# Another "Chupacabra" Shot in Texas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-chupacabra-shot-in-texas/271604>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-chupacabra-shot-in-texas/271604 "2004-10-28T02:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rikster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@Rikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rikster)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-chupacabra-shot-in-texas/271604/1 "2004-10-28T02:21:31Z")

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Anybody see this? A lot more detailed pictures than the other threads but I tend to lean to wards the mangy dog theory. Of course were always waiting for those reports to come back that never seem to come.

[http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=808&category=Environment](http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=808&category=Environment)

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**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-chupacabra-shot-in-texas/271604/2 "2004-10-28T02:40:00Z")

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> [@Rikster](#):
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> Anybody see this? A lot more detailed pictures than the other threads but I tend to lean to wards the mangy dog theory. Of course were always waiting for those reports to come back that never seem to come.
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> [http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=808&category=Environment](http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=808&category=Environment)

A friend of mine who was repeatedly abducted by aliens was once chased along the banks of the Speed River by a chupacabra while he was trailing some CSIS agents. He said that it didn’t look anything like this creature.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-chupacabra-shot-in-texas/271604/3 "2004-10-28T02:42:28Z")

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Looks like a sick dog or coyote. Boy, people will make mountains out of molehills, won’t they?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-chupacabra-shot-in-texas/271604/4 "2004-10-28T02:45:20Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mchupacabra.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mchupacabra.html)