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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Americas - Puerto Rico - 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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Spanish - Goat

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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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Puerto Rico - 1990s - Carolinas - 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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Legendary creature - Urban legend

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