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Chupacabra speculation swirling in Hood County (Goat Sucking Creature One Shot)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 17:01

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Encounters with two hairless canines last week in northeast Hood County are stirring speculation that goat-sucking "chupacabras" have expanded into North Texas.

Or, according to a more scientific explanation, mange is infecting coyotes, robbing them of their coats.

There haven't been any local reports of livestock or pets being sucked dry – the modus operandi of the mythical beasts of south-of-the-border folklore.

But a frail, hairless hound cornered on Wednesday, July 7, was no less startling to a code enforcement officer for the city of Cresson.

Johnny Collins said he was checking a city water well when he saw an emaciated, gray-skinned animal sneak into a barn at the adjacent Wake Sports Ranch, which operates a cable system that slings water skiers around a lake.

Frank Hackett, Hood County animal control officer, entered the building with Collins to flush the creature out, but that's when it showed its teeth.

"It came toward me," Collins said. "It growled and leaped, kind of like a kangaroo rat, and when it came down, it went back toward Frank."

So Hackett shot the animal, Collins said.