The Cryptid Zoo

http://www.newanimal.org/mothman.htm

According to The Cryptid Zoo, “Cryptozoology is the study of animals and other creatures that have not yet been accepted by science as real. In other words, it is monster-hunting.” When I first heard this definition I immediately thought of the movie “The Mothman Prophesies.” This film features a creature that is not accepted as real. However, I found that cryptozoologists work to discover new types of creatures, and since, according to legend, there is only one mothman, it isn’t the ideal area of study. Also crytozoologists do not want to be confused with ghost hunters or spirit seekers, and if they studied the mothman, who has a lot of spiritual disturbances attached, it would be off topic for them.
Instead I found a creature that had earlier been featured in one of my blogs. The chupacabra or the “goat-sucker” is a disgusting looking creature with large red or orange eyes, big fangs, sharp claws on it’s hands and three-toed feet. It also has “a hind portion shaped like a kangaroo with oversized legs for jumping. The top portion of the body looks stunted and scrawny in comparison with its massive hindquarters.
Crytozoologists say that the chupacabra brings them much fustrations. This is because it is sighted inconsistently, and when it is the descriptions are extremely varied. I’m sure this lack of evidence is what makes this such a tricky study. The chupacabra is also frustrating because of its actions. As explained in my earlier blog, these “goat-suckers” attack livestock and suck out their blood like vampires. This inconsistency and disgusting act has caused the chupacabra to earn a bad name for itself, and therefore, others do not like to be associated with it. According to the article in The Cryptid Zoo, “People like to say that it popped suddenly into existence in 1995 and died out a few years later. In reality, researchers have found that the sightings, though less numerous, occurred as early as 1974, and that the Taino Indians had folklore about a similar being, the maboya.” Because of this, its existence has been kept under the table.
The chupacabra is a disgusting and violent creature, and because of that I am truly glad that science has not accepted it as real. I would hate to live in a world with chupacabras.