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The chupacabra was included as one of several vinyl figurines in Cryptozoic Entertainment's Cryptkins blind box toy line in 2018. [26] [27] A redesigned series of figurines, including an updated chupacabra, was released in August 2020. [28] The search for a chupacabra was featured in the 1997 The X-Files episode "El Mundo Gira". [29]
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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.”
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.
Tracking the Chupacabra is by no means another collection of witness accounts and unsubstantiated facts. The author has not only gone on an expedition to find the elusive beast (complete with all the expected disappointment) but has researched just about every reported Chupacabra encounter with the journalistic zeal of Woodward and Bernstein." [13]
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
In Juan’s case, he becomes a chupacabra — a mythical Latin American werewolf-like creature. He is caught on video-surveillance cameras devouring wild animals and pets in the City of Destiny.
Chupacabra [41] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America Dover Demon [42] Dover, Massachusetts: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp [43] Lizard Man of Lee County Bipedal: South Carolina, United States Mapinguari [44] Mapinguary Giant Ground Sloth or primate Amazons Michigan ...