# El Chupacabra

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chupacabra/383818>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chupacabra/383818 "2006-12-12T15:11:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chupacabra/383818/1 "2006-12-12T15:11:23Z")

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So how long until El Chupacabra becomes slang for a bestial pervert. I have the phrase "El Chupacabra means goat sucker stuck in my head like millions of the public. When will the papers be picking up a news story on a person caught sucking a goat, and calling them the El Chupacabra. Headline “El Chupacabra Caught”

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chupacabra/383818/2 "2006-12-12T16:21:15Z")

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Ignoring the Caribbean cryptozooid, [Goatsuckers](http://www.realindy.com/goatsuckers.htm) (Order Caprimulgiformes) are fairly common throughout North America and Europe.