El Chupacabra
The chupacabra is a ghoulish monster form The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror comics #31- From Duffs Till Dawn (Narrated by Groundskeeper Willie. In it, chupacabra escapes from Frink's laboratories, and ends up at Moe's Tavern.
Creation
The chupacabra was created by Professor Frink. It wasnt actually the Puerto Rican chupacabra, but it sucked blood of a goat.
Battle and death
It killed Moe, Wiggum, Bumble bee guy, The sea captain,and Jasper. It wounded Barney. When trying to suck the blood of Barney, the alchohal got into its bloodstream, and the chupacabra died. Only Homer, Frink, and Barney survived.
=Real world information
= (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) The chupacabras[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾas], from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat sucker"), is a legendary cryptid (a creature whose existence has been suggested but is regarded as highly unlikely) rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities.[2] The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1990 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabras as a contemporary legend.[3] Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Reported sightings 3 Appearance 4 Significant appearances in media 5 Naming convention 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History
The first reported attacks occurred in March 1995 in Puerto Rico.[4] In this attack, eight sheep were discovered dead, each with three puncture wounds in the chest area and completely drained of blood.[4] A few months later, in August, an eyewitness, Madelyne Tolentino, reported seeing the creature in the Puerto Rican town of Canóvanas, when as many as 150 farm animals and pets were reportedly killed.[4] In 1975, similar killings in the small town of Moca, were attributed to El Vampiro de Moca (The Vampire of Moca).[5] Initially it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life. Each of the animals had their bodies bled dry through a series of small circular incisions. Puerto Rican comedian and entrepreneur Silverio Pérez is credited with coining the term chupacabras soon after the first incidents were reported in the press. Shortly after the first reported incidents in Puerto Rico, other animal deaths were reported in other countries, such as the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Brazil, United States, and Mexico.[4] Reported sightings
In July 2004, a rancher near San Antonio, Texas, killed a hairless dog-like creature, which was attacking his livestock.[6] This animal, initially given the name the Elmendorf Beast, was later determined by DNA assay conducted at University of California, Davis to be a coyote with demodectic or sarcoptic mange. In October 2004, two more carcasses were found in the same area. Biologists in Texas examined samples from the two carcasses and determined they were also coyotes suffering from very severe cases of mange.[7] In Coleman, Texas, a farmer named Reggie Lagow caught an animal in a trap he set up after the deaths of a number of his chickens and turkeys. The animal was described as resembling a mix of hairless dog, rat, and kangaroo. Lagow provided the animal to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials for identification, but Lagow reported in a September 17, 2006 phone interview with John Adolfi, founder of the Lost World Museum, that the "critter was caught on a Tuesday and thrown out in Thursday's trash."[8] In April 2006, MosNews reported that the chupacabras was spotted in Russia for the first time. Reports from Central Russia beginning in March 2005 tell of a beast that kills animals and sucks out their blood. Thirty-two turkeys were killed and drained overnight. Reports later came from neighboring villages when 30 sheep were killed and had their blood drained. Finally, eyewitnesses were able to describe the chupacabras. In May 2006, experts were determined to track the animal down.[9] In mid-August 2006, Michelle O'Donnell of Turner, Maine, described an "evil looking" rodent-like animal with fangs that had been found dead alongside a road. The animal was apparently struck by a car, and was unidentifiable. Photographs were taken and witness reports seem to be in relative agreement that the creature was canine in appearance, but in widely published photos seemed unlike any dog or wolf in the area. Photos from other angles seem to show a chow- or akita-mixed breed dog. It was reported that "the carcass was picked clean by vultures before experts could examine it". For years, residents of Maine have reported a mysterious creature and a string of dog maulings.[10] In May 2007, a series of reports on national Colombia news reported more than 300 dead sheep in the region of Boyaca, and the capture of a possible specimen to be analyzed by zoologists at the National University of Colombia.[11] In August 2007, Phylis Canion found three animals in Cuero, Texas. She and her neighbors reported to have discovered three strange animal carcasses outside Canion's property. She took photographs of the carcasses and preserved the head of one in her freezer before turning it over for DNA analysis.[12] Canion reported that nearly 30 chickens on her farm had been exsanguinated over a period of years, a factor which led her to connect the carcasses with the chupacabras legend. State Mammologist John Young estimated that the animal in Canion's pictures was a Gray Fox suffering from an extreme case of mange. In November 2007, biology researchers at Texas State University–San Marcos determined from DNA samples that the suspicious animal was a coyote.[13] The coyote, however, had grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin and large fanged teeth, which caused it to appear different from a normal coyote.[14] Additional skin samples were taken to attempt to determine the cause of the hair loss.[13] On January 11, 2008, a sighting was reported at the province of Capiz in the Philippines. Some of the residents from the barangay believed that it was the chupacabras that killed eight chickens. The owner of the chickens saw a dog-like animal attacking his chickens.[15] On August 8, 2008, a DeWitt County deputy, Brandon Riedel, filmed an unidentifiable animal along back roads near Cuero, Texas on his dashboard camera.[16] The animal was about the size of a coyote but was hairless with a long snout, short front legs and long back legs. However, Reiter's boss, Sherrif Jode Zavesky, believes it may be the same species of coyote identified by Texas State University–San Marcos researchers in November 2007.[17] In September 2009, CNN aired a report showing closeup video footage of an unidentified dead animal. The same CNN report stated that locals have begun speculating the possibility that this might be a chupacabras. A Blanco, Texas, taxidermist reported that he received the body from a former student whose cousin had discovered the animal in his barn, where it had succumbed to poison left out for rodents. The taxidermist expressed his belief that this is a genetically mutated coyote.[18][19] On September 18, 2009, Taxidermist, Jerry Ayer, sold the Blanco Texas Chupacabra to the Lost World Museum. The museum, as reported in the Syracuse Post Standard on 9/26/09, is placing the creature on display as they work with a unnamed university to have the remains tested. Appearance
The most common description of chupacabras is a reptile-like being,Another description of chupacabras, although not as common, describes a strange breed of wild dog.[[File:Chupacabra1.jpg|thumb|294px|Dog chupon (Credit to podcast Strange Fairy Tales)][21] This form is mostly hairless and has a pronounced spinal ridge, unusually pronounced eye sockets, fangs, and claws. It is claimed that this breed might be an example of a dog-like reptile. Unlike conventional predators, the chupacabras is said to drain all of the animal's blood (and sometimes organs) usually through three holes in the shape of an upside-down triangle or through one or two holes.[22] Significant appearances in media
The popularity of the chupacabras has resulted in it being featured in several types of media. Some mystery novels that use aspects of the myth as the centerpoint of the plot have been published.[23] Other kinds of books include those that provide a scientific explanation for the phenomena.[24][25] The chupacabras has been featured in films such as Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico and in independent film productions including: Chupacabra: Dark Seas, starring John Rhys-Davies, Guns of El Chupacabra, starring Scott Shaw, El Chupacabras and Vuelve el Chupacabras.[citation needed]. Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals have a song on the 1997 album "Radiator" called "Chupacabras".[26] An entire episode of The X-Files series, El Mundo Gira, is devoted to the chupacabras. A whole segment in Dexter's Laboratory is for the chupacabras in the episode called "Got Your Goat" from the Season 2. It has also been portrayed various times in the anime series Negima!?. CNN's Ed Lavandera has described the chupacabras as the "Bigfoot of Latino culture" and has stated that "El Chupacabra also symbolizes the fear of something that doesn't exist".[2] Following the incident in Cuero, Texas the popularity of the chupacabras myth was receiving global attention.[27] Phylis Canion, who was responsible for capturing the alleged specimen, claimed that t-shirts highlighting the event were shipped to locations such as Italy, Guam, and Iraq. The publicity that Cuero received following this event has led to some suggesting changing the town's mascot.[27] In July 2008, History's Monster Quest series featured the Texas carcasses, which were determined to be dogs and coyotes.[28] A character modeled after the chupacabras appears in the podcast Strange Fairy Tales. He was first introduced in the twenty-second episode which was done entirely in Spanish. The chupacabra was almost arrested for stealing the blood of little goats, but he gave it back, and was then hired as the Foreign Relations Man of Strange Fairy Tales.[29] Naming convention
Chupacabras can be translated as "goat-sucker." It is known as both chupacabras and chupacabra throughout the Americas, with the former being the original word,[1] and the latter a regularization of it. The name in Spanish can be preceded by singular masculine article (el chupacabras), or the plural masculine article (los chupacabras). See also
Peuchen References
^ a b Diccionario Clave, chupacabras. It states that both singular and plural is chupacabras. ^ a b "Illegal Immigrants Frightened by Raid Rumors; George Bush: "The Decider"; "Happy Slapping"". CNN. May 2, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2007. ^ Miried Gonzalez Rodriguez (in Spanish). Dizfrazado el chupacabras. Puerto Rico: Primera Hora. ^ a b c d Stephen Wagner. "On the trail of the Chupacabras". Retrieved October 5, 2007. ^ Stephen Wagner. "Encounters with Chupacabras". Retrieved October 5, 2007. ^ Walker Robinson (August 3, 2004). "Chupacabra? Strange Animal Found in Elmendorf". WOAI. Archived from the original on November 9, 2005. Retrieved October 5, 2007. ^ "Texas' Blood-Sucking Monster". Retrieved June 12, 2007. ^ "Texas Farmer Claims He Caught Legendary 'Chupacabra'". KNBC Los Angeles. August 25, 2005. ^ "Chupacabra the Goatsucker Vampire Sightings Reported in Central Russia". MosNews. April 17, 2006. ^ "'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine". Associated Press. August 16, 2006.[dead link] ^ "Bestia' chupasangre asusta a los campesinos de Chiscas: ha matado 310 animales'". El Tiempo. May 2, 2007. ^ "Has a mythical beast turned up in Texas?". August 31, 2007. ^ a b "Texas State researchers solve mystery of Cuero chupacabra". Texas State University News Service. November 1, 2007. ^ "Texas Woman Claims to Have Found Mythical 'Chupacabra'". Foxnews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved February 27, 2009. ^ "'Blood Suckerkilling farm animals in Capiz'". Inquirer. January 11, 2008. ^ ""Legend Lives On'". FOXNews. August 12, 2008. ^ "'Is this Texas' goat-sucker'". CNN. August 11, 2008. ^ CNN video report, 9/3/09. ^ Texas mystery: 'Defective coyote' or chupacabra?, CNN, September 4, 2009. ^ "Chupacabras Biography". Retrieved May 10, 2007. ^ a b c Stephen Wagner. "The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times". Retrieved October 5, 2007. ^ Tomás De Jesús Mangual (January 9, 2006). "Imputan otro ataque al Chupacabras". El Vocero. Retrieved October 5, 2007.[dead link] ^ Wagner, Lloyd. El Chupacabras: Trail of the Goatsucker. ISBN 059533315X ^ Corrales, Scott. Chupacabras: And Other Mysteries. ISBN 1883729068 ^ Authors, Mandy, and Clifton C. Phillips. Chupacabra, You Don't Scare Me! ISBN 0805944907 ^ Chupacabras(lyrics). Super Furry Animals. Radiator (album). 1997 ^ a b "Chupacabra craze goes global". KVUE. August 28, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007. ^ "MonsterQuest: Chupacabra". July 23, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2008. ^ Strange Fairy Tales External links
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Read From Duffs Till Dawn
So,you've come for a tale on this all hallows eve that'll fill you all up full of Dread?Well beware lads and lassies,you'll fear to believe what i say,cause you'll wish you were dead.it all started one night at Moe's corner pub,where the barflies and rummies convene,when prof.Frink came and drank a bottle of scotch from the scene.now the usual patrons took notice of this and let out a cheer of respect,but'ol Frink gave a glare a glare you would not expect.that's when barney,the lush,let erupt a burp from the depth of his gut,and then homer,he stood very quick cause he thought the sound came from his butt.Frink lept to his feet,pulling out from his coat,a strange gadget he'd made in his shop,Telling all who could hear,"There's a beast on the loose maybe you should call a cop!"It was right about then the barkeeper said he wouldn't condone silly tales.He felt ghoules were for kids and the talk of them might affect sales.Frink just switched on a device and said "Jinkies!its just what i feared!"Im detecting some things that are weird!"Don't come in here pointing and using big talk"said Moe.But Frink explained "there's a creature afoot that escaped from from my lab down the block!"Barney,Homer and Moe peered at Frink as if he was a fool,And then Homer let loose with a mind-numbing scream....at the end of the bar stood a ghoul.It was maybe a foot from head to toe,with some lizard like spikes going down his back,And a beak-like syringe-thing below its dark eyes that forebode an oncoming attack.Moe ducked under his bar,springing up with a gun he kept for times such as this,But the beast,much to quick,plunged its beak in Moe's neck,draining Moe with a bloodsucking kiss.Then chief Wiggum strolled in,only wanting to drink down a beer,When it made a jup for wiggums head and proceeded to puncture his ear.Old man Jasper was next followed soon by bumblebee guy,Then the sea captain dropped there were a few people left there to die..... Homer.J.Simpson was still at the bar when the creature looked for more blood.It hunched over,then sprang at'ol Homers round head landing with a "thud."As the beast planned its meal not knowing it would be its last.Saw barney at the end of the last stool....flat on his back,his head under the tap The creature started to drool.he juped on poor barney to drunk to fight and sank its beak in Barney's stomach not knowing it was its last bite.As it sucked,the thing's face showed that something was wrong,and let out a burp from its beak.Barneys contents had made the beast drunk as a skunk,and soon,Down to the floor fell the freak."Chupacabras"said Frink"was what we called the beast,since it likes to drink blood from a goat."If there's one thing we've grown in the lab I fear,I assure you this gets my vote.Homer smiled,content that his life had been spared because once again,beer saved the day.
So sleep lightly,my lads,when you lay down for bed,and you might want to leave on a light...... ...for who knows what else might escape from Frinks lab....and with that I must bid you goodnight....
