Carter Pope, 13, of La Salle, TX. believes he may have shot a chupacabra. Here is a link to the article:
WOAI: Texas teen believes he has killed a chupacabra
Following are a few articles I pulled out of the archive on local chupacabra sightings.
September 19, 1975
By Bill Moore
Many residents of Horizon City cast a leery eye towards the surrounding desert these days. Some say there is a strange creature lurking about.
During the past week, numerous teenagers have reported seeing the creature on the Horizon City golf course and the area south of there. Footprints have reportedly been found, shots have been fired and one youngster says he got a good look at the face.
“His face was all pushed in and flat like a bulldog’s. And he had this big nose that stuck out,” said Bill York, 15, who said he got a good look at the creature on the golf course driving range. “His eyes were sunk in deep and his jaw jutted out.”
Other descriptions given of the creature by various teens report it as being about 8 feet tall, 3 1/2 feet wide and leaving footprints 14 inches long and 8 inches wide.
Some say it is hairy and has pointed ears.
One boy reportedly got close enough to shoot at the creature with a rifle. He says he hit it at least six times at close range. No blood was ever found.
The creature was reportedly first cited last Saturday when Bill Fuller, 14, and Kathy Ellis, 15, thought they saw something walking on the golf course.
Officer Bill Rutherford of the sheriff’s department came driving by. The youngsters flagged him down. He reportedly flashed a light in the direction of the movement and reported he saw nothing. The teens, though, said it was the first time they saw the creature.
“It ducked down to the ground and just took off,” said Miss Ellis, “We know we saw it, but Mr. Rutherford says he never did. I think he said that just so people would not start getting scared.”
An adult has yet to be found who can support a claim of sighting the creature.
“We think some adults have see it, too. But we don’t have their names,” said one of the teens. “In fact, there was a lady who nearly hit it with her car. But I don’t know who she was.”
All the creature’s tracks have also reportedly been destroyed by vehicles and persons out searching for it.
Rutherford, who reported to Sheriff Mike Sullivan that he saw a strange track, said it appeared to have been dug. The two tracks he reports seeing led away from the golf course in the southerly direction and were about 20 feet apart. They were the only tracks to be found in the soft, desert sand in the area.
Creature hunters from throughout the El Paso area converged on Horizon City Thursday night and combed the nearby desert for nearly five hours without results.
“Those guys were out there in the dark shooting at anything that moved,” said one teen-aged girl. “I’m more afraid of them than I am of the creature.”
Rutherford also reported that two anthropologist from the University of Southern California showed up to study the situation. But after they were told of the prints and description, Rutherford said they went back and got on the first plane black to California.
“I know a lot of people around here don’t believe we saw anything,” said Miss Ellis “But there was something out there. And it really scared us bad.”
Here is a link to a 2003 article by Adriana Chavez
This is a 2010 article by Jay Koester
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