UNA FOTO / UN DIA: Extrano, muy extrano!

CHUPACABRAS ATACAR FINCA EN BARRIO DE PLAYA
dateline: Barrio Playa, PR
source: El Nuevo Dia

CHUPACABRA ATTACKS A FARM IN PUERTO RICO

A total of 28 animals were found dead Tuesday, in the Barrio Playa section of Anasco, Puerto Rico in what appears to be a Chupacabra attack.

The dead animals were found by the owner, Sra. Providencia Rivera Mercado. They included "17 rabbits, 4 guinea hens, 4 chicks, two hens and one kitten."

Each dead animal had "perforations on the neck" and was "bloodless."

According to Officer Rogelio Orsini Cabrero of the Anasco, P.R. police, who investigated the crime scene, "The animals had two perforations made with some kind of sharp object and with no blood in them. This is strange, very strange," he told the newspaper El Nuevo Dia, "What they say about the
Chupacabras must be true, because there is no other explanation."

"He added that the major organs had been extracted from two of the animals, and that a circular opening had been made in the metal mesh of the cage..."

Mrs. Rivera stated that she'd gone to bed at 11:30 that night, and although she'd heard a strange noise, she paid no attention and slept peacefully."

"When I woke up, I saw all the animals dead and scattered. It lifted the covers of some of the cages and opened holes in others. The animals were sucked dry and appeared as if cut by some double-edged surgical knife," Rivera said.

Humberto Rivera, a neighbor, said he returned from work at 1:30 in the morning and the neighborhood dogs were howling. "There was a strange feeling in the air, like in a mystery movie. The dogs howled like wolves. The environment itself felt strange."


FROM WIKIPEDIA:

The chupacabra (from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat's blood sucker"), is 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 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 in the US.

Biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabra as a contemporary legend.

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J.Galligan
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Santa Olaya, PR