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Nestle Wilson
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CUERO, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it.

But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra.


The woman who found it is apparently a hunter from Africa who has mounted heads of animals all over the place. Could you image having a Chupacabra head mounted in your living room? I agree with the veterinarian mentioned in the article though, from the head it just looks like a dog to me. But I guess the woman who found it would know more about animals than I do.
Syntax
I'm sorry, but I laughed so hard then.

Of course Chupacabra reports are still going to keep coming in and there will still be thousands more sightings.

Or are we meant to believe that this is just one of a whole species of animal running wild from Peru all the way up to the US that no one has seen before?

'But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.

"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's find.'


Bingo
bball
QUOTE(Nestle Wilson @ Aug 31 2007, 08:01 PM) *
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The woman who found it is apparently a hunter from Africa who has mounted heads of animals all over the place. Could you image having a Chupacabra head mounted in your living room? I agree with the veterinarian mentioned in the article though, from the head it just looks like a dog to me. But I guess the woman who found it would know more about animals than I do.

Definately some type of dog.
kenshinx
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"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's find.


chupa is ugly dead dog
SkepticalEd
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CUERO, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it.

But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra.

QUOTE(Nestle Wilson @ Aug 31 2007, 09:01 PM) *
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The woman who found it is apparently a hunter from Africa who has mounted heads of animals all over the place. Could you image having a Chupacabra head mounted in your living room? I agree with the veterinarian mentioned in the article though, from the head it just looks like a dog to me. But I guess the woman who found it would know more about animals than I do.


To stay level-headed all that can be said about Ms Canion is that she probably has not see every type or breed of dog. But looking at the head that she is shown holding, I gotta tell you, I'm glad a vehicle took that sucker out as I would not want to meet it if it was roaming around. It IS a massive head. The fangs are visible and it isn't every day that you see dog's fangs. From the size of the head the body would have been possibly as large or larger than a Great Dane. It resembles a hyena. Having seen almost every sketch of the alleged chupacabra as reported by many, and they seem to match universally, this whatever-it-is is in my opinion not the chupacabra. Someone with experience in dog types should be able to identify this guy.
Vincent Campion
What the hell, nobody should believe that that's the chupacabra beast. That's the lamest excuse for a cryptid I've ever seen! mad.gif Clearly a dead dog.
SkepticalEd
QUOTE(kenshinx @ Aug 31 2007, 11:44 PM) *
chupa is ugly dead dog


Here is a photo of one of the animals that Ms Canion said: "I had seen one three or four times on our place, but it's very elusive. So, when I got the call that one had been killed, I got it and took it back to the house," Canion said. "It's a strange-looking animal. It has short front legs and longer back legs. The paws on the front are different than the ones on the back, and it has no hair. The nose is very long. The tip of the nose is longer than the lower jaw, and the front teeth stick out, almost like fangs. They are the ugliest things I have ever seen in my life."

If you are using Internet Explorer you should have a magnifier on the bottom right hand corner. Blow the picture up to 200X to examine the animal in great detail.

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Vincent Campion
QUOTE(SkepticalEd @ Sep 1 2007, 12:01 AM) *
Here is a photo of one of the animals that Ms Canion said: "I had seen one three or four times on our place, but it's very elusive. So, when I got the call that one had been killed, I got it and took it back to the house," Canion said. "It's a strange-looking animal. It has short front legs and longer back legs. The paws on the front are different than the ones on the back, and it has no hair. The nose is very long. The tip of the nose is longer than the lower jaw, and the front teeth stick out, almost like fangs. They are the ugliest things I have ever seen in my life."

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Precisely, a hideous dog. There are plenty of breeds and mutations that can explain that.
mouse888
if its a chupacabra get an autopsy it should have several blood types in its system as it likes to suck blood
Vincent Campion
I think any autopsy would reveal the body to be a canine. If it is indeed the beast itself, I'll still doubt it.
kenshinx
QUOTE(SkepticalEd @ Sep 1 2007, 04:01 AM) *
Here is a photo of one of the animals that Ms Canion said: "I had seen one three or four times on our place, but it's very elusive. So, when I got the call that one had been killed, I got it and took it back to the house," Canion said. "It's a strange-looking animal. It has short front legs and longer back legs. The paws on the front are different than the ones on the back, and it has no hair. The nose is very long. The tip of the nose is longer than the lower jaw, and the front teeth stick out, almost like fangs. They are the ugliest things I have ever seen in my life."

If you are using Internet Explorer you should have a magnifier on the bottom right hand corner. Blow the picture up to 200X to examine the animal in great detail.

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yeah..disgusting corpse. the front legs is broken too sad.gif
OldSalt
It's definitely an illegal immigrant.
questionmark
And now we have the definite proof that it must be true, NOT!

Rupert Murdoch's press is reporting the story:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1282384,00.html
Roxas0115
QUOTE(questionmark @ Sep 1 2007, 07:21 AM) *
And now we have the definite proof that it must be true, NOT!

Rupert Murdoch's press is reporting the story:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1282384,00.html

How does that prove it to not be a chupacabra.....?
it says the vet doesnt believe it to be a dog.
So they're imputting two ideas.
Wow.....that def. blew the cover!....not.
cateyes221981
when do we get the test results


and can someone tell me how much this creature weighed?
Jezah
Congrats, you have found a dead dog. Whoot
unassuming
It doesn't seem all too canine to me, aside from some passing resemblances.

My guess is it's either a mutation (taking in all the things off about it, this seems pretty unlikely), or, more probable, fake.
Vincent Campion
That poor beast. He never had a chance to run away from the old lady who killed and mutilated his body. That's my answer, the lady who found him mutilated its body to look like a creature, so she could be noticed for once in her life.
hemet nesw weret
Arrgh! another chupa spotted!

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THIS ONE SPOTTED US..... RUN!
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Seriously though, it's a dead dog or fox. sad.gif Poor thing.

my_psychosis
Poor dead puppy dog. crying.gif

QUOTE(Roxas0115 @ Sep 1 2007, 12:04 PM) *
How does that prove it to not be a chupacabra.....?
it says the vet doesnt believe it to be a dog.
So they're imputting two ideas.
Wow.....that def. blew the cover!....not.


Actually the vet said he does believe it's a dog. Quote" Local vet Travis Schaar said the animal is probably a strange breed of dog."Quote

cateyes221981
so no DNA tests or what?
BellaTrixie
I see shes already started selling t-shirts to pull in some cash. I wouldn’t believe anything from a person who kills animals for fun and mounts their corpses to show them off. There won’t be a DNA test if she can help it, she’ll want to milk it for every penny first.
Poor dog.
capoeiranger
O RLY?
cateyes221981
yeah i agree it is a fake

we should e mail the hoaxer and tell them off, they make everythign by lying just so they can make some money. I think we should stick up for cryptozoology and teach these hoaxers who turn it into a total joke a lesson!
Yankneck
I say one of us drives to Texas and run her over;then we shave her,cut off her head,knockout all her teeth except for her canines and call her a chupahagra and start selling T-shirts
jasonch1112
The head looks like a Doberman and the back legs look like a whippet. The body looks bloated from decay. Besides the bloating and lack of hair that is exactly what this looks like a dobie/whippet mutt.
evancj
Isn’t this the same one they did DNA tests that showed it was a coyote with mange?
evancj
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7076192.stm

This is the link
Sweetpumper
QUOTE (evancj @ Nov 5 2007, 08:41 PM) *
Isn’t this the same one they did DNA tests that showed it was a coyote with mange?


There's a couple different cases, but in each, the coyotes look exactly alike.
evancj
QUOTE (Sweetpumper @ Nov 5 2007, 01:50 PM) *
There's a couple different cases, but in each, the coyotes look exactly alike.


The woman who found it in both articles has the same name so I assume it’s about the same case.
godzilla99
hahahahaha!!! a chupa in in your living room i mean i do belivein it but its a dog!
snuffypuffer
I'm getting rather sick of chupacabras. no.gif
The Omega Entity
QUOTE (evancj @ Nov 5 2007, 02:55 PM) *
The woman who found it in both articles has the same name so I assume it’s about the same case.

Yep. In fact, several of these exact 'cryptid' claims over the years have been proven through DNA testing to be just manged coyote. Of course, every few years someone kills or finds one and starts another 'chupa' claim. A simple Google search could save them(and us!) some time.
cateyes221981
shes a b**** i hope she pays for what she did
Juan2k7nyc
The roadkill was just some fox or dog with severe mange.........i would imagine the Chupacabra being a more sinister evil looking animal not a malnourished ugly dog.........
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