# Has the Chupacabra returned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-chupacabra-returned/115640>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-chupacabra-returned/115640 "2002-06-24T02:29:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kc\_450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kc\_450](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kc_450)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-chupacabra-returned/115640/1 "2002-06-24T02:29:55Z")

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Anyone remember the Chupacabra that made online headlines a few years ago? Well, msn news posted an article. Apparently, in Argentina, something has been killing animals in a fashion very similar to the Chupcabra… [http://www.msnbc.com/news/769572.asp?0dm=N25ET](http://www.msnbc.com/news/769572.asp?0dm=N25ET)  
Does this seem possible? What the heck is going on?

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**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-chupacabra-returned/115640/2 "2002-06-24T02:44:06Z")

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Bored teenagers?

That’s my best guess.

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**Author:** ![kc\_450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@kc\_450](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kc_450)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-chupacabra-returned/115640/3 "2002-06-24T02:50:13Z")

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_grin_ As a bored teenager, I’ll try to ignore that. I just find it odd that the same thing is being reported again.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-chupacabra-returned/115640/4 "2002-06-24T02:51:28Z")

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Bored teenagers who read the Straight Dope? David’s Staff Report from 2000, [Can the mysterious chupacabra of Puerto Rico suck the blood of farm animals?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mchupacabra.html).

Everything you always wanted to know about chupacabras…