Chupacabras News
2004-2005
SOURCE: La Cuarta (Santiago de Chile)
DATE: Thursday, January 29, 2004
KANGAROO-LEGGED MONSTER THREATENS BUIN
***Rural drivers have seen it jumping with dogs in its mouth on the road to Viluco***
by Hor Cossio
Juan Berr, a 40 year-old driver and an old-fashioned Chilean catholic, has never driven his vehicle again since his run-in with the monster. "He reached the truck stop in a state. His legs trembled," said one of his co-workers, half-jokingly, at the same time he made the sign of the Cross just in case.
Up until 2 weeks ago, Santa Filomena was nothing more than a lonely and long alleyway in the locality of Viluco in Buin, where the peace was disturbed only by vehicles driving past it at high speed.
While the routine is unbreakable, the town is beginning to shake off its lethargy, but not because of the arrival of unstoppable modernity, but because of the apperance of an indescribable, hungry creature that hops across the streets with some small, wounded animal in its maw, and which has seen by bus drivers of the Buin-Maipo route, who decided to speak out after having experienced real fear.
On January 5, at 5:15 hours, Berrios was driving through Santa Filomena toward the Las Vertientes terminal when he suddenly noticed a strange figure in the middle of the road some 70 meters away. He rubbed his eyes and kept going. Some five meters away, the figure reappeared and the shock of the horrible sight almost caused him to lose control of the vehicle, almost rolling it over.
"I had never seen anything like it. It had something like a dog bleeding in its muzzle and it lost itself in the bushes in a single leap," he told a co-worker minutes later. He was believed, just from the expression of indescribably panic on his face. That day he was jumpier than ever. After his second round trip, he was intercepted by another driver, Juan Maul who took him aside and asked him to describe the monster. After a few minutes, Maulconfessed: "Yes, it's the same one."
It was a bipedal animal standing 1.50 meters tall, with hind legs like those of a kangaroo, small, curved hands ending in talons, a sharp mane like that of a porcupine running along its back, a tail with a rattle, a muzzle like that of a fierce wolf, several rows of teeth and voracious red eyes.
"It jumps a lot," added Maul "It can easily jump 5 meters." He had kept quiet out of a fear of being dubbed the local madman."I almost died of fright. I had to go out in the morning just like Berrios, when I suddenly saw that thing int the middle of the road. I slowed down and the beast stared at me. It took some time look me up and down and then jumped aside," he recalled more calmly, now certain that the beast exists. Just to give the thing a name, he says it could well be the Chupacabras.
"I think it's a hoax. I've been living here 35 years and the nearest thing to monsters I've seen are old men riding bicycles," said Rosa Marileo, widow of Roberto Nancur and mother of 5 children who do not live with her. "This has been circulating for a long time. Everyone says that when [the monster] comes out, it does so in the morning and I wouldn't dream of walking around at that time, because this street is pitch black," she added, bringing the conversation to a close. According to the multiple descriptions of strange creatures, what the drivers saw is similar to the North American image of the Chupacabras, particuarly due to its spiny mane.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Liliana Nu
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SOURCE: La Cuarta (Santiago de Chile)
DATE: January 30, 2004
VILUCO MONSTER MAY HIDE IN ABANDONED MINES
***Researchers believe it to be a photophobic, unclassified "critter" that fears no predators***
By Hor Cossio
At Cerro Cullipeumo, on the borders of the communities of Las Vertientes in Buin and Angostura in Paine, some abandoned gold mines from the 1950 could prove to be the lair of the "Viluco Monster", a singular beast with a kangaroo-shaped body and a wolf's muzzle that terrorizes local farmers and has a remarkable resemblance with the legendary Chupacabras, according to
researchers from the GEO Group.
"El Dinamita" and "El Fena", assistants at the Buin-Maipo Bus Line, whose two drivers came across the creature in the lonely Santa Filomena alley, told La Cuarta that they have been hearing stories from the old-timers about a sinister beast lurking in the forgotten gold mines.
"As soon as we're ready, we'll take a look. The groundskeepers, some old men who've worked here all their lives, always say that strange stuff goes on in that mountain...they even say that those who poke their noses in too deep never come back," said "El Dinamita", who was itching to venture into the abandoned mines.
Anl Montes, known as "El Viejo Choclero", confirmed through stories told by Don Rameldest of the group, that mystery has always surrounded Cerro Cullipeumo. "Shadows can be seen running uphill, vanishing into the mine and disappearing. But this is nothing new. It's been going on for many years."
CristiOpazo, a broadcaster with municipal radio station El Nuevo Buinense, recalls that 3 yeas ago he had to look at a heap of dead rabbits, slain by an unknown animal in the Isla de Maipo sector. "They had been sucked out . There were no signs of violence except for a hole, like that of a tooth [sic], on the right side of the neck," he noted.
As from that event, which occured in 2000--a year that coincides with the first Chupacabras case reported in Calama--there was a flurry of reports, all of them hinting at abnormal evidence.
"Last year [the victims] were the hens at the Felicitas Berkhart smallhold and ducks over at Las Palomas," said residents of Buin.
"El aasado fueron las gallinas de la parcela de Felicitas Berkhart y los patos en Las Palomas", contaron en la Cuni de Buin.
Alberto Urquijo--parapsychologist, vampire-hunter, ufologist and leader of the GEO Group, has pursued the traces of this mysterious unclassified animal, known as Chupacabras, throughout Chile. He reports that earliest literature regarding the creature dates back to the late 18th century and its manifestations have been most recurrent since 2000. "Out of all of the cases we've looked into, 40% can be ascribed to known animals, but the remaining 60 per cent cannot. We figure that in three years at least 5500 animals have died in mysterious circumstances," said the researcher.
For GEO, the Chupacabras isn't an animal but a species whose main characteristic is being photophobic and lacking predators.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU).
Special thanks to Liliana Nu
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Spain: Strange Animal Causes 170 Sheep to "Die of Fright"
SOURCE: El Mundo (newspaper)
DATE: January 31, 2004
SORIA.- A cattleman from Monteuenga (province of Soria) has reported the death of 170 sheep due to an attack by a "strange animal" at the place they were kept, according to Guardia Civil (Spanish National Police) sources.
The sheep died of asphyxiation, suffocating each other as they tried to cram into a corner of the farm. The fright was allegedely due to the presence of a strange animal on the premises.
A large portion of the sheep were pregnant and the material damages are in excess of 16,000 Euros.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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DATE: February 2, 2004
YUCATAN IN UPROAR OVER "WOLFWOMAN"
**Alleged wolfwoman has killed hundreds of farm birds in this county**
by Martin Morita
Grupo Reforma
MERIDA, Mexico -- Over 100 residents of the Texan Palomeque commissariat of the municipality fo Hunucma, backed by 10 police officers of said entity, went after an alleged "paranormal being" dubbed "the Wolfwoman", whose escapades have caused fear among residents of this and other Yucatan communities.
Armed with rifles, shotguns, pistols and equipped with lanterns, the locals organized themselves by groups and plunged into the wilderness in order to put an end to this "being", described by eyewitnesses as hairy, standing approximately a meter an a half, walking on two legs and with glowing red eyes.
The alleged wolfwoman has slain hundreds of farm birds in this commissariat and has also been seen in communities within other municipalities, such as Um Halachd Sisal.
Tadeo Cauich, one of the municipal police officers of Hunucmho accompanied the hunters, said that the matter has already turned into a legend and that there is a great amount of fear in the locality, to the extent that residents of TexPaloqueme and other neighboring commissariats no longer go out at night, fearful of encountering the strange being.
Residents of Texdid not have the luck to find the "wolfwoman", although some say the creature was seen running toward Um.
But it isn't just the wolfwoman who has the hairs of the locals standing on end, since other municipalities and communiteis claim having seen other supernatural beings, as occurred in Opich an eastern locality, where there was talk of the "Huay kek-- a devil hound, in the Mayan language -- responsible for the deaths of dozens of pigs, dogs and cats in that area. The presence of the notorious "Chupacabras" has even been reported in Merida, the state capital.
Apparitions and attacks by these phenomena have increased in recent weeks and new accounts emerge every day from those who swear having seen or been victims of such attacks.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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DATE: February 2, 2004
POSSE SEARCHES FOR WOLFWOMAN
** "A hairy creature standing a meter and half, running on two legs? ***
No one slept in TexPalomeque last night. Residents organized into groups and ventured into the wilderness to hunt down the "wolfwoman."
Until 11 last night, some 100 people armed with rifles and lanterns, combed the wilderness of this small commissariat in Huncumearching for the strange creature that has caused its dogs to become restless.
But they were not alone: eight elements of the local municipal police force escorted them.
Movement began at Texat 7:30 last night, after the barking of dogs was heard from a two storey house outside the town, where hogs and poultry are raised.
Since last Wednesday, when turkeys were found dead "under bizarre circumstances", the locals are alert to the slightest movement. The constant barking of dogs attracted the first group of "hunters", whose number gradually increased.
Minutes later, someone said that the "wolfwoman" was seen outside the town, on the road to Um.
Benito Canul Canul, a 45 year-old worker who took part in the posse, said that he managed to fire against the strange being outside his house on the way to the cemetery. He is unsure if he hit it. "The creature was dog shaped, but with glowing eyes."
Hunters taking part in the posse claimed having seen the "wolfwoman" and described it as a hairy being, measuring 1 1/2 meters, and sometimes running on two legs.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology.
Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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SOURCE: La Cuarta (newspaper, Santiago de Chile)
DATE: February 4, 2004
Thick, Curled Hairs on Microscope; Americans Visited Buin To Hunt Monster
***Monster Hairs Found***
by Hector Cossio
The discovery of a fistful of hairs measuring 10 centimeters long -- hard, ringleted, black on the ends and white toward the center--represent the first biological evidence of the Buin Monster. According to paranormal researchers on the trail of "Animal X", this would be its pubic hair.
Juan Berrios, the driver who ran into the beast in the lonely Santa Filomena alley on January 5, and who was unable to return to work due to the shock of the encounter, showed the evidence exclusively to La Cuarta.
The evidence consists of a handful of hair that became ensnared on the windshield wipers of the Buin-Maipo microbus. The driver only became aware of them after reaching the Las Vertientes terminal in Viluco. The mane hair was stuck on the rubber squeegee when the creature leaped from one side of the road to another, being slightly impaced by the bus driven by Berrios.
"It was an animal I'd never seen before. It's tall, well over a meter and a half, standing at least 1.80, I would say. And it's eyes weren't red--they were black," he recalled vehemently, claiming that he had 20 seconds in which to look at it in detail.
Berrios said that prior to the monster's appearance, an enormous tree limb fell to the side of the road. Seconds laer, the beast jumped in front of the microbus, barely clearing the windshield.
"When I saw that something crossed my path I hit the brakes. The animal was on the right side of my vehicle. It's muzzle was longer than a wolf's, it had a small hump on the back of its neck and had a creature in its maw. It looked at me, crouched into a fetal position and jumped, vanishing instantly," said Berrios yesterday. He returned to work only Monday and he is still unsure if he will ever go out so early again.
Upon checking his vehicle at the terminal, he noticed the hairs and kept them jealously before showing them to anyone due to the mysterious presence last weekend of a pair of foreigners who, equipped with camcorders and still cameras, photographed the site into the wee hours of the morning. "I wanted to speak with La Cuarta first so they could see the evidence. I think they sould be analyzed by experts," added the driver, who has still not fully recovered from the shock.
Juan Espinoza, another driver of the bus line, claimed that the foreginers were probably "gringos" -- seemingly Americans--who arrived in a Jeep to determine the place where the event occurred.
"They were there until 6 in the morning. They came around, took some photos, but didn't ask any questions," said Espinoza, who was startled by their high-tech gear.
Alberto Urquiza of the GEO Group considered that the find of great significance to the scientific world, since in the event that the hairs do belong to an unknown animal, the breach separating mystery, fantasy and reality would be considerably narrowed.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU).
Special thanks to Liliana Nu
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INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
February 7, 2004
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SOURCE: La Cuarta (Santiago)
DATE: Saturday, 7 February 2004.
PROSECUTOR, SPOUSE SEE MONSTER
***A creature similar to the one in Buin was seen less than 20 meters away by prosecutor and spouse in Romeral***
*** "We saw the monster" ***
by Hector Cossio.
Completely overwhelmed and not at all desirous of returning to the countryside--at least not for a while--a state prosecutor and his wife have returned to Santiago after having spent a week in La Serena, where they ran into a hairy monster that made their blood run cold as they took an alternate route to the main highway. They say it wasn't a creature made by the Lord. The beast was nearly identical to the one seen in early January by driver Juan Berrios in Buin.
Roberto Ayar Rojas, Maribel Arnaiz Cazaux and their young daughre Daphane left La Serena around midnight on Wednesday toward Highway 5 North. "We wanted to take our time before heading home. We are used to traveling at night because it's less hectic," said Maribel from their home in Quinta Normal.
As they have done many years, the Ayar Arnaiz family decided to go off the beaten track and take scenic routes through inland tows, partly to avoid the recurrent tolls and traffic and partly to discover non-tourist destinations, even if it was already nighttime.
Some 200 km. north of Santiago, the family headed for the town of Romeral in the 5th Region and entered the town. After driving for more than an hour, Roberto found that the road ended in a bifurcation and they were forced to choose which path to take. "We finally decided to take the right hand path, and no more than a kilometer along the road, we found someone in a microbus terminal of whom we asked the route to take back to Santiago. He told us take the other road, so we had to turn back, " said the head of household.
The time was almost 6 a.m. when they turned back and took the alternate road. To one side of the street, dense vegetation covered one side of the street while trees did the same on the other. The girl was sleeping in the back seat and the couple spoke excitedly while they smoked cigarettes. It was then that the "thing" appeared.
"It was horrible. I swear to you that I'd never seen anything like it. It wasn't a dog, rabbit or any other known animal. It was halfway in the middle of the road, standing on two feet. It was completely covered in hair and had red eyes," recollected Roberto less than 24 hours after seeing the unexplained creature. "It was bent and had a hump on it's back. It had the body of a kangaroo. It had two small hands that it moved quickly and deep-set eyes. In fact, it looked at us, was just as scared as we were, and it ran off, jumping into the bushes," added Maribel, still feeling the fright.
Both were frozen and later asked the other if they had seen the same thing. After recovering from the shock, the couple agreed that the most frightening detail was [the creature's] gaze and the two long fangs protruding from its upper jaw.
"They were like two tubes, one stuck to the other. Some seconds elapsed and it took off. It walked just like those two-legged lizards, sort of knock-kneed. I don't have a word for it, but it's supernatural," said Ayar, who emphasized that he'd always believed the Chupacabras was a media creation designed to conceal other things.
Meanwhile, back in Buin, Juan Berrios turned over the hairs of the extravagant being that brushed against his vehicle to the GEO group for scientific analysis. "We must compare them with hair samples from otner canids. But in plain sight they're very odd. 10 centimeter hairs are hard to find on dogs," said Alberto Urquiza.
As regards the "gringos" who were taking photos in Buin, La Cuarta was able to confirm that these were members of the Instituto de Investigaciones Exobiolas (IIEE), made up of Spaniards who worked the field of the paranormal for over 30 years.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Special thanks to Liliana Nunez
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Dear Readers,
Those who have been following INEXPLICATA for a few years now will recall the 2001 events involving the belief in the supernatural entity "lobizon" (Werewolf - Wolf-Man), that forms part of Argentinean, Uruguayan and southern Brazilian folklore. In this case, the unknown creature was positively identified as an Aguara Guazu, an odd, deer-legged canid. But the "lobizon" belief remains strong.
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SOURCE: El Norte-Edicion Digital
DATE: 22 February 2004
ARGENTINA: Commotion in Saenz Pelver an Aguara Guazu Sighting
ENZ PELVER: ALL BELIEVED IT WAS A LOBIZON, BUT IT WAS ONLY AN AGUARA GUAZU
"I saw it, I saw it...it was huge. I don't believe in such things, but others at the "10" service station also saw it. It was a lobizon said Francisco, a young man who yesterday evening was driving along Calle Belgrano in his small Fiat Spazio when suddenly "a dog the size of a calf crossed my path and uttered a very ugly cry. I pulled over because I was really scared," he told a radio station.
The appearance of an animal similar to a large dog in the downtown area caused a stir in this city and it wasn't long before word spread--mainly over the phone--that "the Lobizon is loose in Saenz Plever. according to the countless eyewitness stories collected by radio stations contacted by frightened locals, who claim having seen and heard a strange beast they didn't hestitate to associate with the Lobizon "Call Professor Lopez and ask for his opininon, because it's the same creature that appeared in Concepcion el Bermejo," suggested an AM radio listener.
The alleged Lobizon appeared suddenly--who knows how--in the downtown area. Witnesses claim seeing it around the Club Accion (15th street, between 16th and 18th) and later along 11th street heading eastward, zig-zagging in the vicinity of a service station.
"I was on my motorbike, about to fuel up, when I saw that the service station employee got scared and ran into the office, but I had no idea what was going on. Then I stopped the bike and heard a howl similar to that of a human, something chilling, but saw nothing until a boy told me that the Lobizon was afoot. I tried to start the motorbike but it wouldn't turn over...I almost fainted," said Alejandro Soto to an FM radio station. He works as a security guard and was heading back to his home in Barrio Puerta del Sol.
A well-known radio journalist from Barrio Santa Teresita acknowledged that the howling of local dogs "didn't let me sleep. Then I went outside and heard growls that gave me goose-flesh," he said.
Other accounts were also heard: "Why shouldn't we be afraid, when a huge dog the size of a calf, with big ears and howling like a human [appears]?" asked Martin Caballero, who was heading home along 11th street on his bicycle, returning from a friend's house.
"This was a hairy, long eared critter that ran very fast--I saw it! It screamed like someone was beheading it," explained Ramon Arroyo, who had just finished his work shift at that early hour of the morning.
Jorge Garcia the director of the city's zoo, confirmed that the alleged Lobizon as a "poor harmles aguara guazu at was captured after a long chase that ended at a garage on 17th street. The reason for its appearance downtown is a result of the prolonged drought that afflicts the region, explained Garcia to LT16 Radio Saenz Pelver. Add to this the modification of its natural habitat, the excessive expansion of the agricultural area and the permanent modification and fragmentation of natural environments, "and the animal goes out in search of a more suitable habitat, disorientedly so, sometimes in a suburban and urban area finding an excess population of dogs, which frighten it. With every step it hears more barks, more klaxons and it begins a frightened race."
This is the second time that an Aguara Guazu rears in the business district. The first was on 1st and 28th streets. "On that occasion, it ran onto the premises of a shop and we captured it without the media ever hearing about it, but don't forget that in Napenay, when one of these creature got into a ranch house when Boca was playng the final game of the America Liberators Cup, national television showed up to film the alleged Lobizon and all that foolishness," remarked the zoo director.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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SOURCE: La Estrella del Loa (Calama)
DATE: March 10, 2004
STRANGE ANIMAL DEATHS
A new series of animal slayings occurred in Tocopila, reviving old fears about the existence of a pitiless creature that attacks without leaving a trace or explanation as to how the deaths occur. Yesterday, in the "Tres Marias" sector of the town, located to the north of the port area, the Chupacabras legend was resurrected at the smallhold of Eduardo Covarrubias, where 32 farm birds were found dead. Their bodies were scattered inside the henhouse, which showed no signs of foreced entry by trespassers or other animals from the region. Covarrubias made the macabre find when he went to feed his animals as he did every day, coming across the unpleasant scene of his lifeless hens.
The police was immediately informed. Alarmed by the violent animal slayings, law enforcement reached the site swiftly, witnessing the events on the ground. Carabineros (Chilean state police) cordoned off the area to avoid losing evidence while bloodhounds aided in collecting the first hints that would explain this strange event. However, area residents blame the legendary Chupacabras, who has returned to trouble their nightmares, a belief substantiated by the manner in which the deaths occurred.
It was possible to ascertain that the birds showed a single orifice on the base of their necks, having almost the same depth throughout their bodies. Furthermore, it was not possible to find vast quantities of blood on the ground despite the magnitude of the killings. Added to this was the death of the only two roosters, who were beheaded during the attack.
Covarrubias was shaken by the attack, which represented an economic blow in excess of 300,000 Chilean pesos. Research personnel conducted a thorough investigation at the site, taking some of the dead hens with them for more detailed tests.
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Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Liliana N
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Are They Already Here?
"Alfredo Sanchez" was asleep beyond the glow of the campfire when his traveling companions were slaughtered in the forbidding desert just over the Mexican border. Although he is from Guatemala and has returned there to hide, Alfredo had entered the United States to find work. As had the three now-dead men he'd met along the well-worn route trod by thousands of hopeful villagers before him.
Alfredo never knew their names, never asked, since asking too many questions on the illegal immigrant trail can get your throat slashed, or worse. Which would have been a pleasant way to die, compared to how his companions had been butchered. And partially devoured.
They died silently, or at least too quietly to be heard by Alfredo, who'd shared several bottles of cheap wine with them, to help dull his loneliness, his longing for family. He didn't see the sprawl of their bodies until the chill gray dawn, when he arose with hope for coffee and human interaction.
Alfredo remained only long enough to catch a glimpse of strewn flesh and bone, before he turned south and fled, back to Mexico, back to Guatemala, until he was in his native village, sweating under a blanket, mumbling one phrase over and over: "Los Chupacabras estan in los Estados Unidos."
The Chupacabras are in the United States. The night monsters that have terrorized rural South American villagers for generations. Reptillian, with glowing red eyes and razor-edged teeth that rip cattle (and in rare cases, humans) apart under the cover of darkness.
From his primitive village to sophisticated urban realms, Alfredo's tale has traveled over the ensuing months. Enquiries have begun. Debates initiated, all because of his report. Oddly enough--because Alfredo will never again set foot in the United States. It is said he has disappeared into the jungle, to live like a wild animal.
But are Chupacabra night monsters illegally entering the United States, crossing the border under the cover of darkness to kill and maim the impoverished souls who have tried to escape them? From the dangerous streets of Laredo, Texas to the murderous realms of Fresno and Modesto, sophisticated people, who should know better, are beginning to say "yes."
Note: The population of Chupacabras in South America is estimated at 550. There are no estimates of the number that have entered the United States.
March 20, 2004
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INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
March 22, 2003
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SOURCE: Diario " Extra" - San Jose Costa Rica - Jueves 18 de Marzo de 2004 DATE: Thursday, March 18, 2004
CHUPACABRAS EXSANGUINATES HENS IN SAN RAMON
A nocturnal Chupacabras attack took place last Tuesday night in a chicken coop owned by Gonzalo Rodriguez of San Juan de San Ramon, Ajuela Province, Costa Rica.
Nearly 20 beautiful, plump hens--the type that takes pide in laying large eggs--were found dead and without a trace of blood, bearing twin puncture marks on their backs. The birds were completely dry.
It was late at night when Rodriguez heard strange noises and a ruckus coming from the henhouse on his property--a commotion that was far from being normal. He decided to send his son to check with a flashlight to make sure thieves weren't at work.
The youth obeyed his father and flashlight in hand approached the large henhouse stealthily, becoming terrified upon seeing a strange black animal, standing some 40 cm. tall and resembling a small dog with a long tail and standing on two legs. He recalls, among what little he was able to see through the flashlight's beam, that the animal had a very long tongue. Upon seeing the light, the creature fled into the vegetation, skillfully leaping over a wall.
An inspection of the henhouse revealed that twenty hens had been slain. Police authorities of the nearby town of San Ramon were notified and officer Marcos Hernandez reported to the scene to corroborate not only Gonzalo Rodriguez's account, but the testimony of frightened neighbors.
The officer was able to ascertain that several "bunches" of dead hens lay near the property's fence. The birds were whole and the only sign of damage to them were the two small holes on its back, through which it is presumed that the strange assailant drove its fangs to remove or suck their blood.
Witnesses immediately ascribed the blame for the chicken slayings to the legendary, sinister and mysterious creature known throughout Mesoamerica as the Chupacabras.
What occurred two nights ago at the Rodriguez henhouse was immediately associated with an earlier, similar event, in which dead sheep had been found with the same characteristics: twin puncture marks on their necks or back and not a single drop of blood.
Two days ago, at the same site and to eliminate any questions, Luis Morun and Luis Angulo, neighbors of the Rodriguez family, butchered each of the animals to insure that the birds were totally dry and without a drop of blood.
Neighbors have rejected the possibility that a weasel, wolf or hen-killing predator such as a fox could be involved. What startled them most is that formerly one or two hens would vanish--now twenty did so at the same time.
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Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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Argentina - Chupacabras On The Prowl Again?
From Scott Corrales
Institute Of Hispanic Ufology
4-8-4
Source: El Diario - Paraná-Province of Entre Ríos
**The legend of the infamous Chupacabras has reappeared once more in Entre Ríos, and this time close to our city, San Benito***
Police sources said yesterday that last Saturday, the sheriff's office of the neighboring community was visited by a farmer from the rural area who identified himself as Emilio Fernando Kint, 59, who stated that on that day he had noticed one of his animals was missing. Immediately, he went in search of the stray bovine and found it lying in a thicket.
Upon approaching it to see what was wrong, he found that his animal was missing a left eye, hide and flesh in a 5 centimeter circumference around its belly. What startled the farmer the most was the absence of blood on the animal and anywhere in the vicinity. Kint stated that he called a private veterinarian who visited the site and attested to the missing organs, but who was otherwise unable to offer an explanation for the animal's death.
During his exposition, the farmer also mentioned that a few nights ago he had seen strange lights in the firmament, precisely over the place where he found the animal. He added that not far from there he found a large circle of flattened grass whose cause was unknown.
Translation (C) 2004. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
April 25, 2004
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SOURCE: El Diario de Araucania
DATE: April 25, 2004
MORE MUTILATED ANIMALS
**Animal remains were a horrifying spectacle***
A family in Collipulli is going through hard times after having discovered remains of twelve hens kept locked in a henhouse beside their home.
"This looks abnormal," said Orlando Coronado, still profoundly disturbed by the macabre spectacle that revealed itself before his eyes in the early hours of yesterday morning, and which affected his household located at Agromedo 807 in this city.
"I don't undestand what happened. I opened the chicken coop like I do every day to feed my birds, and I'm faced with this. All of the hens were dead. Some were headless, others were missing their legs and the strangest thing is that there wasn't a drop of blood. I really don't understand how they were slain, or exactly what happened."
There are two fierce dogs in the Coronado backyard, but neither of them barked. As for himself and his family, they heard nothing, in spite of the fact that the master bedroom isn't very far from the henhouse. "We heard no sounds at all, nothing."
"I keep my hens under lock and key every evening, so there's no explanation. We don't know what happened and we don't understand it," he said, showing the dozen or so dead and exsanguinated birds.
The event caused a stir among Collipulli's inhabitants. Word spread immediately that a "Chupacabras" attack had taken place, attributing the event to the legendary contemporary character to whom hundreds of similar attacks throughout Latin America have been blamed.
A less sensational explanation involves a mink, a foreign species that has caused serious losses to residents of the Aysen region after having been introduced there a few years ago.
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Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Liliana Nu
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INEXPLICATA
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
April 27, 2004
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SOURCE: El Once Digital and La Calle Online (Entre Rios, Argentina)
DATE: April 27, 2004
IS THERE A LOBIZON IN OUR CITY?
A story that some people took with good humor and which created anxiety among others gave rise to a state of general unrest--and a desire to know the truth--regarding the being that has kept the community on tenterhooks.
It is said that a person with a deformed face, an out-of-proportion body, about the size of a calf and with extremely red eyes, has terrified an important sector of the city's northwestern quarter.
The strange apparition comes about at night, has been seen by some people and at least two of them had been hospitalized in a state of shock in our city's medical center, according to some residents.
Without going any further, our newsroom received a phone call yesterday complaining about a similar situation, since an elderly man had a shocking experience when this entity appeared before him as he rode his bicycle.
The story is strange and it is a fact that several employees of the meat packing plant located in the city's northwestern sector have expressed a certain fear of running into the strange "lobizon."
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Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
April 27, 2004
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DATE: April 27, 2004
NEW CHUPACABRAS ATTACKS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Arturo Strange is adamant. He insists that it is not common for a dog attack to result in all of their prey bunched up, as he has seen inside his henhouse -- one chicken piled on top of another. Furthermore, he maintains that "there is a hole in the back through which the creature came in. As far as I know, dogs don't dig and travel underground."
A henhouse suffered a bloody attack in this area and this time 25 hens were the victims--along with don Arturo Strange's wallet. The owner of the birds is a long-time resident of the Pudeto Alto sector in Ancud, a region where the urban borders the rural. It cannot be said that the rooster stirred things up in the small henhouse, since he too paid with his life for being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
No one can disabuse Strange of the notion that the animal that killed his birds is a strange beast--the Chupacabras itself. He is so convinced by this that despite having lost all of his birds, he has summoned a veterinarian to conduct an analysis. This has happened only two days after a mink was shot in the outskirts of Llanquihue. On that occasion, 14 birds were shot by the animal, who is known for sucking blood and entrails out of its victim, which led people to believe that the Chupacabras was involved.
In what is now being known as "the Ancud Case" it is possible to believe that the Chupacabras was actually involved. Veterinarian Andres Norambuena visited the scene of the attack at 13:00 hrs. at 772 Pudeto Street. Without discarding any speculation, the professional has ventured with some certainty that a dog could be involved. But Strange is unconvinced, since he insists that "the only dogs I heard barking yesterday were my own. The hens didn't make a sound; they were nice and quiet."
Another person living in the same household corroborates this thesis. The only thing that the veterinarian is willing to consider with a fair amount of convicition is an attack by a mink, but given the area's physical characteristics and the density of buildings and human presence, this is doubtful. "Minks attack massively, but I think this would be the first such report ever known here. In other places there is considerable carnage, since [the mink] is a rather aggressive animal when it attacks. But we're in a city. It's unlikely that it would ever come here," Norambuena observed, returning to his original idea: "But this attack can be attributed to an animal with a larger muzzle, such as a dog."
The owner of the property says that there are wild creatures in the area, such as mountain cats and foxes, which have been seen around where he lives, so he does not discard the possibility of minks or the Chupacabras.
Strange's beliefs have been corroborated by local residents, particularly on Las Americas street, where two residents have witnessed an unknown animal. The creature was described as having "an elongated body, pointy head, slanted eyes and stands on two legs...I only saw it for a few seconds," says Jacqueline Cordero, one of the locals, who only six months ago saw an unidentified creature that she believes claimed the lives of six young chickens.
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Translation (c) 2004 Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Ing. Marco Reynoso
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The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
April 29, 2004
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SOURCE: Diario La Discusion Chile
DATE: April 28, 2004
SHEEP FOUND DEAD WITH WOUNDS ON HEAD, NECK
The legend of the Chupacabras acquired relevance yet again among farmers of the western sector of Chilan after a hellish vision shattered the day for a farmer in the El Huape sector.
Every morning, Jorge Huichalaf visits the pasture where he keeps his 75 sheep. It is easy to imagine his shock when he found that 15 of them were dead, showing wounds on their heads and necks.
While the likeliest explanation, by virtue of cases that have occured before, can be found in canine attacks, the affected livestock owner indicated his surprise at the nature of the injuries.
Even though no formal report was presented to them, sanitary authorities learned of the case and manifested their concern over possible damage to smallholders and their herds. Without commenting on the species of the aggressor(s), experts coincided that the theory of the dog attack represents the likeliest explanation.
"There has been evidence of wild packs in the El Huape and San Nicolas sectors. These can engage in violent activity, particularly if a fierce leader emerges from the pack," said Jorge Gonzz, head of the Zoonosis Unit of the Undersecretariat of the Environment. Sergio Donoso, a veterinarian at Concepciniversity, agreed that is possible to explain violent acts by dogs when they act as a pack.
"There are different ways in which cats and dogs attack. While the former usually go for the neck and tend to asphyxiate their victims, canines bite and tear," said the vet.
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SOURCE: Diario La Tercera (Chile)
DATE: April 30, 2004
CHUPACABRAS IN PROVIDENCIA?
A group of workers made a strange discovery: they came across three carcasses of a strange animal while they worked at a house located on Calle Condell in the commune of Providencia. The three skeletons at first sight are reminiscent of the image of the feared "chupacabras".
"All three were the same, without any front legs. We were told to dispose of them, but we were stunned and are still confused...they can't be rabbits by their shape: the teeth, the long legs and the fact that they lack hands," said one of the workers to Chilevision Noticias.
The animals have skulls similar to a cat's, fifteen ribs, large fangs separated by a one centimeter gap and only two hind legs.
"We'd all like this to be a chupacabras or the offspring of a chupacabras. I'd be famous, but I don't know if that would be the case," said the worker.
The skeletons will be examined by veterinarians of the University of Chile.
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Translation (c) 2004. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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SOURCE: La Cuarta (Santiago de Chile)
DATE: Thursday, June 17, 2004
CHILE: MAN WHO MISTOOK WILDCAT FOR CHUPACABRAS TO BE FINED
The curse of the Chupacabras weighs heavily on Isidoro Lizana, who is looking at a fine of between 150 to 300 Chilean Pesos for having mistaken a gui a protected variety of wildcat, with the legendary monster. Lizana beat it to death after the animal killed 23 hens.
Lizana, who looks after the farm birds in Fra Fra Errriz, Las Ramaditas, located between Marchigue and Pichilemu in the 6th Region, was accused of poaching by the Agriculture and Livestock Service in Santa Cruz after slaying one of the scarecest wild cats on the planet, found only in Chile and on the other side of the Andean Range.
Lizana appeared in court last Monday and placed the blame squarely on four large dogs kept on his premises, who trapped the guiHowever, after a detailed study of the carcass, wildlife inspectors ascertained that the animal had also been beaten to death.
Patricio Estrada, SAG's Regional Director, shall determine in coming days if Lizana acted with malice aforethought, premeditation and planning in this animal crime. Luis Brito, director of the Museum of Natural Sciences and Archaeology in San Antonio, denounced the episode as a breach of the Hunting Code, adding that the guis a cat that has four to five young per year, lives between 10-15 years and is also one of the most efficient controlers of long tailed mice and other carriers of the Hanta virus. The gui habitat ranges from Coquimbo to Ays has been protected since 1975, and the national scientific community knows very little about its habits, partly due to indiscriminate hunting and the fact that it cannot reproduce in captivity.
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Napa Valley's other filmmaker is out to scare you
Thursday, June 17, 2004
By John Intardonato
Staff Writer
The question of whether Napa Valley is big enough for two famous filmmakers may be tested soon -- on Halloween. That is the release date for a new film, titled "CABRAS," being made on location on Spring Mountain by 1997 St. Helena High School graduate, Fredy Polania.
The 26-year-old director plans to enter his low budget, all-volunteer cast, sci-fi film in the Sundance and the Cannes Film Festivals.
"We've been filming for nine months," Polania said. "I think it's a great film. It would probably cost a half million dollars to produce. We're making it for less than $30,000."
He started with up-front money from his parents, who now live in Napa, and a few others who were intrigued by the plot. He is also getting volunteer help from his brother Arnie, a 2003 St. Helena High graduate, his cousins Monica, Andres, and Ricky, and some enthusiastic friends -- all stage-struck and hoping to "hit it big" in a movie.
Polania, who acts like a calm Quentin Tarantino -- or is that an oxymoron? -- says he plans to complete filming in three weeks, with editing finished by August. He became interested in film production after working on the movie, "The Parent Trap," which was filmed in St. Helena, in 1997.
"I was always interested in acting, and took drama classes at St. Helena High School," Polania said. At Napa Valley College, he majored in drama and video production. He also worked in video production in San Francisco and Phoenix.
His father, Jose, who has been involved in art promotion for 25 years will help with distribution. His mother, Nohora is providing the room and board for the cast. It is, indeed, a family affair.
The director of photography and one of the producers is 34-year-old R. Scott Rachfal. His parents, Tom and Joann Contreras, have owned and operated the Rose Garden Inn here for 15 years. "I've been a good friend of Fredy's family. I liked the story idea, and that's why I'm donating my time and have invested in the film," he said.
Helping with direction and publicity is Monica Polania, 22, who is studying filmmaking at Arizona State University at Tempe. Another cousin, Ricky Polania, 27, is art director.
They film on a ranch off Spring Mountain road, owned by Lester and Barbara Hurd, former owners of Hurd Beeswax Candles in St. Helena. It has a small lake and extensive conifers and it looks a lot like the Flagstaff area, and the weather is a lot better," Polonia said. "Mr. and Mrs. Hurd have generously let us use the site."
The movie is based on a true incident, which took place near Flagstaff, Arizona in 1992. According to Polania, three young people were found murdered on a cotton ranch. They, along with a fourth companion, were returning to San Diego from a camping trip to Colorado. The body of a farm hand was also found at the scene.
The murders were never solved, according to Polania. The fourth camper, Jake Withers, has never been seen; and the farm owner, 60-year-old Stanley Payton, has also disappeared. Although the victims all had slashes on their necks and backs, there was no blood present, either in the bodies or on the ground.
Polania's guarded about the plot but it draws heavily from his influences. "It has to do with the chupacabra mysteries which first began in Puerto Rico and have spread to many parts of Latin America and the Southwest," he said. "I didn't want to use that as the title, because it might be too hard to pronounce, and people would think it was a Spanish movie, which it isn't."
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish and is the subject of many monster stories. The chupacabra is a creature, either real or imagined, that has wreaked havoc on farm animals, and occasionally humans as well. It punctures and mutilates and then removes only the blood from its prey, leaving the corpse desiccated.
UFO Magazine claims it can cite more than 2,000 such incidents from Klamath Falls, Oregon, to South America, and even China. Most of them have been in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
UFO enthusiasts believe the creature was the product of genetic manipulations by human agencies. Allegedly a Chinese-Russian scientist by the name of Dr.Tsian Kanchen produced the strain. He was able to do this by picking up the bioenergetic field of the DNA of living organisms and transfer it electronically to other living organisms -- Whew!
Chupacabras are among the creatures called Anomalous Biological Entities, or ABEs. Although there are many variations, the consensus describes the chupacabra as a small, tailless dinosaur with quills down the back. It has the head of an alien, sharp claws, and carries a stench of sulfur. It has vampire tendencies as well.
"The farm worker was a husky, Vietnam veteran," and therefore not easy prey, Polania said. "So people believe it was some sort of strange animal. The fact there was no blood anywhere brought out the idea of the chupacabras. The mysterious disappearance of the farm owner and one of the campers adds to the mystery. The local police spent two weeks looking and found nothing."
How can the story miss? You even have a mad Chinese-Russian scientist. Now, all you need to do is link him up with Saddam Hussein, who planned on unleashing millions of chupacabras on unsuspecting Americans, while they wait in line to buy gas. Add warm, buttered popcorn, an R rating, and keep your eyes peeled on Halloween night.
Watch out, Signor Coppola!
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SOURCE: Diario la Discusion (Chile)
DATE: July 5, 2004
ALLEGED WINGED CREATURES CAUSE PANIC AMONG PEASANTS
Juan Acuña looks scared. He first runs away from the press and then argues that he's tired of telling his story to the press out of a fear that no one will believe him anyway. The fact of the matter is that around 2 a.m. on Sunday, he went to drop off his brother-in-law and on his return home, he lived through an indescribable situation that he still cannot understand.
"I was on my way to the smallhold where I live and two animals crossed my path--a large one and a small one. One bit my leg while the other went for my face. I shielded myself with my arm to defend myself. Later I jumped into the Canal Fiscal and managed to come up in front of my brother in law's house with the clothing all ripped. They called the ambulance and I was taken to the hospital, getting there at 5:30 a.m. They cured me there, but nothing else," Acuña explained.
The resident says that the creatures were tremendously strong, and that he was in fear for his life all the time, since he still couldn't figure out what they were. "I think they may come back. I felt their claws...look at my body. They were always
