Chupacabra

The Chupacabra is a newcomer to the Supernatural community and has begun appearing more and more in the Americas. These small, greenish to brown creatures are held to be responsible for the strings of cattle mutilations which have popped up across the Western states and have also been playing havoc on Supernatural groups in the jungles of Central and South America. 
== Origin Story: ==
No one really knows the true origins of the Chupacabra. The creatures arrived in North America in the early 90's and soon sightings started popping up in secular culture. The creatures are intelligent but not capable of speech or human level interaction. They do not appear to have anything resembling a complex system of language or communication. There are several theories on the origins of the Chupacabra, most of which compare their feeding habits to the Vampyre. However, Chupacabra are neither immortal nor are they revenants. 
== Facts: ==
-The Chupacabra is a small creature, four, maybe four and a half feet at most. The creatures are reptilian in appearance, with oval, black eyes and inverted hind feet that allow them to walk on the balls of their feet.
-Chupacabra means 'goat-sucker' in Spanish, obviously because of their feeding habit. Chupacabra have a long, prehinsile tongue which acts as a sucking device. They puncture their feeding victims with their upper-fangs and tongue and feed. 
-Luckily, because Chupacabra are so small, feeding targets of average build or larger can often be fed upon by a Chupacabra and survive. At least once. 
-Of course, the cattle mutilations out West are disturbing, because it indicates that either some Chupacabra are feeding more than once on select targets... or there are larger Chupacabra or packs of them working together.
-Chupacabra have perfect night vision and are nocturnal animals. Bright lights startle them and they appear to have difficulty functioning in bright daylight. 
-There are rumors of poisonous Chupacabra with venomous talons or spines on their backs. These rumors are, as yet, unconfirmed. 
-Chupacabra prefer dense woodland or jungle to make their dens in. They emerge under cover of darkness to hunt and feed and can wander for miles, but they almost always return to their den within a day or two. 
-Chupacabra are high-functioning animals of Supernatural origin, but do not possess the level of intelligence necessary to learn magick. 
-Other Supernaturals who have a thing for hunting and trapping have built a business selling captured Chupacabras as pets to other Supernaturals.
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