GOAT SUCKER SEEN IN BUCK CREEK

Bremer: The Associated Press reported on May 15th that Chupacabra, the "Goat Sucker" was now active in Texas. Since the beast's first appearance in Puerto Rico last year, residents of countries below the Rio Grande have seen widespread attacks on domestic goats. All the animal attacks sport the same distinctive triangular arrangement of three puncture wounds on the neck and are completely drained of blood. Until now, no attacks had been evidenced in the United States. On May 28th, however, several goats were found dead in the former Republic of Texas.

     Spanish-Language news shows were quick to make the connection, though US officials are typically slow to respond. Labeled "pop hysteria" by anthropologists at the University of Texas, their attempts to pin the killings on dog attacks and rabid foxes fail to explain the absence of blood or the three puncture wounds present in each and every incident.

     Recent evidence suggests the beast may have been transported to Iowa. On July 12, a group of illegal aliens were discovered dead in a Chevy camper on a deserted highway in Bremer County. Each seriously drained of blood and with punctures in their necks and arms. The dead men may have gotten across the Mexican boarder near Donna, Texas, where the American Chupacabra attacks were reported. Not long after the discovery of the "death truck", Louise McAvoy, resident of Buck Creek, saw what she thinks was the "Goat Sucker." She described the beast as small, with long claws, glowing eyes, and a squat body.

     Local farmers report finding the now familiar wounds and blood drainages among their livestock. In the absence of large goat populations the Chupacabra seems to be making due with cattle and hogs. Incapable of fully draining the larger animals of blood, it leaves them anemic, weak, and very susceptible to disease. Veterinarians are advising the animals be destroyed as their meat is deemed unfit for human consumption.

     There is some speculation that the "monster sightings" are merely a government deflection from the activities related to previous cattle mutilations. It should be noted that in none of those other mutilations had the triangular puncture wounds been present, nor have there been sightings of any "black helicopters" in relation to these new attacks. Of course, in the absence of full government disclosure on the "Black Projects"---or a captured Chupacabra---a definitive answer can not be given.

     (Sources include USA Today, May 15, 1996)