The Chupacabra Legend

Elchupacabra
2 min readJan 26, 2023

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The chupacabra or chupacabras (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾas], literally ‘goat-sucker’; from Spanish: chupar, ‘to suck’, and cabras, ‘goats’) is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas, with its first purported sightings reported in Puerto Rico in 1995. The name comes from the animal’s reported vampirism — the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats.

Physical descriptions of the creature vary, some describe it as reptilian and alien-like (in Puerto Rico and Latin America), generally as a heavy creature the size of a small bear with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Others depict it as more dog-like (particularly in Southwestern United States).

Sightings have been reported in Puerto Rico since the 1970s, and this creature has since been reported as far north as Maine, as far south as Chile, and even outside the Americas in countries like Russia and Philippines. All of the reports are anecdotal and have been disregarded as uncorroborated or lacking evidence. Sightings in northern Mexico and the southern United States have been verified as canids afflicted by mange. According to biologists and wildlife management officials, the chupacabra is an urban legend.

But is this really the case?

Meet — $Chupa.

A sweet, kind-hearted Chupacabra, living alone in distant Peru. And what is his fault that people are afraid of what they cannot understand.
He didn’t eat goats! He just wanted to make friends with them….
And why is he worse than a dog Shiba inu…?

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