Reggie Lagow, a farmer in Coleman, Texas decided to set a trap last week, hoping to capture what ever it was chasing and killing his turkeys and chickens... What he found was a creature which is described to be a mix between a rat, a hairless dog, and a kangaroo.... Could this be the mythical Chupacabra?
The Chupacabra, Spanish for "goat sucker", first made the news in 1994, after several attacks were reported in Puerto Rico. The following year, in August of 1995, 150 animals were attacked in Canvanas, Puerto Rico, and according to reports, similar attacks have since been reported from Mexico, Central America, South America, and Chile, to the Southern United States.
Another strange animal thought to be the Chupacabra was the Elmendorf Beast, a canine like creature shot in Elmendorf, Texas, in August 2004. Although an initial DNA test proved inconclusive, a second test was performed and determined that the animal was a coyote with mange. Sightings of several animals matching the Elmendorf Beast have been reported in the area. Many are still skeptical over the test results.
What has people mystified is the manner in which the animals are killed... The victims' blood is drained from their bodies, and in some cases internal organs have been said to have been removed, although nothing more than two puncture wounds in the neck are found. 
Animals reported to have been killed by the Chupacabra include chickens, rabbits, goats, and horses.
Eye witnesses have described the Chupacabra as being a bipedal, reptilian type creature, standing 3-4 foot tall, with long, muscular hind legs and small bat like arms. It is said to be greenish or grey in color and hairless, with a row of spikes or ridges running from the top of its head down along its spine. It has also been reported to have extremely large, red eyes and most notably, long fangs.
One of the more notorious eye witness sightings occurred in Varginha, Brazil on January 20, 1996. Following a UFO sighting, a creature was witnessed by three girls, Liliane and Valaquira Fatima, and Andrade Xavier, who claimed to have seen a biped creature standing about 1.6m tall, with a large head and very thin body, brown skin, large red eyes and V-shaped feet. The creature's similarities to eye witness descriptions of the Chupacabra have led many to believe that Chupacabras are in fact extraterrestrial beings. The Varginha Incident
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— go to most recent comments1 - Annie
LOL...Could be!
2 - John Bill
Pat Robertson says "El Chupacabra" is a demon sent by Almighty God to kill Mexicans.
3 - Bob A. Booey
Annie, this is interesting.
Keep up the weird X-Files type stories. I find them amusing.
That is all.
4 - Eric Olsen
super job Annie, couldn't be better - thanks!
5 - Annie
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. don't know where the animal is...I've updated the article.
6 - Eric Olsen
classic! We all know that the body is REALLY at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, right next to the alien autopsy
7 - Justene
Can you track down Mr. Laglow?
Jes' askin"!!
8 - Annie
I'll give it a shot!
9 - get real
folks. what we have here is simply a fox or coyote with a bad case of mange. the chupacabra along with a long list of the other things everyone WANTS to believe in (including religion lol) is nothing but a legend and will always be that way.
poor doggie.
nighty night.
10 - Pat Robertson
Hey that's the dog that my wife and I use in our SEX videos
11 - Jessica
Hey ppl, El Chupacabra was made by some stupid scientists El Chupacabra is a rat,dog,rabbit,and i forgot the rest i kno this because i have the docamentry of the Chupacabra and it shows u how El Chupacabra was made but if u ppl want 2 believe wut u believe than fine go ahead and p.s there is 4 more of the chupacabra the mom is dead but there is 4 more of the chupacabra
12 - Jessica
Annie can u track down Richard Sandrak
jes' askin
13 - Jessica
LOL!!!!!!!!!
14 - Aliciajon
You people are raunchy
15 - R. Michael Lagow
Mr. Reginald Lagow is my father. He is a retired businessman living in Coleman and is a very honest gentleman. I can assure you that the picture he took has NOT been "doctored" as Mr. Harvey pointed out. I don't think anyone really has an answer as to what the animal was. My father simply wanted to stop the killing of his chickens.
16 - chris
I love reading the stupid comments that people leave on articles like this... They are SO FUNNY! You are all stupid. "he's my dad" "made by evil scientists" "religion is a legend" Thanks for reporting Annie!
17 - Anastasia
Hi-Hi! I was surprised! You all have never seen this amusing ridiculous animal? When I was young we frightened them near a city dump. We called them tuzicks and they had striped tails and very sharp nail on a back legs.
18 - tyler
I'm from coleman. i like the story.
19 - Victor Plenty
Well, we know who to blame for Hurricane Katrina now. Think about it. Just look at this timeline for definitive proof:
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The facts speak for themselves!
20 - bob
the wtory is sotrue