In September I posted about reports of a "chupacabra" or "goat sucker" that was discovered in Texas. Phylis Canion of Cuero and her neighbors discovered three of the creatures – quite dead – over the summer. She recovered one of the heads, popped it in her freezer and called for scientific help. Well, the results are in. It is not a chupacabra she has on ice. It is just one really ugly, bald (and bluish) coyote.
Biologists at Texas State University announced Thursday night they had identified the hairless doglike creature.
KENS-TV of San Antonio provided a tissue sample from the animal for testing.
"The DNA sequence is a virtually identical match to DNA from the coyote," biologist Mike Forstner said in a statement. "This is probably the answer a lot of folks thought might be the outcome. I, myself, really thought it was a domestic dog, but the Cuero Chupacabra is a Texas Coyote."
Additional tests are underway to see if they can determine why the coyote was hairless. They grow some really ugly coyotes in Texas, though. So, it's back to the proverbial drawing board for goat sucker enthusiasts. Keep hunting kids, they're probably hanging out with Bigfoot. (Someone will start a rumor that the DNA tests were rigged to cover the real truth. Oops, I just did!)
