Teen Kills Possible Chupacabra

Well, if it is; he's definitely shot a rare and endangered species. I think there is a penatly for that.

That is a dog or a coyote with mange. Just like all the other chupacabras.

The singular is not chupacabra but chupacabras.

As above, clearly a canid with mange. Two great things. First this kid and his goober father shot a sick dog. Next, it is also great that this kid is out there just shooting things from a distance.

Perhaps it's a dog/wolf or dog/coyote hybrid.

Ahh, the demon haunted world we live in.

You can't claim valid theory by ignorance. Santa Claus doesn't actually exist till you learn otherwise.

And chupacabra is rural hokem.

Why?

Because there is ZERO possibility that a skeleton of the purported species has never been found. Zero, as in false.

I'm into cryptid sightings and I like finding it here on this site. Love this site.

But this is reporting 101. It's a 'reported' or 'perported' or 'supposed' chupacabra. These words indicate that the term is that of the subject and not the author.

Does the author think it might be a chupacabra? Hope not.

Is it only in the US that the most common reaction to seeing an unidentified creature is to start blasting away at it?

@Audi, these folks live in Texas. 'nuff said.

It's the same kind of wild dog as last time: a xolo. It's that hard to recognize it. Xolos are bread as pets up in the States but are wild, hairless dogs native to Mexico. I wish rednecks would quit shooting them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xolo

Bionicrat...I totally agree. Every picture of a chupacabras I've ever seen has looked exactly like a xolo (and significantly unlike any description of a chupacabra I've ever read).

I also agree that people coming into contact with supposed cryptids should invest in a good camera (or at least borrow one).

LOL, just like with "Bigfoot", no one EVER snaps a clear, identifiable pic of one, just grainy, blurry pics from a distance.

Clear identifiable pics?
http://www.lorencoleman.com/myakka.html

That's incredible! Who ever would think to name their kid Pope?

That's increadable, here we have a rare and hithro unknown animal..

and a texan shoots it. go fig, eh?

Texans eh? Who would have expected them to shoot on sight? Morons.

There is no reason to call all Texans morons. I live in Austin but don't subscribe to the mentality of killing an animal that is causing no harm. I am a graphic designer who graduated college with honors, my wife is an admin for a school district and has a masters degree in education. Please don't post close minded offensive comments.

ah J, but you (like me) live in austin- we're largely different than a lot of other texans who have given texas a bad name over the years.

What we have here is NOT a rare and "hithro" unknown animal, but something rather common: a mangy coyote. And Texans aren't dumb; they're just ignorant. ;)

Yeah, pretty much ditto what others have said.
I mean really..
Oh hey look... it could possibly be a rare animal!
SHOOT IT!!!

UGH

@craig>> You know what sarcasm is?

I'm petty sure you don't.

If it moves, kill it. If it breathes kill it. If its new to science kill it and photograph it from as far away as possible.

Then shoot the camera and some roadsigns you noticed on the way over...

"Pa whats that big bright ball in the sky?"

"KILL IT"

@J the last time I was in Austin I couldn't believe how different it was from the rest of the state. I mean, there were people there driving cars rather than pickup trucks.

A Texan I know told me (without any apparent sense of irony) that Texas was better than the rest of the union and that if a Texan doesn't like what's going on in the USA then they want the state to secede from the union. Ain't democracy great? If you like what it does then you're all for it, if it doesn't then you want out. Anyhow if Austin is in a state with an attitude like that, don't you think it's time Austin seceded from Texas?

@Ziggy Texas is like the least nasty room in a motel 6. Texas might not be all-that but where are you coming from when you also live in the same motel 6? Anyway, Texas will be seeing you in 2012...