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07-21-2011, 11:17am
Teen kills possible chupacabra
Posted: Jul 20, 2011 8:46 AM EDT
Updated: Jul 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT
HOUSTON (KPRC/CNN) - A Texas teen is claiming he shot and killed a real live chupacabra, but many biologists suspect the hairless animals are in fact sick coyotes or another wild animal.
Across an open field in Texas, Carter Pope spotted a strange animal.
"It just walked across and started shaking, slowly moving across," Pope said. "No hair on it at all, the back legs were shriveled up, and I honestly think it was a chupacabra."
Pope said he ran to his parents' room to wake up his dad to come see what he had discovered.
"I thought, 'I'm dreaming or this kid is crazy, but probably a little bit of both,'" Pope's father Will said.
Will said when he came outside with his son, he was amazed by the creature.
The animal was about 200 feet away when Pope fired three shots before the animal stopped moving.
Stories of alleged chupacabra sightings have been around for years, and pictures have surfaced on the internet.
Some believe a chupacabra is an animal that sucks the blood of livestock. It's reportedly a strange looking creature with barely any hair.
For many, it is a thing of legends. Some wildlife biologists believe it is a sick wild animal.
"I can believe it either way, it looks like nothing I have personally seen before," Will said.
Carter took hair and skin samples to get tested to put an end to the mystery once and for all.
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Posted: Jul 20, 2011 8:46 AM EDT
Updated: Jul 20, 2011 10:35 AM EDT
HOUSTON (KPRC/CNN) - A Texas teen is claiming he shot and killed a real live chupacabra, but many biologists suspect the hairless animals are in fact sick coyotes or another wild animal.
Across an open field in Texas, Carter Pope spotted a strange animal.
"It just walked across and started shaking, slowly moving across," Pope said. "No hair on it at all, the back legs were shriveled up, and I honestly think it was a chupacabra."
Pope said he ran to his parents' room to wake up his dad to come see what he had discovered.
"I thought, 'I'm dreaming or this kid is crazy, but probably a little bit of both,'" Pope's father Will said.
Will said when he came outside with his son, he was amazed by the creature.
The animal was about 200 feet away when Pope fired three shots before the animal stopped moving.
Stories of alleged chupacabra sightings have been around for years, and pictures have surfaced on the internet.
Some believe a chupacabra is an animal that sucks the blood of livestock. It's reportedly a strange looking creature with barely any hair.
For many, it is a thing of legends. Some wildlife biologists believe it is a sick wild animal.
"I can believe it either way, it looks like nothing I have personally seen before," Will said.
Carter took hair and skin samples to get tested to put an end to the mystery once and for all.
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