El Chupacabra

The El Chupacabra has resurfaced! Now for those who don't know what a Chupacabra is, its a mythical creature that likes to raid farms and kill farm animals.

(Chupacabra; pronunciation: /tʃupa'kabɾa/, from the Spanish words chupar, meaning "to suck", and cabra, meaning "goat"; literally "goat sucker") Well this morning when I was looking at Yahoo news there was a front page article on one being caught. In my opinion this is not the Chupacabra and really just looks like a Coyote with a severe case of mange. You can read the story here: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92971?fp=1

Anyway, Jared and I had a Chupacabra experience of our own in 2000 while we were still dating and the story brought back that haunted memory.

One late night as Jared was walking me to my car and saying our good byes we felt a very eerie presents around us. The summer night was very still and the sky was starless. There was no sound at all and as if we were the only ones breathing on the planet. The only light came from a street lamp across the street casting a long yellow glow on the blacktop. As we waited and wondered why the air felt so weird around us, it happened. We saw a strange shadow emerge out of the yellow light as if the shadow came right out of the lamp post. The creature seemed to be walking on two thin legs with its back hunched over and arms dangling in front of it. its hands had long bony fingers with sharp nails. It was about 3 to 4 feet tall with long spines running down its back and a whip like tail. Its movement was quick as it ran across to our side of the street to the neighbors driveway triggering the motion sensor light on the garage. Both Jared and I clung to each other in fear. Never had I seen Jared so freaked out like that. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end and goosebumps rose on my skin even though the air around us was warm.

The neighbor had a boat parked in the driveway and a strange knocking sound was coming from the hull of the boat. The knocking was a rhythmic ( bump, bump, bump) as if the creatures tail was swishing back and forth hitting the hull. We both just stood frozen locking our eyes on the boat. Jared then took me by the shoulders and put me in my car, kissed me good night and ran into the house. He later told me he double locked the front door and checked all the windows which is totally unheard of for him. As I drove home I was worried that maybe another one of those creatures had been clinging to the bottom of my car. I feared that when I swung my legs out of the car that the hitchhiking creature would grab my legs and begins is bloody terror on me. Luckily there was nothing clinging to the bottom of my car and I got home safely. After the incident Jared and I agree that it was a very real and weird experience that happened to us. Every time we've told that story people think we're just telling an old ghost tale but it was real and it was weird and we hope to never experience anything like that again.