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[scotttie]

On 4/3/2014 ktlynam said:

Oh please no...don't put it in a zoo!! It's a wild animal...let it go to live its life in nature. Do we have to cage and pick apart and run tests on this poor beast? It would probably die.

Seriously, that woman and her husband should be urged to release it back into its natural habitat. Somehow, though, I don't think they are going to do that at all (OMG..."Bubba"???!!?).

I think "Bubba" is a common southern nickname.

[Cakers1]

On 4/3/2014 croemer said:

On 4/3/2014 Cakers1 said:

A lot of superstition around the chupacabras. I saw this on the news last night.

Wish we could get to the bottom of it.

"Goat s*ckers". Ever see one of the original drawings based on "sightings"? Looks like an alien.

Whatever this animal is, maybe it's a mutation of some weird cross between 2 different animals. Odd how this is the first, at least that I know of, actual live capture.

There was one a few years ago but the animal was deceased and it did have mange.

[Elstongunn]

On 4/3/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 4/3/2014 ktlynam said:

Oh please no...don't put it in a zoo!! It's a wild animal...let it go to live its life in nature. Do we have to cage and pick apart and run tests on this poor beast? It would probably die.

Seriously, that woman and her husband should be urged to release it back into its natural habitat. Somehow, though, I don't think they are going to do that at all (OMG..."Bubba"???!!?).

I think "Bubba" is a common southern nickname.

Do you know what its origins are? Is it a shortened version of a name (Robert?) or endearment? It's just that I've always seen it associated with a not-too-terribly-bright person. At least that's the way it's depicted on TV and in movies.

[raven-blackbird]

On 4/3/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 4/3/2014 blackbirdraven said:

I think it's a raccoon with mange.......it eats with it's hands and canines don't do that.....the one good film I saw of the chupacabra was taken from the dash board cam of a sheriff as it ran in front of them on a isolated dusty old road...........................raven

I thought that at first...but the noise it made was not coon like at all.

I had a raccoon when I was little......until it destroyed my grandmother's kitchen and grandpa took it to the small local zoo that was here when I was little.........it would growl if you startled it...........this animal is sick, who knows what is wrong with it on the inside.......and that may have affected it's vocalizations........need just need a vet to get a blood sample and the mystery will be solved................................raven

[scotttie]

On 4/3/2014 ktlynam said:

On 4/3/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 4/3/2014 ktlynam said:

Oh please no...don't put it in a zoo!! It's a wild animal...let it go to live its life in nature. Do we have to cage and pick apart and run tests on this poor beast? It would probably die.

Seriously, that woman and her husband should be urged to release it back into its natural habitat. Somehow, though, I don't think they are going to do that at all (OMG..."Bubba"???!!?).

I think "Bubba" is a common southern nickname.

Do you know what its origins are? Is it a shortened version of a name (Robert?) or endearment? It's just that I've always seen it associated with a not-too-terribly-bright person. At least that's the way it's depicted on TV and in movies.

Yes. That's the sad thing about it. Southern mannerisms and colloquialisms are often cast as less than intelligent.

I'm guessing "Bubba" is a derivative of "Brother" but don't know for sure.

[croemer]

On 4/3/2014 Cakers1 said:

On 4/3/2014 croemer said:

On 4/3/2014 Cakers1 said:

A lot of superstition around the chupacabras. I saw this on the news last night.

Wish we could get to the bottom of it.

"Goat s*ckers". Ever see one of the original drawings based on "sightings"? Looks like an alien.

Whatever this animal is, maybe it's a mutation of some weird cross between 2 different animals. Odd how this is the first, at least that I know of, actual live capture.

There was one a few years ago but the animal was deceased and it did have mange.

I know I was so happy they didn't kill it. Wish a vet could take a look at it and help out with what it might be Cakers.

[Kachina624]

Chupacabras are a big joke here. They're definitely not an unclassified species. They always turn out to be some common animal which is diseased. Usually it's a coyote with mange. If something unexplained happens, we blame it on a chupacabra. They make a great scapegoat.

[Cakers1]

o/t but severe storms are brewing in TX - winds up to 60mph and 1" hail predicted, moving east to N. Dallas area. Twister cells spotted.

Be safe.

[Elstongunn]

On 4/3/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 4/3/2014 ktlynam said:

On 4/3/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 4/3/2014 ktlynam said:

Oh please no...don't put it in a zoo!! It's a wild animal...let it go to live its life in nature. Do we have to cage and pick apart and run tests on this poor beast? It would probably die.

Seriously, that woman and her husband should be urged to release it back into its natural habitat. Somehow, though, I don't think they are going to do that at all (OMG..."Bubba"???!!?).

I think "Bubba" is a common southern nickname.

Do you know what its origins are? Is it a shortened version of a name (Robert?) or endearment? It's just that I've always seen it associated with a not-too-terribly-bright person. At least that's the way it's depicted on TV and in movies.

Yes. That's the sad thing about it. Southern mannerisms and colloquialisms are often cast as less than intelligent.

I'm guessing "Bubba" is a derivative of "Brother" but don't know for sure.

Thank you, BMUS, for explaining. BTW, I love most Southern mannerisms and colloquialisms.

[croemer]

On 4/3/2014 Cakers1 said:

o/t but severe storms are brewing in TX - winds up to 60mph and 1" hail predicted, moving east to N. Dallas area. Twister cells spotted.

Be safe.

I heard...yikes!