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out to see what was happening, he saw what he described as a large "ratlike creature" in the goat pen, pinning one of the animals to the ground. Nubian said that when the beast noticed him, it turned to face him and let out an inhuman shriek before disappearing into the dark. A few years later, in 2003, another Tucson resident reported a similar experience. The girl, who wished to be identified only as Sarah A., recalled a "half-man, half-ape looking thing" squatting in her front yard. As she walked outside toward her mother's car, she and the creature startled one another. Crouching "frog style," the beast leapt toward her, made a hissing noise, then ran away. According to the girl's description, the frightening creature had big, piercing eyes, large hind legs and an arched back covered in spines. |
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The victims, mostly goats, cattle and chickens, are discovered after having been attacked sometime in the night. The animals are found emptied of blood, with peculiar, well-defined puncture wounds in either the neck or the hindquarters, though with no evidence of external bleeding. On occasion, these apparent chupacabra casualties suffer from other unusual injuries, such as having the anus "cored out," but again with no blood pouring from the wound. These disturbing crime scenes also commonly lack any tracks, as one would expect from a normal animal attack. But this absence of footprints may support yet another unusual feature assigned to the chupacabra––some say the beast can fly. Though not very common, various witnesses report seeing Chupy bare his leathery wings. A few even claim to have seen the bloodsucker take to the air, as did one Arizonan who told us he spotted something about the size of a small ape cross his path along Interstate 19 on his way from Phoenix to Nogales. Somewhere near the border, the creature, which bore all resemblance to the chupacabra, flew into his headlights and upward into the night sky. As yet, no humans have been assaulted by the bloodthirsty being. But if the chupacabra really has moved into Arizona as it seems, it's only a matter of time before it tires of dining on javelina and starts looking for larger game.\ |
