Saturday, February 19, 2005
Strange corpse has some muttering
the word ‘chupacabra’
Last Update: 02/10/2005 11:15:05 PMBy: Reed UptonVideo
Some New Mexicans say it’s the weirdest thing they’ve ever seen: a creature – and that’s the best word to describe it – found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa.
To some, it’s simply intriguing. To others, it’s downright scary. The creature belongs to Robert Wheeler.
“It was found out on the West Mesa,” says Wheeler. ”A friend of mine was out there shooting and kicked it out of the dirt.”
“It looks like a gargoyle” said Wheeler’s friend Steve Garcia. “It has these sponge-like lips.”
Garcia and Wheeler say Hispanics seem most affected by the creature – and what it might be.
“[To people of] Spanish heritage, it’s the chupacabra,” says Wheeler. “The goat sucker is what they call it.”
A Google search will reveal many images of what people imagine the mythical chubacabra ranging from a demented Grinch-like beast to something more closely resembling the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Wheeler delivered the creature to a New Mexico Game and Fish office where Eyewitness News 4 shot video of it – and recorded responses from people entering the office on regular business only to see the dried corpse. They weren’t sure what to make of it.
“Any guess as to what it could be,” Eyewitness News 4’s Tom Joles asked one of the drop-ins.
“Something prehistoric, I assume,” answered the viewer.
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the word ‘chupacabra’
Last Update: 02/10/2005 11:15:05 PMBy: Reed UptonVideo
Some New Mexicans say it’s the weirdest thing they’ve ever seen: a creature – and that’s the best word to describe it – found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa.
To some, it’s simply intriguing. To others, it’s downright scary. The creature belongs to Robert Wheeler.
“It was found out on the West Mesa,” says Wheeler. ”A friend of mine was out there shooting and kicked it out of the dirt.”
“It looks like a gargoyle” said Wheeler’s friend Steve Garcia. “It has these sponge-like lips.”
Garcia and Wheeler say Hispanics seem most affected by the creature – and what it might be.
“[To people of] Spanish heritage, it’s the chupacabra,” says Wheeler. “The goat sucker is what they call it.”
A Google search will reveal many images of what people imagine the mythical chubacabra ranging from a demented Grinch-like beast to something more closely resembling the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Wheeler delivered the creature to a New Mexico Game and Fish office where Eyewitness News 4 shot video of it – and recorded responses from people entering the office on regular business only to see the dried corpse. They weren’t sure what to make of it.
“Any guess as to what it could be,” Eyewitness News 4’s Tom Joles asked one of the drop-ins.
“Something prehistoric, I assume,” answered the viewer.
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