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cattle. Then came a report from farmer Hector Vega Rosado who was shocked to find two of his goats dead with wounds under the thorax and above the haunches from something very sharp. The next day he found 10 more of his goats dead, seven wounded and another 10 missing altogether. He could see no blood around any of the one-inch- deep holes in the carcasses. In 1925, the Woodbury Daily Times in New Jersey, USA, printed a detailed draw- ing by an alleged eyewitness of what was dubbed the "Jersey Devil". According to the newspaper report, a farmer found a strange beast that was consuming his chick- ens. He described it as being "as big as a grown Airedale with dark fur, having a kan- 5 garoo-fashioned hop; forequarters, higher ats Bs ‘ at he a than its rear, which were always crouched, tate, Mexico, showing a Telemundo and hind feet with four webbed toes. Its _ television reporter the puncture marks in his arm after the attack in early May 1996. eyes are very yellow and its jaw is neither (Photograph from Telemundo News videotape frame, with their permission) dog, wolf nor coyote. Its crushers in the lower jaws each have four prongs into which the upper teeth fit Rico there is the tradition of the plena—songs which describe a erfectly." "terrible animal" having an ox's head, a bull's horns and a serpen- In December 1993, a park ranger named John Irwin was tine tail. One of these songs implores, "Free us from all evil; pro- atrolling the Wharton State Forest in New Jersey. He reported tect us from this terrible animal". that he "noticed a large, dark figure emerge from the woods. It What are these strange creatures that seem to ‘recycle’ them- stood like a human, over six foot tall, and it had black fur that selves through the centuries? Are they some unknown, under- ooked wet and matted." ground life-form that cohabits with us, the surface life of this The official Forest Service report about the incident continued: planet? Do they come from UFOs, despatched like worker bees "John sat in his car only a few feet away from the monster. His to gather tissue and fluids as part of some unknown agenda? Or initial shock soon turned to fear when the creature turned its deer- do they slip into and out of an unimaginable place, another time, ike head and stared through the windshield. But instead of gaz- another space beyond this dimension? Whatever their origin, they ing into the bright yellow glow of a deer's eyes, John found him- have left behind hard physical evidence in the foreheads, necks, self the subject of a deep glare from two piercing red eyes." backs and stomachs of animals, both dead and still living. And In Europe and other countries, fables about mythical beasts of thousands of people are afraid to go out after dark. orrible form which attack people and animals have been passed down through the centuries. And back on the island of Puerto POSTSCRIPT There have been no other reports of chupacabras attacks on humans since those May 1996 incidents described in this article, and puncture attacks on domestic animals have almost ended for unknown reasons. As quickly as the mystery began in March 1995, it seems to have come to an end, or at least a pause, in the summer of 1996. oo About the Author: Linda Moulton Howe is a graduate of Stanford University, USA, and has a Masters Degree in Communication. She has devoted her film/TV career to documentary and studio productions on science, medicine and the environment. Her documentaries, A Strange Harvest and Strange Harvests 1993, explored the world- wide animal mutilations which have been ongoing since the late 1960s. She has written several books, including An Alien Harvest and Glimpses of Other Realities, vols. | and Il. Ms Howe's investigations have taken in such diverse subjects as the crop circles phenomenon, the evi- dence for UFOs and ETs, humanity's hidden history and, more recently, the chupacabras mystery. For further information about the author's books and prawing of tne riersey el es on an pe aed, eyewitness documentaries, contact LMH Productions (see details at close encounter. was publisned In a edition oO e inni j H Woodbury Daily Times, New Jersey, USA. Wine LS inallny Chit etal) Rico there is the tradition of the plena—songs which describe a "terrible animal" having an ox's head, a bull's horns and a serpen- tine tail. One of these songs implores, "Free us from all evil; pro- tect us from this terrible animal". What are these strange creatures that seem to ‘recycle’ them- selves through the centuries? Are they some unknown, under- ground life-form that cohabits with us, the surface life of this planet? Do they come from UFOs, despatched like worker bees to gather tissue and fluids as part of some unknown agenda? Or do they slip into and out of an unimaginable place, another time, another space beyond this dimension? Whatever their origin, they have left behind hard physical evidence in the foreheads, necks, backs and stomachs of animals, both dead and still living. And thousands of people are afraid to go out after dark. POSTSCRIPT There have been no other reports of chupacabras attacks on humans since those May 1996 incidents described in this article, and puncture attacks on domestic animals have almost ended for unknown reasons. As quickly as the mystery began in March 1995, it seems to have come to an end, or at least a pause, in the summer of 1996. oo About the Author: Linda Moulton Howe is a graduate of Stanford University, USA, and has a Masters Degree in Communication. She has devoted her film/TV career to documentary and studio productions on science, medicine and the environment. Her documentaries, A Strange Harvest and Strange Harvests 1993, explored the world- wide animal mutilations which have been ongoing since the late 1960s. She has written several books, including An Alien Harvest and Glimpses of Other Realities, vols. | and Il. Ms Howe's investigations have taken in such diverse subjects as the crop circles phenomenon, the evi- dence for UFOs and ETs, humanity's hidden history and, more recently, the chupacabras mystery. For further information about the author's books and documentaries, contact LMH Productions (see details at the beginning of this article). JUNE - JULY 1997 NEXUS - 69