Has the legendary chupacabra been found? Man shoots dead mysterious grey-skinned creature
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:46 AM on 28th December 2010
Is this mysterious creature a fabled chupacabra, or just a follicly challenged raccoon?
The bald, grey-skinned creature was shot and killed in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, after it emerged from woodland into the garden of a home.
But the animal, which has large ears, whiskers and a long tail, has sparked intense debate on the internet, with some claiming it is one of the mythical chupacabras.
Stories of the blood-sucking creature began circulating in Puerto Rico 15 years ago and since then tales of the havoc it causes have swept from Chile through Mexico and into southern U.S. states.
Mystery: The hairless creature was shot in Kentucky after venturing into a garden. There is frenzied speculation as to what it is with some claiming it is the legendary chupacabra, a mythical creature which kills goats and sucks their blood謎：無毛的生物在肯塔基州被槍殺，在冒險進入一個花園後。有瘋狂的投機有些人聲稱它就是傳說中的卓柏卡布拉，一種神秘的生物會殺死山羊和吸牠們的血
The bald, grey-skinned creature was shot and killed in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, after it emerged from woodland into the garden of a home禿頭、灰皮生物在肯塔基州黎巴嫩交滙處被槍殺，在它出現從林地進入一個家的花園後
Mark Cothren shot the animal as it walked into his front yard because he did not recognise it.
He told Wave3.com: 'I was like "every animal has hair, especially this time of year!".
'What puzzled me is how something like that could survive through a winter with no hair.
'Everybody is getting very curious, you know. The phone is ringing off the hook. It's kind of a mystery right now.'
The animal was the size of a house cat, but some people have speculated it could even be a legendary chupacabra.
The chupacabra - also known as the 'goat sucker' - is believed to kill goats and suck their blood.
People have claimed to have seen it in South America, Mexico, Puerto Rico and even Texas and Oklahoma.
Sam Clites, from Louisville Zoo, said he would have to see the animal in person to determine what species it was. He said he thought it was a raccoon or dog.
'It's hard to just what an animal is from just a photograph. This is an animal that's native to our area, most likely that is suffering from some type of disease,' he added.
He added that many animals with severe disease lost fur and could appear unrecognisable as a result.
Mr Cothren said he was keeping the animal so he could hand it over to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for analysis.
Chupacabra Shot in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky
卓柏卡布拉在肯塔基州黎巴嫩交滙處被射殺
西元2010年12月25日
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傳說吸羊血怪獸 闖宅遭槍斃
2010-12-29
中國時報
神秘怪物！疑似吸羊血怪獸闖宅遭槍斃西元2010年12月28日
一隻外形怪異、皮膚呈灰色的無毛動物，日前從美國肯塔基州尼爾遜郡的森林闖進一棟民宅前院花園，後遭屋主開槍擊斃。有些人懷疑牠是傳說中會吸食山羊等動物血液的神秘怪物「卓柏卡布拉」(chupacabra)。
這隻家貓大小，有著巨大耳朵、鬍鬚與一條長尾巴的動物，引發網路熱烈討論。「卓柏卡布拉」的故事十五年前開始在波多黎各流傳，後來智利、墨西哥，甚至美國德州和奧克拉荷州都傳出有人看到「卓柏卡布拉」的蹤跡。
「卓柏卡布拉」（chupacabra）由兩個西班牙字「chupar」（吸吮）與「cabra」（山羊）組成，形容一種攻擊山羊等牲畜並吸飲其血的神祕動物。
肯塔基州「路易斯維爾動物園」的專家克萊提斯（Sam Clites）表示，他須親自看過這隻動物後，才能判斷牠是什麼物種；乍看之下，他認為可能是浣熊或狗。
克萊提斯表示，光從照片很難判定牠是什麼動物，但應該是這個地區土生土長的動物，且很可能罹患某種疾病。他說，許多動物生重病後掉毛，變得難以辨認。
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