupacabra is a huminoid vampire "Goat Sucker" type animal. This to me looks like a bald kangaroo, it does have a jackal like face though. It could be a new species, hybrid-species or maybe just an undocumented species thats been around for a while but has rarely sighted n the past. I agree with you though, that the animal should have been checked to see if it had been injured and should have been tested to find out what it actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDesiato Posted September 8, 2011 #60 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I recently listened to a fascinating interview with Benjamin Radford for episode #148 of the Skeptic Zone, (The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason). He spent years tracking down the origins of the legend, narrowing it down to Madelyne Tolentino in Puerto Rico. He is introduced 3 minutes into the show. Here's a page from (link) > ABC's Good Morning America 's site summarizing his book: "Tracking the Chupacabra". Spoiler below! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamdee1 Posted September 9, 2011 #61 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) (/quote] Wouldn't want to meet that thing in some dark spooky place...or in a lit place either. Edited September 9, 2011 by iamdee1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMilkman Posted October 27, 2011 #62 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Here's a short documentary on another Chupacabra sighting from the 1990s: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Gooding Posted November 25, 2011 #63 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I still think to this day that the chupacabra is something eles other then the dog looking animale they say it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finder of Lost Things Posted November 27, 2011 #64 Share Posted November 27, 2011 This could be an Xolo-a hairless breed of dog. Whatever it is it seemed to calm to not be domesticated. I would attach a picture but am having problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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