S2 E6: El Chupacabra

Alana brings us another local Cryptid story! This time we're delving into the story of El Chupacabra, the invisible menace that plagued Puerto Rico, and later Mainland USA. So lock up your livestock, no goats are safe!

Sources Cited:

• Barbeito, Camila. “People Still Can’t Explain All Those Chupacabra Sightings Three Decades Later.” We Are Mitú. 100% American & Latino, 17 Mar. 2023, wearemitu.com/wearemitu/culture/what-to-know-chupacabra-legend/. 

• Butler, Rhett A. “Chupacabra Story Is a Hoax; Likely a Xolo Dog Breed.” Arquivo.Pt, 4 Sept. 2007, arquivo.pt/wayback/20090713065346/http:/news.mongabay.com/2006/1214-unu.html. 

• Cabrera, Kristen. “Are the Strange Creatures Found around Cuero the Legendary Chupacabra?” Texas Standard, 1 Nov. 2023, www.texasstandard.org/stories/cuero-texas-chupacabra-ranch-cryptid-sightings/. 

• Corrales, Scott. Chupacabras and Other Mysteries. Greenleaf Publications, 1997. 

• Haslam, Garth. “1975, February~July: The Vampire of Moca.” Anomalies: The Strange & Unexplained, 4 May 2022, anomalyinfo.com/Stories/1975-vampire-moca. 

• Jarry, Jonathan. “The Mythical Creature Known as the Chupacabra Walked out of a Movie.” Office for Science and Society, 30 June 2023, www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-history/mythical-creature-known-chupacabra-walked-out-movie#:~:text=Though%20there%20was%20a%20rash,only%20dates%20back%20to%201995. 

• Lewis, Robert. “Chupacabra.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 15 Nov. 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/chupacabra. 

• Luntta, Karl. “Abominable Chupacabra.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 Jan. 2006, archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/fodors/top/features/travel/destinations/bermudaandcaribbean/puertorico/fdrs_feat_125_16.html. 

• Radford, Benjamin. “Slaying the Vampire - Solving the Chupacabra Mystery.” Skeptical Inquirer, 2011, skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2011/05/p45.pdf. 

• Radford, Benjamin. “The Radford Files: Seeking the Puerto Rican Chupacabra.” Weekly Alibi, 2 Sept. 2010, alibi.com/news/the-radford-files-seeking-the-puerto-rican-chupacabra/.

• Shea, Hunter. “Vampire of Moca.” Hunter Shea, 28 Apr. 2016, huntershea.com/tag/vampire-of-moca/. 

• Skeptrack. “Slaying the Vampire: Solving the Chupacabra Mystery - Ben Radford.” YouTube, YouTube, 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=owfgdOnikwc&ab_channel=SkepticsTrack%28Skeptrack%29.

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