By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 1, 5:25 PM ETCUERO, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She’s been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. Chupcabra means “goat sucker” in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico. Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens. “I think it could have wolf in it,” Canion said. “It has to be a cross between two or three different things.” But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria. “I’m not going to tell you that’s not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog,” said Schaar, who has seen Canion’s find. The “chupacabras” could have all been part of a mutated litter of dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said. [¡pobrecito! Did she really have to quote him like that?]
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Also inexplicable...my water bill comes with an envelope for sending payment pre-addressed like this:
CITY OF VALLEJO
PO BOX 54537
LOS ANGELES, CA 90054
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