[URL]http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=118394&catid=2[/URL]
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GEORGETOWN, CA - To handyman Frank Gallo, the creature that almost attacked him beside his rural trailer several days ago looked like the legendary Chupacabra.
"Scared the hell out of me," Gallo said. "It crouched and faced me and I shot two warning shots at it - 357-magnum, from 20-feet."
The shots seemed to have no effect and Gallo kept firing during the encounter.
"He looked down at where he'd been shot and let out a cry that sounded like, maybe a six year old girl. Ahhhhhh, really loud," Gallo said.
When Gallo saw the animal up close, it was even stranger.
"If you could feel this thing, if you could touch it, it's skin is like an elephant," Gallo said.
The animal had huge claws, canine-like teeth and almost no fur on its body. However, it was the animal's lack of fur that tipped off California Department of Fish and Game Warden Patrick Foy.
"(It's) probably a juvenile bear and has developed some type of an ailment that's caused it's skin to shed all of it's fur," Foy said.
To Gallo, it looked more like, the supposedly, mythical creature known in Mexico as a Chupacabra.
Gallo scoured the Internet, looking for images and information on the Chupacabra.
"Something like this (animal) will hit an animal, knock it down, grab it and suck the blood out of it. That's where the name Chupacabra comes from, it's Spanish for goat-sucker,"Gallo said.
"Could be a fairly new species, you know. Could be a mutation," Gallo said.
However the pictures told Foy it was more likely a bear. Late Tuesday evening, a game warden picked up the animal and confirmed Foy's suspicions that it was a young bear.
It may take several days to determine what caused the bear to lose it's fur.
"Somebody with an untrained eye would look at this and think that this was a pretty creepy-looking character," Foy acknowledged.
Gallo is not convinced.
"Doesn't move anything like a bear, didn't act like a bear. Doesn't make sounds like a bear," Gallo said. "There are skeptics and there are people that are open-minded."[/QUOTE]I actually live in Georgetown. It is definitely not a chupacabra, but still cool that one of the drunken rednecks around here managed to get on the news.
Oh, and there's also a video from the news here:
[URL]http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?bctid=754698478001#/News/Georgetown+man+shoots+creature%3A+Chupacabra+or+hairless+bear%3F/52821470001/52684897001/754698478001[/URL]
He should take another shot at it and try again....
We have Chupacabra all over Alabama. They're good eatin'.
Read as chewbacca at first
Looks shopped-
Oh wait, no pics.
It looks like a hairless bear.
The video has pictures of the thing. I saw it on the side of the road, since that cemetery he is standing in is right near the main highway. Looked like a dog when I passed by.
[QUOTE=Winchesterau;27530285]Read as chewbacca at first[/QUOTE]
Those are good eatin', too.
There are skeptics and there are people that are open-minded and there are people that are stupid.
[QUOTE=lead_farmer;27530302]It looks like a hairless bear.[/QUOTE]
That hates people.
Or,
He shot a 6 year old.
Great editing.
"I think it's a bear."
[QUOTE=Winchesterau;27530285]Read as chewbacca at first[/QUOTE]
That would have certainly been funnier.
Now I wanna go hunt Chewbacca.
greasy green greasels
And I have nessy in a 50 gallon aquarium.
I love how these "big foot", "Chupacabra", "Ghost", etcetc sightings barely have enough pics to support it, and no real evidence. If I saw this, I would personally take a video, as well as pictures, as well as keep the body (For reporting) if I truly thought it was valid.
But you know what? That just never happens, and never will.
[QUOTE=OvB;27530464]And I have nessy in a 50 gallon aquarium.[/QUOTE]
Shit, I got Dagon in my 20 gallon terrarium.
[QUOTE=J!NX;27530491]I love how these "big foot", "Chupacabra", "Ghost", etcetc sightings barely have enough pics to support it, and no real evidence. If I saw this, I would personally take a video, as well as pictures, as well as keep the body (For reporting) if I truly thought it was valid.
But you know what? That just never happens, and never will.[/QUOTE]
Ummm... he had the body with him and game warden determined that it was a juvenile bear.
[QUOTE=lead_farmer;27530533]Ummm... he had the body with him and game warden determined that it was a juvenile bear.[/QUOTE]
If its a bear, then obviously this news article is a waste of time and pointless, and fools will only go "OMG ITS REAL THIS IS PROOF!" out of quick assumption.
[QUOTE=J!NX;27530586]If its a bear, then obviously this news article is a waste of time and pointless, and fools will only go "OMG ITS REAL THIS IS PROOF!" out of quick assumption.[/QUOTE]
Our area is known for being full of a bunch of retarded hicks, so the Sac Metro news channels always love to report on whoever is the most vocal idiot of the week. This is better than drunken fistfights, though.
[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;27530562]Achievement unlocked.
[url]http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/Chupathingy[/url][/QUOTE]
I still have to kill all those fucking bears and wolves with the torch. Fucking zombears.
[QUOTE=lead_farmer;27530302]It looks like a hairless bear.[/QUOTE]
It's more than likely a young, diseased bear that lost its way.
Watch the full video, in the end, the news guy confirms the game warden came by and picked up the body. It is infact a hairless bear.
Sacramento represent!
hick gets glory. end story.
That thing is fucking nasty.
I love how he does the scream it made.
GJ killing a baby bear. on a side note, i live in Placerville :D
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