Wild predators are capable of attacking domestic animals, but they are shy creatures that avoid humans. Wolves in Europe have been considered the incarnation of Satan since the Middle Ages. Since the 19th century, a reward has been established for killing even a single wolf. It was believed that this diabolical animal not only attacks cows and sheep but is also unafraid to attack humans. To this day, no one has proven a wolf to attack a human unprovoked. A wolf fears humans, and even superstitious beliefs won't change that. The situation is different with dogs, especially feral dogs. These animals are unafraid of humans, so they readily sneak up on farms and aggressively attack goats, sheep, or poultry. They often leave uneaten, butchered victims. When food is plentiful, they leave animals missing limbs or eyes. Our pets become members of our families, familiar with our habits and adaptations. When they become feral, having learned human behavior, they become ruthless criminals. They form packs like wild canids, generally scavenging from garbage dumps, roaming streets and fields, and feeding on carrion, including human carrion in the tropics. Feral dogs adapted to human contact have been domesticated and have no fear of humans. Therefore, a blood-stained feral dog, mutilated by constant anarchic fighting among other pack members, and suffering from mange (a common consequence of excessive parasite and dog concentration), refusing to flee from a human who has just lost several rabbits, may seem like a creature from another world. Rhesus monkeys, considered sacred in India, not only attack humans but are also allowed to do anything, will not hesitate to attack a cat and steal food. In India, trained to be unpunished, they have developed a taste for livestock hunting in Portokyo, not out of hunger but for pleasure. They left their victims untouched and intact, piercing their necks, specifically the carotid artery, with their fangs, causing the victim to bleed out. They became veritable vampires, sucking the nourishing blood. At night, a macaque like this, which left a bleeding rabbit with wounds on its neck, began to run lazily away, its muzzle stained with blood and its fangs still protruding, and, as it fled, began to jump up a tree. To the layman, it certainly seemed like a creature from fairy tales and legends, a true monster that comes at night and disrupts the harmony of the world.The chupacabra became a classic legend. Someone saw a sick dog attacking goats or poultry in Puerto Rico, and a myth arose that spread worldwide. Many cases, such as the one in Chile, were likely a sick dog that, due to some genetic mutation, had lost its incisors. It could also have been the result of an accident that caused deformities and could even have led to the animal's death. The fact that the property owner was concerned is not surprising. But not every case of an animal we cannot identify is necessarily something truly unknown. The examples of the creature from Elmendorf and Coleman in Texas confirm the rule and indicate that such a phenomenon is more common. Only about 2-5% of such cases may refer to truly unknown cases, and then practically only in areas unvisited by humans.
"I was in the Congo and saw a strange mammal that resembled a cross between a monkey and a cat. I realize that what I saw may raise widespread doubts about its reality and may simply be a misidentification of an already known species. Knowing that science doesn't yet know of such Congolese animals, I might have invented the whole thing. But I'm certain of what I saw and I'm going back to Africa to search for this animal."
-65% of the truth of the statement.
including:
-50% that it is a new, unknown species
"I saw a chuppah, and it looked just like people say—it looked like a dog and had no hair. It was attacking my neighbor's rabbits. I wanted to shoot it because I'm a hunter, but I couldn't do it."
90% truth of the statement including:
-2% that it is a new, unknown species
Texas Chupacabra
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