Is THIS the mythical chupacabra? Texas family finds mysterious hairless creature prowling through their yard
A man in Ratcliffe, Texas has caught a smallish, black critter that he believes is the legendary beast
The story of El Chupacabra began in Puerto Rico when farmers found their goats dead and drained of all their blood
While Jackie Stock and her husband Bubba think they've bagged the mythical animal, some believe they have a raccoon with mange
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Indeed, the animal is not very large--perhaps the size of a house cat.
But its wrinkly black skin and bulbous eyes still lend it a look of menace.
The couple have kept the thing in a cage and have been feeding it and making sure it has water to drink.
Stock and her husband say they have kept the animal in a cage, not to harm it, but out of curiosity.
'We were just trying to figure out what it is because we've never seen anything like it before,' Stock said.
No chupacabra has ever been positively identified, of course, and if the Stock's find is ever ID'd, it will likely be as a mammal, possibly with a parasitic infestation that has caused its hair to fall out.
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