# What Cryptids do you think may exist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cryptids-do-you-think-may-exist/697510>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 4, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cryptids-do-you-think-may-exist/697510 "2014-09-04T18:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cryptids-do-you-think-may-exist/697510/41 "2014-09-07T13:43:30Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> I’m saddened that el Chupacabra is highly unlikely.
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> A small goat-blood-sucking alien-thing with spikes down its back, amuses me immensely. I don’t know why.

Maybe it’s because “Chupacabra” is a tremendously fun word to say.

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**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cryptids-do-you-think-may-exist/697510/42 "2014-09-07T14:28:29Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> I’m saddened that el Chupacabra is highly unlikely.
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> A small goat-blood-sucking alien-thing with spikes down its back, amuses me immensely. I don’t know why.

> [@Alessan](#):
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> Maybe it’s because “Chupacabra” is a tremendously fun word to say.

Agree – sounding much like, and comparable with, the definitely not-cryptid “cucaracha” (cockroach) – if I have things rightly, the starring character in the anthem of Villa’s guys in the civil war in Mexico approx. a hundred years ago.

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cryptids-do-you-think-may-exist/697510/43 "2014-09-07T14:53:04Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Maybe it’s because “Chupacabra” is a tremendously fun word to say.

Also because back in the 90s a Miami-based radio morning show had a great Chupacabra song set to the tune “Macarena”. And they did sightings updates. It was hilarious.

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