Comments on: Texas Chupacabras Sighting?

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:52:30 +0000

I don’t care what that thing might have been, I’m not moving into that area. I don’t know anything that doesn’t reflect light from its eyes, and usually the more nocturnal the more it reflects.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:31:50 +0000

Now, if the thing she saw is much as she described, and not of any conventional nature, perhaps it was a Thunderbird (Maybe a fledgling), as even good reports often fail to describe very avian features. Another cryptid possibility (which, if real, I think gets confused for Thunderbirds quite often, especially in Texas) is the giant bat found in Central American lore. I don’t have my CZ books with me right now, but I believe its called a Camazotz or Camazotl, something like that.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:14:42 +0000

I don’t wish to dismiss this girl’s sighting out of hand, and I’m willing to accept her as being experienced in local wildlife, but even that doesn’t rule out a conventional explanation. I am an avid naturalist here in South Jersey, and although I know owls to be quite common here, I have only ever seen maybe 4 in all my nocturnal or sylvan wanderings. Further, I once had an experience which may be relevant. Walking at night in the woods of Higbee Beach, Cape May, my friend and I crossed the path of an animal, about 3 feet high when standing on its hind legs, that was furred and creme-coloured, with a long tail. Needless to say, it freaked us out plenty. Thankfully we had a flashlight and it was obliging enough to pause for a moment before it dropped to all fours and scuttled off, allowing us time to better observe it. We are all in agreement now that it was an albino or light-haired opossum or skunk. But had it not paused for that moment, I virtually guarantee you that we all would have come away convinced that we had seen something quite unusual, and not altogether dissimilar from this girl’s experience. Just food for thought in considering this case.

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:34:11 +0000

J.-
DINGDINGDINGDING! That makes owl a lot more probable! I could see the “hands” being short feathers, and the longer thingies on the arms as longer feathers.

By: J.

J. — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:20:57 +0000

Maybe it had its mouth open and it just looked like a slit?

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:08:07 +0000

I am sceptical of the owl theory, because the mouth is more of a slit than a long beak. Maybe some kind of large, snub-nosed bat?

By: J.

J. — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:51:35 +0000

Photographs would be nice, but as everyone knows, not even the PGF has convinced people of Bigfoots existence, so a still photo of a cryptid doesn’t stand a good chance of convincing people IMO, unless it is high quality, and maybe not even then.

I agree about being careful and not jumping to conclusions. I dislike that whole “true believer” attitude.

Of course, I also dislike those dismissive, closed-minded scientists also, which could be considered a “true non-believer syndrome”, I guess.

Now someone needs to present the witness with the owl theory and see if she agrees or not.

By: MojoHotep

MojoHotep — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:53:24 +0000

Been giving this some thought. I grew up a country boy myself, and there have been times, that even “I” have been fooled by owls. AND, they have a tendancy to tilt their heads down and look up at you, which keeps the eyes from reflecting light. I have seen this in person. I am not sure if this behavior is intentional or if they are tilting their heads to better pick up sound with their enormous ears. Owls operate by sound as much if not more than sight. Especially at night. ALSO, it would not have to be a fledgling owl. It could have been an adult barn owl. One more factor here. If that owl had been feeding on something it had caught on the side of the road, had finished eating and flown up on the post to clean and groom itself, then it would have taken a defensive posture if approached to protect the remainder of its prey. I have witnessed this behavior many times in person in the field. I know what the girl thougth she saw, and maybe she did. But when you have a very, very good explanation like this one in comparison to the data given, it would take a photograph to convince me otherwise on this one, because I have had the peedoodle scared out of me, at night, by owls, up close and personal. I think it is really important in CryptoZoo to be careful about getting caught up in the moment. I want to “believe” as much or more than anyone out there. But I don’t want to take credibility away from CryptoZoo by jumping to conclusions either way. If we are going to call it a science, we need to respect that label. In 1979, as a biology major in college, I told my advisor I wanted to become a cryptozoologist. He laughed in my face and told me there was no such thing and that there never would be. He was a PHD in biology. I went on to get my degree in the biology sciences and I have waited a long time for CryptoZoo to become legit. Good hunting all,,,,,and keep those cameras handy.

By: J.

J. — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:42:06 +0000

The owl theory is good, but wouldn't she know a young owl if she saw one? Or, could it be that she had never saw a fledgling owl and when she did, she did not know what it was and thought it was something more? And if the owls eyes were closed, wouldn't the eyelids (one of the three it has) be the same color as the rest of it, almost making it look like it didn't have eyes, as in this picture? Yet in the drawing, the eyes are black. Those pesky owls, getting mistaken for all kinds of things, maybe Chupas as in this case, and UFO creatures. Where will they turn up next? Teaming with those armadillos to try and take over the world?

By: shovethenos

shovethenos — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:03:19 +0000

mtgrogan-

{whisper} Shhh, the armadillos might….hear you. They’re not to be trifled with. {whisper}

MojoHotep-

Pretty good. Strong theory. Hopefully someone can get some more information or feedback from the witness.