The Chupacabra

I recently got this e-mail from a concerned Internet user, who found our Chupacabra page via a Google Image Search:

I think you can stop asking about Chupacabra. The pictures on your website are of a Fox or Coyote with one or both of a particular disease.

The animal obviously had long-term demodetic and/or sarcoptic mange. I would guess it was probably sarcoptic mange, but it could be either or both. There have been other animals photographed in North America that were nearly identical. In 2004, they had a Fox with severe mange in Pennsylvannia, and they thought they had discovered a new type of animal based on it's completely strange appearance.

Have a nice day.

John ------
Kansas City, Missouri

Sure, there might be some smack-talkery going on there, but I am just so excited that:

A. Someone found the website
B. Someone outside of Texas has heard of the Chupacabra and had something intelligent to say.

Let's here it for the Internet!

Take a look at the below pictures and judge for yourself. Like any good Internet story, I got these pictures from a friend who knew someone who knew the reporter who covered the case.

• Mystery beast killed near Pollok baffles animal experts
• Chupacabra? Exhuming the Elmendorf Beast