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Chupacabra. United States

ID #1600250082
Added Wed, 16/09/2020
Author July N.
Sources
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Status
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
08.1972
Location: 
округ Патнэм
IN
United States

A young couple living in the countryside were visited late at night by a dark creature that looked like a large hairy gorilla. 

Most of the time, he was bipedal, but when he ran, he did it on all fours. It seemed to run and jump without touching the ground, as it left no footprints. 

When it ran through the weeds, nothing could be heard, and sometimes witnesses could see through it. 

An hour before the first sighting, neighbors reported that a glowing object flew overhead, which then exploded, although no debris was found. 

A farmer in the area lost all but 30 of his 200 chickens to this creature, which tore them apart, sucking their blood but not eating them, and scattered their remains over a vast area. 

He was repeatedly shot at from about 100 feet away, but did not appear to be injured.

Original news

Date: August 1972
Location: Putnam County, Indiana
Time: night
Summary: A young couple living in a rural area began to receive late night visitations from a shadowy creature looking like a large, hairy gorilla. Most of the time it was bipedal,but when it ran, it did so on all fours. It seemed to run and jump without touching the ground as it never left any tracks. When it ran through weeds, nothing was heard and sometimes the witnesses could see through it. An hour before the first sighting, neighbors reported a luminous object pass overhead, which then exploded, though no debris was ever found. A farmer in the area lost all but 30 of his 200 chickens to the creature, which ripped them apart, draining them of blood but not eating them, and spreading their remains over a huge area. It was shot repeatedly from about 100 feet but seemed unaffected. At least 40 people claimed to have seen the creature before the sightings ceased late in the month.
Source:David Pratt, “Visitors from the twilight Zone”

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