Before that they were saying we faked the moon landing. Welch suggests the Chupacabra is blamed on NASA because the space agency is the last place anyone in Chile would think to call and ask about it. If you were persuaded to believe that sort of thing, you'd blame the last person you would go to for confirmation of it. I mean, people who believe this sort of thing certainly aren't beating down the door to ask us about it. Speculation Dogs Chupacabra Loren Coleman agrees and is comfortable with the wild dog explanation.
Dog packs tend to do that, go on frenzied attacks, eat a little, then leave the rest.
The wounds in the Calama victims' necks were, indeed, far from surgical, he notes, and media accounts tend to stress the bizarre over simpler explanations. Exactly the same thing is happening now with the chupa. But then again, no one has found the wild dogs either. In Chile, to date, not everyone is convinced.