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It is known as both chupacabras and chupacabra throughout the Americas, with the former being the original name, [3] and the latter a regularization. The name is attributed to Puerto Rican comedian Silverio Pérez, who coined the label in 1995 while commenting on the attacks as a San Juan radio deejay. [4] [5]
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction British big cats [27] Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor: Carnivorous mammal Great Britain Chupacabra [28] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America ...
The chupacabra (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾa], from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat sucker") is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas, with the first sightings reported in Puerto Rico. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially ...
Chupacabra (Latin America) – Cryptid beast named for its habit of sucking the blood of livestock; Churel – Vampiric, female ghost; Ciguapa (Dominican Republic) – Malevolent seductress; Cihuateteo – Ghost of women that died in childbirth; Cikavac – Bird that serves its owner
The name will be retained, but the school plans to phase out its Native American logo, beginning with sports jerseys. [249] White County High School, Cleveland, Georgia; White Oak Middle School, Cincinnati, Ohio - School is considering changing its logo, which depicts a Native American in a headdress. [250] Wickes High School, Wickes, Arkansas
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, [1] particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe.
Elmendorf Beast, the name given to a coyote blamed for several attacks on livestock in Elmendorf, Texas, which some local people linked it the legend of the chupacabra; Nightjar or goatsucker (the English translation of chupacabra), a medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular bird
A chupacabra is a legendary creature from folklore in Latin America. The Spanish word translates to “goatsucker” with “chupa” meaning “to suck” and “cabra” meaning “goat.”