The famous goat-sucking cryptid known as the Chupacabra can trace its roots to Puerto Rico, where tales of the blood-drinking creature began around 1995, but is rarely seen or reported today. While the cyrtid is implicated often when dead livestock are found, it’s most prominent in North America, where it’s said to look more like
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Through much of 1997 – now 25 years later – the skies of south Devon, England were filled with UFOs, bizarre aerial vehicles, and mystifying lights. Strange creatures – including large black cats resembling mountain-lions, flying beasts that had the appearance of huge jellyfish, and ghostly black dogs with blazing, hate-filled eyes – provoked terror... Read more »
In a week of unusual maneuvers to remove rocks stuck to it, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover first dislodged pebbles obstructing its sample collection system by spinning its “bit carousel” 75 degrees to knock them off, then removed two more by shimmying and shaking one leg. Who knew doing the Hokey Pokey at a wedding reception... Read more »
For years, sensational and sinister stories have surfaced from deep in the forests and lowlands of Puerto Rico that tell of a strange and lethal creature roaming the landscape by both night and day, and while striking overwhelming terror into the hearts of the populace. This is not at all surprising since the animal has... Read more »
Fans of the cryptid called the Chupacabra know that its name means “goat-sucker” and it originated in Puerto Rico, so they’re often frustrated when Chupacabra stories pop up far from the island with no evidence of the blood of any goats or other animals being sucked. This is especially true in Texas, where unidentified doglike... Read more »
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Mysterious News Briefly — January 18, 2022 Scientists studying over 1,500 strings of beads dug up at more than 30 sites across southern and east Africa determined they were exchanged 50,000 years ago over vast distances and helped people to share symbolic messages and strengthen alliances – making them the world’s oldest social network. If... Read more »
Big, hairy, ape-like creatures like Bigfoot have been seen all over the world, known by many names and eluding all attempts to capture them or to even truly understand them. Sightings have happened in numerous far-flung places, but sometimes they seem to appear in places they have no business being. There have been creatures like... Read more »