Coleman is the author of Cryptozoology A to Z . It's sort of like Jennifer Lopez, kind of cross-cultural. Latin Invasion Indeed, in Latin America, the animal's reputation has spread south on a wave of Internet and newspaper publicity, with the Chupacabra behaving as a sort of celebrity monster. As recently as October of 1999, Brazil's Corriero Braziliense newspaper reported eight goats and three sheep dying of single wounds to the neck. Other Brazilian eyewitnesses claimed to have seen an animal that may fly or leap with powerful, monkey-like hind legs, attacking animals and humans both.
Most witnesses also claim to have seen fangs.
No meat was taken, and only a small bite to the neck was apparent. And there are those eyewitnesses, from dozens of incidents in far-flung regions, all telling strikingly similar stories. No such eyewitnesses came forward in Chile, but Calama's incident fits the profile. 2000 Chupacabra strikes in Nicaragua. Farmer shoots monster, carcass is studied.