CHUPACABRA

ORIGIN: Puerto Rico.

This infamous legend has spread throughout Latin America and parts of the United States, especially in Texas and the Southwest. 

The name "Chupacabra" translates to "goat sucker" in Spanish, which practically describes the creature awful habit of attacking livestock, —more particularly, goats---- and draining their blood.

The first ever reported sighting of the Chupacabra date back to 1995 in the town of Canóvanas, Puerto Rico.

It was a place where a large series of livestock died mysteriously, leaving the farmers both confused and horrified. 

Horrified because the animals were found with puncture wounds in their necks and COMPLETELY drained of blood, with no other signs of predation (their pale white flesh was entirely intact).

Some eyewitnesses described the creature as a reptilian, alien-like being with leathery or scaly greenish-gray skin, with long sharp spines running down the length of its back, glowing red eyes, and sharp claws. 

Others claimed it resembled a hairless dog or coyote with a terribly deformed appearance.

As the legend grew, more and more reports of similar livestock killings spread across Mexico, Chile, and the southern U.S.

Critics and skeptics argue that these attacks are likely the work of wild dogs or coyotes suffering from mange (a sort of disease caused madness dogs can suffer from).

However, believers insist the Chupacabra is a bloodthirsty creature that waits in the shadows, ready to strike more livestock under the cover of night again.

… And perhaps, if care is not taken, one day it would go for humans.