#Goat skin blanket series#

A few months later, in August, an eyewitness named Madelyne Tolentino reported seeing the creature in the Puerto Rican town of Canóvanas, where as many as 150 farm animals and pets were reportedly killed. Eight sheep were discovered dead in Puerto Rico, each with three puncture wounds in the chest area and reportedly completely drained of blood. The first reported attack eventually attributed to the actual chupacabras occurred in March 1995. Graphic depiction of Chupacabra, as described by Puerto Rican witnesses in 1995

#Goat skin blanket series#

Each of the animals was reported to have had its body bled dry through a series of small circular incisions. Initially, it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life. In 1975, a series of livestock killings in the small town of Moca, Puerto Rico were attributed to el vampiro de Moca ('the vampire of Moca'). The name is attributed to Puerto Rican comedian Silverio Pérez, who coined the label in 1995 while commenting on the attacks as a San Juan radio deejay. It is known as both chupacabras and chupacabra throughout the Americas, with the former being the original name, and the latter a regularization. NameĬhupacabras can be literally translated as 'goat-sucker', from chupar ('to suck') and cabras ('goats'). Sightings in northern Mexico and the southern United States have been verified as canids afflicted by mange. All of the reports are anecdotal and have been disregarded as uncorroborated or lacking evidence. The 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. Initial sightings and accompanying descriptions first occurred in Puerto Rico in 1995.

In Puerto Rico and in Hispanic America it is generally described as a heavy creature, reptilian and alien-like, roughly the size of a small bear, and with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail, while in the Southwestern United States it is depicted as more dog-like. Physical descriptions of the creature vary.

The name comes from the animal's reported vampirism-the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats. The chupacabra or chupacabras ( Spanish pronunciation:, literally 'goat-sucker' from Spanish: chupa, 'sucks', and cabras, 'goats') is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas.