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2007-11-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by lotp 2007-11-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 What cracks me up is that the standard description of the chupacabras is nothing like the (obviously) manged coyotes found here and there.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-03 06:19|| 2007-11-03 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is The Chupacabra

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-03 06:27|| 2007-11-03 06:27|| Front Page Top

#3 a5089, actually, I was unaware that there _really was_ a "standard description of the chupacabras," thus making it a lot more likely to be one of those collective panic thingeys than possible reports of a real creature.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-11-03 11:13|| 2007-11-03 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 From tales of people who have supposedly seen chupie(s), the general idea is definitvely NOT a "mundane" critter : a kangooroo-like short reptilian humanoid with a spiked backbone ridge, diminutive arms with huge claws, strong legs (sometimes inverted as a dog hindleg), "grey aliens"-like slanted black eyes that sometimes glow red, occasionally a "sucking" appendage instead of fangs, occasionally wings, plus supernatural abilities like shrugging off bullets and buckshot or machete blows (with metallic "hollow" sounds when hit), jumping/flying over the roof of small house,...

Whatever it is, from the mundane to the John Keel, "giant honey badger" type rumors, folklore bit, alien pets, escaped US bioweapon from Puerto Rico underground labs, critter from the Hollow Earth, demonic or extra dimensional entity or tulpa,... the manged coyotes just don't cut it.

Pretty neat bit of american folklore, though, you folks get the best creatures... there is hardly anything like that coming from Europe nowadays, whereas France used to be an hotbed of giant wolves, devilish beasts and werewolves up until the 18th or so. Britain has big cats (boring), and phantom black dogs, though, plus the occasional cavemen.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-03 11:26|| 2007-11-03 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Yah, there's a grab bag of items, but there's no standardized description. Anytime someone sees something wierd in an area with a large hispanic population whatever characteristics it has automatically get added to chupacabra's "standard description."

The same thing happened with the Jersey Devil.

It eventually came to mean "anything strange seen in New Jersey."

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-11-03 18:00|| 2007-11-03 18:00|| Front Page Top

#6 anything strange seen in New Jersey

Pretty broad category.

Posted by lotp 2007-11-03 18:14|| 2007-11-03 18:14|| Front Page Top

#7 yah, pretty broad category.

Ever heard a cougar scream?

"...and it sounded just like a woman screaming. Must have been the Jersey Devil!"

(Just one for-instance).

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-11-03 19:52|| 2007-11-03 19:52|| Front Page Top

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