Chupacabra

The Chupacabras or chupacabra ('chupacabra' is often use by English-speaking people. In Spanish-speaking countries they are referred to as 'the chupacabras') are creatures said to inhabit parts of the Americas--associated particularly with Puerto Rico, where it was first reported--and Mexico.

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The name, which translates literally from Spanish as "goat-sucker", comes from its reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock.

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Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Sightings began in Puerto Rico in the early 1990s, and have since been reported as far north as the Carolinas and as far south as Bolivia.

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Though some argue that the chupacabras may be a real creature, mainstream scientists and experts generally contend that the chupacabra is a legendary creature, or a type of urban legend.

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Americas: The Americas refers collectively to North, Central and South America....

Puerto Rico: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is a self-governing unincorporated organized territory of the United States located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main isla...

Mexico: The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or M?xico; regarding the use of the variant spelling M?jico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. It is the nort...

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