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Bigfoot, Nessie and Other Legendary Monsters [PHOTOS]

Feb 22nd 2011 – 6:42AM

Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Jersey Devil and so many other legendary creatures have long captured the public's imagination. Are any of them real? Some claim photos such as these are proof they exist. But many others say that they're just part of an ongoing hoax perpetuated on a gullible public....

2010's Top Cryptozoology 'Monsters'

By Lee SpeigelDec 30th 2010 – 7:33AM
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Monsters: They lurk in our fears, our imaginations, and sometimes, in our lakes and forests. Sea serpents; tall, hairy creatures; unicorns; blood-sucking doglike animals -- they've all been in the news this year. They're either real, myth or simply new and previously unknown beasts that share the world with humans and...

Chupacabra Watch: Kentucky Creature Could Be Hairless Coyote

By Lee SpeigelDec 28th 2010 – 4:20PM
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A Kentucky farmer has shot a hideous-looking four-legged creature on his property, raising speculation once again about the chupacabra, a legendary livestock killer. While the hairless beast might be nothing more than a coyote with mange, authorities still don't know what it was -- and it does indeed look...

Chupacabra Monster May Be Mitey-er Than First Imagined

By Lee SpeigelNov 4th 2010 – 4:00PM
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(Nov. 4) -- As stories continue to emerge from Mexico and the American Southwest of a legendary creature known as the chupacabra (Spanish for "goat sucker"), identifying at least a few of these animals may be a more simple task. Some researchers now believe the mysterious four-legged killer and livestock blood sucker may,...

Chupacabra Alert: 300 Goats Mysteriously Slaughtered in Mexico

By Lee SpeigelSep 2nd 2010 – 7:15AM
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(Sept. 2) -- Shepherds in Mexico are up in arms -- or heads, as the case may be -- over a rash of beheadings inflicted on their goats, and many people are blaming the legendary predator known as the chupacabra. Over the past two months, more than 300 goats owned by shepherds in Mexico's Puebla state have been decapitated...

Background on chupacabra

The chupacabra (, from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat sucker") is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas.

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