Mysterious figure sparks legendary 'chupacabra' rumours after being spotted roaming zoo

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animals after attacking them, especially sheep and goats.The first mention of a chupacabra came in 1995 when eight sheep were found dead in Puerto Rico, each with three puncture wounds in the chest and all drained of blood.Various animal mutilations have been blamed on the beast since then, with the odd eye-witness having claimed they laid eyes on the creature.And now evidence may finally have come to light of the elusive critter’s existence… although the grainy image may well also depict someone in fancy dress, a man wearing a fancy hat, or even some kind of 'real' animal.But one thing’s for certain, the city of Amarillo are desperate to discover what the zoo snapped on its CCTV cameras, skulking around inside a perimeter fence at 1.25am on May 21, and are appealing for the public’s help.They asked: “Is it a person with a strange hat who likes to walk at night?

A chupacabra? Do you have any ideas of what this UAO – Unidentified Amarillo Object – could be?”Zoo staff spotted the strange picture when they were going through images taken by their security cameras and they have no idea what the creature was.Twitter has been awash with possible explanations, with one saying: “It’s just a homeless guy with a bunch of weird clothes on” “Looks like someone in a fur suit to me,” added another.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.A more plausible explanation came from an interested viewer, who said: “My guess would be a coyote jumping the fence rotated a bit right of being directly facing the camera.

It’s probably blurry compared to the surrounds due to the speed of the coyote mid jump and the low light/exposure time the camera has.”Others were more sceptical, with one.