WolfQuest

UPDATE: The Associated Press reported Thursday that Loren Coleman, a Portland author and cryptozoologist, examined the beast and believed it was a feral dog. State wildlife biologists and local animal control officers did not examine the animal.

A feral animal is one that has escaped from domestication and returned to its wild state.

Zethra wrote:Chances are that it's a canine with a disease and isn't a mutant. There is a disease that affects them, that makes their skin look weird and their hair fall out. It could also affect the gums aswell as the body. (making the body look misshaped ect.)

This is often mistaken when it comes to the Chupacabra, which is supposedly a "new species of canine", "paranormal creature" and a lot of other nicknames - included a mutated canine. (after doing research on this "species" and seeing various things on paranormal research with it)

Alpha Female wrote:I believe it's just a feral dog, as stated in the article link you provided:

UPDATE: The Associated Press reported Thursday that Loren Coleman, a Portland author and cryptozoologist, examined the beast and believed it was a feral dog. State wildlife biologists and local animal control officers did not examine the animal.

A feral animal is one that has escaped from domestication and returned to its wild state.

Source: http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0816-mutant.html

Zethra wrote:I forget the name of the disease, but I think it disconfigures the body of the animal to make it look odd. The animal also gains a shade of blue and looses it's hair, hence the 'reptilian' look.

The skull of the creature, from what research I've gathered, seams to be that of a Canid. A Canid, being a coyote.

History
The first reported attacks occurred in March 1995 in Puerto Rico. In this attack, eight sheep were discovered dead, each with three puncture wounds in the chest area and completely drained of blood. A few months later, in August, an eyewitness, Madelyne Tolentino, reported seeing the creature in the Puerto Rican town of Canóvanas, when as many as 150 farm animals and pets were reportedly killed. In 1975, similar killings in the small town of Moca, were attributed to El Vampiro de Moca (The Vampire of Moca). Initially it was suspected that the killings were committed by a racecar cult; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life. Each of the animals had their bodies bled dry through a series of small circular incisions.

Puerto Rican comedian and entrepreneur Silverio Pérez is credited with coining the term chupacabras soon after the first incidents were reported in the press. Shortly after the first reported incidents in Puerto Rico, other animal deaths were reported in other countries, such as the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Brazil, United States, and Mexico.