http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten
or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may
simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and
licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international
craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The
Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature
of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including
Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said.
"It's good for Cuero."
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02 Sep 2007 10:24:42 AM |
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On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten
or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may
simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and
licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international
craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The
Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature
of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including
Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said.
"It's good for Cuero."
More apocalyptic devil dogs released from the pit of hell. Just like
the animals in Iraq they've been finding. Just like the hellhounds
that have been sighted in the English moors.
They'll think it's good for Cuero once the 300 pounders are released
and start attacking people in packs at Texas football games.
Time to load up on Silvertips.
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02 Sep 2007 03:27:03 PM |
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"John Lemke" <jflemke@locallink.net> wrote in message
news:1188746682.850062.310210@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
Better mount it with the other nasty stuff.
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02 Sep 2007 06:21:27 PM |
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After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, John Lemke
<jflemke@locallink.net> Spat the Words
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten
or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
Whatever it is it's the Intelligent Design proponents' worst nightmare..
a living dna mutation.. intra-generational evolution..
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may
simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and
licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international
craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The
Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature
of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including
Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said.
"It's good for Cuero."
More apocalyptic devil dogs released from the pit of hell. Just like
the animals in Iraq they've been finding. Just like the hellhounds
that have been sighted in the English moors.
They'll think it's good for Cuero once the 300 pounders are released
and start attacking people in packs at Texas football games.
Time to load up on Silvertips.
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| User: "John Lemke" |
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03 Sep 2007 09:27:18 AM |
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On Sep 2, 7:21 pm, Perseid <eidp...@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote:
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, John Lemke
<jfle...@locallink.net> Spat the Words
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten
or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
Whatever it is it's the Intelligent Design proponents' worst nightmare..
a living dna mutation.. intra-generational evolution..
I don't have much of a problem with evolution. Most evolutionists
don't attempt to explain origin.
Why wouldn't a really intelligent designer build in the tools for
adaptation? :-)
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| User: "Perseid" |
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03 Sep 2007 10:31:39 AM |
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After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, John Lemke
<jflemke@locallink.net> Spat the Words
On Sep 2, 7:21 pm, Perseid <eidp...@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote:
After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, John Lemke
<jfle...@locallink.net> Spat the Words
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't
eaten
or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a
cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just
like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in
my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
Whatever it is it's the Intelligent Design proponents' worst nightmare..
a living dna mutation.. intra-generational evolution..
I don't have much of a problem with evolution. Most evolutionists
don't attempt to explain origin.
Why wouldn't a really intelligent designer build in the tools for
adaptation? :-)
Heresy ! Blasphemer !! <pointing of fingers, shrill noises>
:-]
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03 Sep 2007 04:18:52 AM |
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On Sep 3, 12:21?am, Perseid <eidp...@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote:
Whatever it is it's the Intelligent Design proponents' worst nightmare..
a living dna mutation.. intra-generational evolution..
The financial possibilities are paramount here. It would make a
fortune on e bay.
I want one!
Werewolfy
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02 Sep 2007 05:56:29 PM |
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It's JTEM.
"John Lemke" <jflemke@locallink.net> wrote in message
news:1188746682.850062.310210@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
By ELIZABETH WHITE - 8 hours ago
CUERO, Texas (AP) - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years.
She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra
and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill
she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her,
worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion
believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking
chupacabra.
"It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the
mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue,
mostly hairless skin.
Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of
three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in
Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the
head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its
ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity.
She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a
chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past
couple of years.
"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this,"
she said.
What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote,
but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten
or carried off - all the blood was drained from them, she said.
Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have
originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens.
"I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross
between two or three different things."
She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like
purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have
elsewhere.
But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange
breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street
Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria.
"I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my
opinion a chupacabra is a dog," said Schaar, who has seen Canion's
find.
The "chupacabras" could have all been part of a mutated litter of
dogs, or they may be a new kind of mutt, he said.
As for the bloodsucking, Schaar said that this particular canine may
simply have a preference for blood, letting its prey bleed out and
licking it up.
Chupacabra or not, the discovery has spawned a local and international
craze. Canion has started selling T-shirts that read: "2007, The
Summer of the Chupacabra, Cuero, Texas," accompanied by a caricature
of the creature. The $5 shirts have gone all over the world, including
Japan, Australia and Brunei. Schaar also said he has one.
"If everyone has a fun time with it, we'll keep doing it," she said.
"It's good for Cuero."
More apocalyptic devil dogs released from the pit of hell. Just like
the animals in Iraq they've been finding. Just like the hellhounds
that have been sighted in the English moors.
They'll think it's good for Cuero once the 300 pounders are released
and start attacking people in packs at Texas football games.
Time to load up on Silvertips.
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03 Sep 2007 07:05:25 PM |
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On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
Karl Rove returned, didn't he?
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04 Sep 2007 08:07:22 PM |
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On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:05:25 -0700, Marvin The Paranoid Android wrote:
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
Karl Rove returned, didn't he?
LOL!
(I can laugh because he didn't - thank God!)
Woods
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| User: "John Lemke" |
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03 Sep 2007 07:19:16 PM |
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On Sep 3, 8:05 pm, Marvin The Paranoid Android
<marvinparanoidandr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Sep 2, 1:47 am, wrote:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgIXOzgj5X8SCBnCesj3lr62Yczw
Has a Mythical Beast Turned Up in Texas?
Karl Rove returned, didn't he?
Supposedly quoting that mutant *****:
'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And
while you're studying that reality - judiciously, as you will - we'll
act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and
that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors ... and you, all
of you, will be left to just study what we do.' "
http://lawnorder.blogspot.com/2007/06/rove-us-power-has-made-reality-its.html
"Here is my favorite quotation about the Bush administration, a
description of a conversation with the proverbial "unnamed
administration official" by the fine journalist Ron Suskind in October
2004:
"The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-
based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that
solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' I
nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and
empiricism. He cut me off. 'That's not the way the world really works
anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we
create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -
judiciously, as you will - we'll act again, creating other new
realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort
out. We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to
just study what we do.' "
Original NY Times Magazine article by Ron Suskind.
Instincts indeed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?ex=1255665600en=890a96189e162076ei=5090
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