Talk:Chupacabra/Archive 1

message: This page, like many in Wikipedia, is subject to schoolboy vagina licking.
I once swallowed my fathers testicles. DO you find this amusing?
I noticed that too.  Honestly, it's like the internet is full of nothing but 5-year-olds.
True, Including a picture which was President Roosevelt. - 86.140.63.210 14:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repeated Vandalism 

message: I see someone decided to add this article to the "Puerto Rico" category. I don't think it should be related to that category, since it's obvious this article deals with a subject that is related to several regions in America. That is well clear to anyone who reads that article. If it has to be affiliated with a category, it should be something like "Monsters" or "Mythical Creatures" (yes, I know this one doesn't exist). Anyone agrees with that? – Mackeriv 02:35, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category 

message: As a native Puerto Rican I am familiar with the development of this urban myth, so I'd like to add my comments. (I'll let you people decide if they should be added to the page or not.)
During the 1970s the southwestern area of Puerto Rico suffered similarly mysterious livestock slayings.  In that ocassion, the slayings were also blamed on a fantastical creature, but in that case it was refered to as "The Moca Vampire" (after Moca, the town where the slayings first started.)
It should be noted that at the same time, mysterious slayings of livestock were also happening on some southwestern United States. Those ones spawned their own urban myths: that the slayings were due to alien experiments, and that the animals had several organs surgically removed. Another take on the story (that was adapted into a TV movie) claims that the animals died due to a secret US nerve gas experiment and the "aliens" story was a coverup operation.
When the animal slayings started again in the 1990s, the 'alien experiments' theory had reached the island and was at first used to explain them. However, at one point a local UFO magazine featured an article that theorized that the slayings could be the product of a creture unleashed (or lost) by aliens. The article included a drawing of a reptilian monster, clearly indicating that it was an artist's conception of what the creature might look like. Despite this, the public at large accepted this unsubstantiated story (and the drawing) as being true and the Chupacabras legend was born.
To be fair, neither the 70s nor the 90s animal slayings were ever officially resolved. A local newspaper attested that pictures of the supposed chupacabras victims (that showed signs of being eaten) were sent to an expert on animal attacks in Florida, who dismissed them as wild dog attacks. But he never personally studied the bodies. -Wilfredo Martinez, Puerto Rico
:Hey. I don't know much about the subject, but what you wrote there sounds good enough. I also don't know about the sources for that information, but if you're positive on it, maybe it could be added to the article.
:Also, the comment about nerve gas reminds me of the MKULTRA project, which is kinda conspiracy-ish, I think. Probably doesn't have anything to do with the slayings, but that's what the supposed "coverup" you talked about reminds me. – Kaonashi 03:36, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the Legend 

message: In 1997, lot Chupacabra's cases appeared in Brazil. In that year, chupacabras had been notice of many national's periodicals and magazines.
If anyone has any information on the "El Chupacabra" please email me at Kgrnett21@yahoo.com my name is david phair.
72.159.133.25 13:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1997 

message: I am unable to find any references (internal or external) to the following: Bive Teknos Institute, caneratto, caniratto, kiro kiro.  This section appears to be completely fictitious.  Anyone have any information about it that I'm unaware of?
:I've reverted it twice now.  If this was real, there would be online sources to confirm it.  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 02:09, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The true fact??? 

message: The Johnson Smith Catalog/company used to sell a documentary tape called "La Chupacabra".
It asked if this was a failed US experiment or was it a alien creature. You could order the tape from their catalog, as of 1998. I do not know if they're still around. The place was located in the US state of Florida. The website was http//:www.johnsonsmith.com. Do a Google Search on "Johnson Smith Company". It was a novelty company selling gag stuff, like Whoopee Cushions and Stink Spray, which was to be sprayed into the Whoopee Cushion, so that when the "victim" found it, he/she would not be believed and be blamed for "breaking wind". They also used to sell what looked like viscera, so that you could say, "My guts hurt", then you splatter the mess on the floor, as you watch how people react to what looks like a disgusting mess hitting the floor. Please stand by while I find out if this company is still in business. Martial Law 23:16, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Videotape

message: I have removed the following recent addition from the article:
In January of 2006 in the Oconee and Clarke counties of Northern Georgia several Chupacabra sightings were reported to local police. A local livestock farmer reportedly recieved a shipment of venezualian goat-hogs and upon unloading the shipment was attacked by a beast. Athens-Clarke County sheriff Athony Saunders was quoted describing the wounds from the attack as "resembling fangs, like what you'd find in one of 'em horror movies". On January 23, a school bus full of deaf orphans were witness to a create mutilating an obese stray dog on their way back from a martial arts exposition at 10pm. Local resident Jan Douglas Schotman called in an account to the forensics team at Above-Top-Secret.com. Schotman (pronounced scott-man) apparently saw one of the beasts feeding on chicken carcasses in his apartment complex dumpster at 2am on January 28. His account has not be substantiated by local paranomal experts. Since the report of the sightings local school officials have imposed a curfew on school-age children until further notice.
No sources have been provided for this claim, and I was unable to find one online.  In particular, Googling for chupacabra schotman yields no hits.  If a verifiable source can be provided, I have nothing against adding this information back into the article.  In the absence of sources, however, including it is against Wikipedia policy.  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:18, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was probably just your average, everyday cannerato sighting (j/k)--Rockero 05:57, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Actually, you can read all that text here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.130.208.174 (talk) 22:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Recent USA sightings" 

message: As a follower of Jesus Christ, I find it interesting that on some of the sightings of the Chupacabra that the witnesses smelled sulfuric smells.  In some of my demonic encounters, I have smelled sulfuric smells.  This leads me to believe that the Chupacabra, along with ghosts, poltergeists, aliens, and the lizard men that this is a demonic presence. LordRevan 01:54, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I smell sulphur after I fart... am I a demon? ---J.Smith 00:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Demonic Phenomena???

message: Ilmari and LordRevan the canerato exists but has nothin to do with sci-fi. It is a hybrid beast born in lab and you can find him in the Southern part of America. It is a sort of wild dingo, the australian dog, I think, and is perhaps related with the odd dog of Peru, but its fangs are longer and the muzzle, color and tail are different. I never saw him however. Just read few lines on a newspaper and heard some nice comment in a barber shop. Hope this helps a little. User:N.Albai 02:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is not an alien 

message: There are some UFO incident reports that state that this thing has been seen with UFOs. See the UFO Casebook article, go to the link, then go to the "Alien Contact" files. This thing and other creatures are covered there. The Malevolent Alien Abduction Research Organization also discusses this thing. On this site, see "Alien Races/Alien Species". Martial Law 04:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: May be a alien

message: I made a huge amount of edits to the page, and I think it no longer warrants a clean-up tag. Please make any corrections as you see fit, and let me know! Thanks!
Elchupachipmunk 22:26, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup tag removed

message: This article seems to be very biased and there are parts where it almost whole heartedly says the chupicabra is real, not just a urban legend, which is all that is proved.
Can't understand yer' point, what's this supposed to mean?and if you're trying to say the proved their fake, you are 100% wrong. Cryptologest are still looking, status is NOT confermed. and thiers more proof of theam being real than fake. --Sonicobbsessed-The Self-Proclamed Ultamate Sonic Fan 20:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Have you no shame?

message: I don't think this article should be in the Legendary creatures category (Cryptids is a sub cat of it) nor Paranormal phenomenon category (Cryptids is a sub cat of it also). Just my thoughts on it. -- J. [ tlk | con | #'s ] @ 10:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two too many categories? 

message: it seems as if some of the wording, particularly in the "Sightings" section, is taken verbatum from the cited websites, but without quote marks.  This would make it plagerism?  At the very least, there should be quote marks, or else it should be rewritten using the author's own words
NCartmell 17:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright Infringement 

message: I've been reading this article, and it always says "recent". For all I know, recent could've been put there 2 years ago. That doesn't seem too "recent", agreed? I say, if someone doesn't put a date on those "recent" sightings, we either take it off or put it as "It's been claimed (as there has eben no citation) this so-and-so" happenned. Abby724 23:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Define "recent". 

message: I live in maine and there was a mysterious dog/rodent sighting when it got hit on route 4 in turner, Maine it was supposedly hit by a car as it was chasing a cat across the road no game wardens would come to see it and told cmp to pick it up. I think it is a part werewolf part rat part coyote alot of people said it was a dog or wolf hybrid or a chow with a long dewclaw. It is not an alien but it is a new Maine legend. I spotted and heard the creature and then got very dizzy and passed out but the last thing i heard was a very blood curdling screech and then another and hissing and then a gurgling sound then rustling in leaves then it all went black. When i came to i had claw marks all over my left arm and the plastic bat i was holding had 2 circular bite marks 6 or 7 inches apart now i never go outside at night and when i fall asleep on the aneversary of the night it happened  i hear the sounds that i heard that night in my head and i hear hundreds of people sreaming that all ended up as a screech and a gurgling sound just as i heard the night it attacked me. For pictures go to sun journal.com.70.33.224.47 19:43, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maine! 

message: That last one was by me jason haynes!70.33.224.47 20:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  me 

message: about the chupa cabra, as I search in the internet I can help thinking that all is a mythical gov, lie they just trying to cover the spill of the monkeys that would harm the people in puerto rico so they came out with this story to keep the people from fear, I believe that the real chupacabras was the monkeys that were running wild in the town of toa baja check it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.88.171.8 (talk • contribs) 
:Comment moved from the top of page... ---J.S (t|c) 15:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  about the chupa cabra 

message: I heard the Turner Beast of Maine was thought to be a wendigo. (though I think that one is incorrect as well) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.128.166.238 (talk • contribs) 
:Hearsay.  Need secondary sources. ---J.S (t|c) 19:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have the name/date of the article? A link to an online copy would be excellent too. ---J.S (t|c) 21:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction 

message: A friend and I were at a playground. I thouhgt I saw a patch of red fur, but it turned out to be leaves. But then, my friend saw something that looked a bit like a fox, but bigger, much, much bigger jump from a tree. I thought I heard a growl. Then I heard leaves rustling. Suddenly I realized that this might be a chupabraca! I told my friend to run, and when I looked back, I could have sworn I saw a rusty-furred thing standing were we were standing! it was about 2.5 feet tall, and it didn't look like a dog. It had little bumps running down it's back and tail. Otherwise, it looked like a giant fox that was all red.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHmnfgON4A
What is that? Who put the link there? Is it fake? I don't think it's a chupacabra, but creepy. Probably a coyote that killed the bird, and a human is what tehy saw..Thylacine lover 02:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You mean like a red fox? Superm401 - Talk 08:47, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chupacabra- or rabid maned wolf? 

message: But only 2 are given..Where is the second? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.175.234.75 (talk) 02:23, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 forms. 

message: The legend of cipi chupacabra began approximately in 1947, when Puerto Rican newspapers El Vocero and El Nuevo Dia began reporting the killings of many different types of animals, such as birds, horses, and, as its name implies, goats. However, it is predated by El Vampiro de Moca (The Vampire of Moca), a creature blamed for similar killings that occurred in the large town of Moca in the 1970s.
How can 1970 be noted as predating 1947? --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 14:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  out of sequence dates 

message: Maybe the article should mention that it is just a hoax. A bipedal amniote with wings? It should have an evolutionary history of millions of years, and nothing has been found of fossils or anything, and suddenly it appears all over the world in just a few decades? And it is not a genetic experiment, the scientists doesn't have the knowledge or a reason to create such beings. And an alien? I don't think so. 217.68.114.116 17:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: MIGHT be a hoax. I'll do some more research on it and try to find out if it's real.Thylacine lover 00:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to be hoax, but we shouldn't just present our opinion, but rather attribute key sources. Superm401 - Talk 01:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sceptisism

message: If the creature captured for the museum is tested for its DNA, perhaps the truth may be established.  Maybe it's not in everyone's interests to test such a creature, to define its evolutionary heritage.
Maybe, this is because the study of evolution is banned in Texas and other states by fundamentalist Christian groups.  Darwin is banned in some schools.
David (UK)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.32.130 (talk) 
:While there certainly are people who are anti-evolutionists, and who promote teaching creationism in schools, I must say that evolution is not banned in any state.  To claim that it is is hyperbole, at best. Aleta 20:35, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The teaching of Evolution is NOT banned in Texas, though there are compalins about it.  It IS taught in the public schools (not particularly well, but that is probably true everywhere...) Vultur 15:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: DNA Analysis

message: The page talks about different kinds of chupacabra.
The two different creatures called "chupacabra" have almost nothing in common.   The one pictured (the bug-eyed monster with spikes) is  not possible - it just doesn't fit ANY known group of animals.  This is the sort of thing that gives cryptozoology a bad name.
The other, "Elmendorf Beast" type, seems to just be a canine (possibly hybird, possibly diseased or mutated) and real - though likely not a new species.
The article should be clearer on the difference - but I don't know a NPOV way to express this.
Can anyone help? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vultur (talk • contribs) 15:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two varieties 

message: In Some Sightings in Russia People said the've seen entire packs of Chupacabra and other sightings very in apperince in most sightings around the world and some parts of the article claim ther is only one. shoulden't we cange it to say that there is more than one chupacabra, it is an entire species. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sonicobbsessed (talk • contribs) 18:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More than one 

message: I removed two theories due to lack of citation and general strangeness of them (the spider and ancients-drinking-out-of-skull theories, to be precise). Though all of the entries under 'theories' could do with citation... Burnage13 23:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theories 

message: Has  this monster ever been filmed or photographed? Any documentary of this creature?
If this creature really exists then one question,was any report any time earlier like 500 years before,If yes it might be animal,if not it might be a result of genetic modification.And I know a clue why any alien life-form can not live in earth.The currents of earth are only suitable
for earth based lifeforms.Aliens from another planet with different life currents there can not even enter earths atmosphere and please which planet with life is near earth? 82.114.68.29 19:37, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown 

message: Can we get a better drawing?  One that fits descriptions batter would be good.  The current one looks like a stereotypical alien.  --Savant13 16:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chupacabra Image 

message: What the eff does that mean? I'm deleting that item as I believe it is pure nonsense. 69.214.48.133 03:59, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great Gargoyle Epidemic of 1678? 

message: Why does it say that the status is Legendary creature whean we haven't figured out wether it's fake or real.--Sonicobbsessed 00:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why myth??? 

message: I changed it to Unconfirmed, becuse the existince of the being is not proven or disproven.--Sonicobbsessed 22:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Lets keep it like this, chances are low that in a Island that is 100x35 miles an "animal" can manage to stay hidden for a few years without any carcass of it appearing or them being seen walking troght the highways. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unconfirmed 

message: Uh, that depiction looks like science fiction. This article would be better off without it.--76.203.124.88 16:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. This picture doesn't suit the description and seems to be more inspired by standard depiction of extraterrestrials (eyes, form of head). It is misleading and should be removed. --Zinnmann 08:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is the closest thing available to the original version, even though it was depicted as a more agile and slender animal, but it wasn't anywhere close to a canine so an image of such a thing would be inappropiate. - Caribbean~H.Q. 08:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: not true, there is a picture that was recently taken of an animal that was in close proximity of a dead goat that couldn't be classified as any known animal. it kinda looks like a kangaroo though.209.137.230.93 01:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt the existence of the creature but where can this image be found? - Caribbean~H.Q. 01:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, i was reading through another article cause I'm writing a big report, and that certain one was discredited as a coyote with severe mange. my bad209.137.230.93 01:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Depiction? 

message: This page is almost exactly the same as the Chupacabra page on Skeptic World (http://www.skepticworld.com/cryptozoology/chupacabra.asp).  It looks to me like the original author of this page simply took sentences word for word from this page.--AeolianWind 02:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism? 

message: I was watching CNN and they stated that the Chupacabra may have been found. It think that a section needs to be open to this possibility. Some one appears to have made mention of this discovery  Rgoodermote 20:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The same CNN story also interviews a wildlife expert who says the rancher has nothing more than a gray fox suffering from advanced mange.http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/09/03/kens.mythical.roadkill.afflPalewook 17:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Nah, the "discovery" look nothing as it was we Puerto Ricans (yeah its not real) created which is exactly how that image in the infobox depicts it. - Caribbean~H.Q. 23:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chupacabra Possible discovery 

message: Reverted to previous version to remove obvious vandalism and profanity. 97.82.247.200 19:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism revert. 

message: Under History, the sentence "The first known attacks attributed to Denise Padilla occurred in March of 1995 . . .". I am sure that name does not belong there. GLKeeney Talk  19:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: and downgraded to semi protection. Mr.Z-man 20:15, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Request Edit

message: It says under history what you may not know is that chupacabra means cow rapist which is untrue. Im removing it--Primetimeking 03:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cow Rapist

message: :GA review (see here for criteria)
#It is reasonably well written.
#:a (prose):  b (MoS): 
#It is factually accurate and verifiable.
#:a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
#It is broad in its coverage.
#:a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
#It follows the neutral point of view policy.
#:Fair representation without bias: 
#It is stable.
#:No edit wars etc.: 
#It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
#:a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 
#Overall:
#:Pass/Fail: 
1 The prose tends to be wordy. Example: 'March of 1995' instead of 'March 1995'. First sentence of the history section appears to be using the wrong word and the article needs a copyedit in general. With my date correction, the MOS appears to be followed, although there is a bit too much bolding.
:What on earth do you suppose is meant by the expression "by the animals" in the sentence which begins (subsection "Reported Sightings", paragraph 2): "Reports from Central Russia beginning in March 2005 tell of a beast that kills by the animals....(?)" Hag2 (talk) 11:00, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed [[WP:GAC|GAC]]

message: We're covering a popular culture phenomenon seriously as if it's some kind of a myth.  The urban legend was made up out of whole cloth barely 10 years ago.  I'm not sure how many people actually believe in it and the article ignores the issue.  Encyclopedic coverage would discuss the incidents that gave rise to the phenomenon, how it spread, who spread it, how it was promoted/marketed, and why it resonated with people.  Th lead sentence should establish its context as a new phenomenon.  It's probably closer to a jackalope or bigfoot, or perhaps UFO visitors, than it is like pixies or werewolves or worse demons dun dun dun!!! .  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikidemo (talk • contribs) 16:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are one of those misinformed guys that think this is from Mexico right? well the "phenomenon" as you put it was created way before the people of Mexico plagiaraized it, all the way back in the 70s.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.79.90.211 (talk) 19:26, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unencyclopedic 

message: As of January 6 2008 the http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/04/27/chupacabra.shtml link no longer works, as the site has been removed. The newspaper "Moscow News", which for a time used mosnews.com domain, still has sites mn.ru and mnweekly.ru, but there are no articles about chupacabra in 2006.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.19.160.253 (talk) 00:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken link 

message: Why are some sections under semi-protection? What is the reason for this, and is it still relevant to do so? 210.176.70.2 (talk) 04:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi Protection 

message: I normally don't watch cryptozoology articles, but the chupacabra has always fascinated me. Has anyone seen the connection between Kokpelli and the Chupacabra? Both have spines, both have short limbs, and a stick figure chupacabra could as well be Kokopelli.Metalraptor (talk) 03:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As a matter of fact Chupacabras are often depited as quite muscular figures, besides why would a North American diety spend its time killing farm animals in the Caribbean? - Caribbean~H.Q. 02:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why Not? Greencircle (talk) 11:22, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chupies 

message: Does anyone think Chupie is a Thylacine? Both creatures do suck blood (Don't me why the Tassie Tiger sucks blood, just saw it on TV). And both of the animals shot or photograph look the same.--4444hhhh (talk) 22:16, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Chupacabra legend began in Puerto Rico, there aren't any Mexican Thylacines in that island, the Chupacabra is just a myth and like all popular myths it expanded across its region. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But how can you explain about the animals being killed in those gruesome ways in Puerto Rico and Austraila? I seen the photos of both of the slaughtered animals from Puerto Rico and Australia. And what about the photo of that hairless beast, that could be a Thylacine in mange, no canid has that kind of structure.--4444hhhh (talk) 01:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Puerto Rico's climate can substain several imported exotic species, the government's possition was leaning towards monkeys or some other feral species. All I can tell you about the photo is that it isn't a Chupacabra, the bald dog (or canine like) beast theory is usually used by members of the US media wich aren't familiar with the progression of attack accounts, in Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean there were no reports of 'dog-like' Chupacabras, those come mostly from Mexico or the US wich are rather far from the myth's origins. - Caribbean~H.Q. 01:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Then name one, large, known carnivore that can suck blood from it's victim. The only other carnivore do that is the Thylacine, which according to farmers it was a vampire to their live-stock.--4444hhhh (talk) 03:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

text: No I'm saying that all of the reports claiming that the Chupacabras resemble "bald dogs" or other canids are inaccurate. To solve a mistery one must look at its source, unless a group of Mexican Thylacines crossed the Gulf of Mexico swiming there is no real basis to the theory. - Caribbean~H.Q. 03:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And what about the question I asked about which large modern carnivore can suck blood? Also the Thylacine could have been imported there, like a secret conservation project. Also it may be not a living Thylacine, but rather a new species of Thylacinus, one that either migrated there or got imported there for something else.--4444hhhh (talk) 03:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is highly unlikely, the wild life laws in Puerto Rico are more strict that the ones in most the United States due to the island's complex ecosistem, no "secret projects" of this kind could have taken place without going public. - Caribbean~H.Q. 04:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

text: If Thylacinus isn't the creature, then who is?--4444hhhh (talk) 18:46, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Well if we knew that it wouldn't be a myth now, would it?
Garonyldas (talk) 04:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mexican Thylacine 

message: I removed a section saying Chupacabras remains were found because the reference was... questionable at best. It was a UFO theorist site, and it had quoted a veterinarian saying that the animal might be a genetic experiment gone awry. Genetic science has not developed to the level that we can make nightmare chimera creatures. --Bijhan (talk) 00:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Aren't all these references questionable at best? Kingturtle (talk) 03:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chupacabras Remains Found

message: Just to say in popular culture the chupacabra also appeared in the cartoon "Jackie Chan Adventures" in season 2 episode 21 called "The Curse of El Chupacabra" and was aired on 2001-10-15  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.42.211.4 (talk) 17:02, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Popular Culture

message: Just in case no one realised it, "urban" implies the legend circulates the realm of a city. Chupacabras are -however- a myth of the countryside. Perhaps "rural legend" would be more suiting.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.84.118 (talk) 13:41, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that would be "folk tale", but it's all the same.  --Satyricrash (talk) 20:34, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Thanks, I've changed it to "contemporary legend" now. -kotra (talk) 17:39, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urban Legend? 

message: I saw the episode of "Monsterquest" that talked about the chupacabra, and after the DNA analysis, they said that the X chromosome of the hairless dog-style chupie was coyote, while the Y chromosome was lupine in origin.  How does this translate into the experts deciding that chupies are coyotes?Cyrus Beautor (talk) 23:16, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? 

message: I think the article needs a better picture. For one thing, the current one looks like it's standing on 2 legs, which is very strange. The eyes seem much too big also. It looks more like some kind of spikey martian than a chupacabra. We need a more coyote-like or dog-like picture. Deepfryer99 (talk) 17:22, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you take some time to read the article, you will notice that the "spiky martian" is the original description of a Chupacabras. The mange-infected coyote image only became popular after people in Texas and Mexico began attracting media attention when claiming that these coyotes were "blood-suckers". - Caribbean~H.Q. 02:50, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Does anyone know if there has been an association of the Chupacabra with the those creatures mentioned in Revelation 9:3-12? The most common descriptions of this creature seem to have similar characteristics to those mentioned in the Bible.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.135.200 (talk) 01:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Has anyone associated the Chupacabra with the Book of Revelation? 

message: While not really necessary, I thought I might suggest that the title of the article could be changed to “el Chupacabra,” to reflect the full Spanish name. Again not really necessary if you think it doesn’t need it, just an idea. 72.188.17.58 (talk) 23:45, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Title Change 

message: So, the other day I manually created Archive 4 for this page and transferred numerous stale conversations. However, upon delving through the other archives, it appears there is no rhyme or reason for any semblance of order. All range from the annals of Wikipedia to recent years. I am unfamiliar with the long-term history, but could that be because of bots? If there is a topical order, that is not made clear. Otherwise, I am considering going through and completely overhauling each archive to establish proper chronological order and fill each archive up to ~75 KB per talk page recommendations. TNstingray (talk) 14:16, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I went through and "filled" each archive to the recommended ~75 KB limit with the oldest material from the subsequent archive. I also moved a handful of misplaced conversations from Archive 1 to Archive 3, as they were dated from 2016-2020. Everything should be more orderly and consistent now, and my efforts meant that Archive 4 was no longer needed and subsequently speedy deleted. TNstingray (talk) 13:43, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk page archives chronology 

message: Add to Pop Culture: In a 2012 episode of Workaholics called "To Kill A Chupacabraj" Blake finds what he believes to be the deceased corpse of the Rancho Chupacabra in the pool, though it turns out to be the neighbor's dog. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2154746/ 2601:681:4A04:43A0:1450:2977:EDCA:A834 (talk) 20:51, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: A09090091 (talk) 21:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2022 

message: Under “In popular culture”, 
Change “A 1999 episode of Futurama…”
To “A 2011 episode of Futurama…”
And edit the episode link to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry_Am_the_Egg_Man
Thanks! 64.18.152.32 (talk) 02:48, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The sentence  correlates to the 1999 episode. ––Formal (talk) 03:50, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2022 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Chupacabras (Legend and Failures) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 September 16#Chupacabras (Legend and Failures) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  TNstingray (talk) 12:31, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Chupacabras (Legend and Failures)" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]