Comments on: Another Texas Chupacabras?

By: ncanimallover

ncanimallover — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:33:20 +0000

The pic of this poor Baby breaks my heart. It looks like my dog, an ITALIAN GREYHOUND. A mini version of the full size Greyhound. Once they get free to run you can”t call them back. Running at 25 mph on a mission to hunt, but not suck blood. They have very short thin hair and yes it probably did have mange. Their top jaw overlaps their bottom jaw and they have a deep chest. Iggies, as they are called, have a humped back, legs 11 to 13 in. long, only around 4 1/2 in wide body weighing between 6 to 8 lbs. ITALIAN GREYHOUNDs get lost a lot because of the No call back once they get free they are gone and you have a 50/50 chance of seeing your dog again. Sad!!

By: skyangel020

skyangel020 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:49:28 +0000

Well the back feet almost resemble the feet of a rodent, such as rabit but what this animal really does look like is a really malnourished Xoloitzcuintle or Xolo, which is a kind of hairless dog, such as the one here. the idea that an animal sucked the blood out of an animal seems somewhat unethical, there is not enough nutrients in blood alone to keep an animal like this alive and also one with a muzzle like this dog was meant to eat solid food such as meat. soo...yah

By: DarkxMoon

DarkxMoon — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:39:22 +0000

I know I’m weirder than ever, but I think that mutt is so ugly that it’s cute. =3

By: G

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:08:46 +0000

I guess it’s too much to ask that somebody down in Texas simply set up a nightvision camcorder on their porch along with the chicken.

By: Chernobyl

Chernobyl — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:38:58 +0000

To me, it looks like a fox that got hit with the ugly stick one too many times. Small paws, long slender snout, slender legs, it definitely seems like a type of fox. I’m with the rest of you and not gonna jump to the mange conclusion.

Besides, how did the chupacabra of Latin America which stood on two legs, had a head like a gray alien and giant eyes magically poof into a really ugly dog?

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:02:14 +0000

craig, thanks for explaining why my computer seemed possessed. I saw the above picture, but according to the story I read on unknowncountry.com that looks nothing like the elmendorf beast. Legs are proportioned properly for a canine. The snout looks canine as well as the jaw is the correct proportion to the snout. This one is a cute coyote with major mange, poor thing.

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:14:30 +0000

Mauka,

I, for one, have personally dealt with dogs who had mange. So no I am not just jumping on the bandwagon and saying mange for the heck of it.

I have worked with dogs, been to enough dog shows, owned dogs, studied dogs, etc. and am pretty knowledgeable about them. This animal just screams ‘canine’.

I am not a skeptic by any means and do believe there are many cryptids out there undiscovered. But believing in cryptids doesn’t mean I am gonna get excited at every misidentified common animal either.

Most people don’t know what they are looking at, which is the reason why common animals get misidentified as cryptids, as well as the reason cryptids get misidentified as common animals.

I am a believer in the strange, but IMO this is no cryptid.

We’ve already had manged canines (dogs, foxes, etc) misidentified as chupacabras and hyenas. This is most definitely another case of that.

I want a real chupa photo as bad as anyone else, but it’s very disappointing that every time I see an article saying “Chupacabra Photos” it’s a bald dog.

By: cabochris

cabochris — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:46:08 +0000

It might actually be a baby bigfoot?

By: mauka

mauka — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:04:39 +0000

I bet most of you people who say its just mange, read the quotes and said “mange… that sounds good.” Its like if they found bigfoot and sombody said, “nope… thats just a gorilla. But why its seven ft tall and walking upright, I haven’t the foggiest.”

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:44:19 +0000

I think it’s totally bald. I thought at first it had a strip of fur down its head and back, but it was just the shadowing on the paper he’s laying on.
It’s some kind of canine though. And it looks more like a domestic dog’s shape than it does a fox or coyote, but its an awkward camera angle too.
He doesn’t look too healthy, so its possible its a breed/species that is normally furry but lost it due to sickness. The skin looks a bit mangey to me, and the stomach looks bloated- not an overweight dog b/c the rest of him is scrawny, but the stomach looks oddly puffy for the lanky proportions of the animal.
But if it’s a dog breed that is bred for no fur (like a hairless terrier, or a mexican hairless, etc.) the skin could have just gotten rotten-looking from sun damage since they have very sensitive skin.