On Friday, August 25, 2000, a sheep rancher shot and wounded a yellow-furred Chupacabra on the San Lorenzo farm near Tolapa, Leon statde, Nicaragua.
Three days later, on Monday, August 28, 2000, the skeletal remains of the creature were recovered by a watchman in a cave located about 100 meters (330 feet) from the ranch house.
The discovery ignited a firestorm of excitement in Nicaragua and throughout the hemisphere and especially in the UFO community.
The shooting came at the end of six weeks of sheep slayings in the Cordillera de Marisio hills of Leon state, around the small towns of Malpaisillo, Tolapa and San Claudio. An estimated 120 sheep were killed during the creature's rampage. All of the sheep had been drained of blood.
The Nicaraguan newspaper El Nuevo Diario cited "massive sheep deaths resulting from the apparent extraction of blood by an unknown predator equipped with sizable fangs capable of drilling into the victims' necks."
The Chupacabra was described as "bold, dog-like and capable of making rapid movements."
Ranch owner Jorge Luis Talavera said, "It came in search of another sheep on Friday, and I became aware of its presence in the paddocks. I fired several shots with my shotgun until it lost itself in the darkness."
"On Monday morning (August 2

, the presence of circling vultures heralded the existence of a dead animal in the farm's vicinity, which aroused the curiosity of watchman Jairo Garcia."
Garcia headed towards "the spot where the carrion birds circled and managed to reach a cave-like structure located 100 meters from the house. Then he found the animal his employer had shot two nights earlier and was probably responsible for the deaths of so many sheep."
"After having viewed the Chupacabra, some locals, like Milan Rojas, claim that it is neither a dog nor a wolf, but rather the strange product of a number of dog types." "a hybrid "
"'I am familiar with all types of wild animal and this one seems strange to me, given its fur hair, thin and tall, which differs greatly from a wolf, which is quite hairy,' he remarked."
Nicaraguan biologist Giocconda Chavez examined the skeletal remains and "noted that the animal had extremely high nails located above its claws which probably aided it in attacking its victims, along with an oversized set of fangs. She further noted that the eye-sockets were somewhat large in comparison with its head, making note as did other witnesses to the site, of several protuberances on the upper vertebrae 'shaped like a crocodile's crest.'"
What Garcia "found most startling was the lack of bodily hair and very small ears, although the animal had been reduced to a skeleton after the vultures feasted upon it, it is shaped like a long, yellow-coloured dog, given the pigmentation of the remaining fur that was found on the tail."
Since the middle of July 2000, the Chupacabra had been raiding small sheep farms sponsored by the Xochitl Acatl Women's Centre, a charitable non- profit group. The centre promotes sheep farming as a means of helping low-income people of the region raise their standard of living.
"In San Claudio, 25 kilometres (15 miles) from Malpaisillo, the Chupacabra killed two of four sheep belonging to Sra. Lydia Carrera, one of the supporters of the Xochitl Acatl Women's Centre."
"I was concerned because I own goats and cows and, at any given second, the Chupacabra would turn up and kill my little animals. I hope that it's the last and only one of its kind,' said Maria Isable Lopez of nearby Las Lunas."
"'We had to kill it. In fifteen days, it sucked 25 sheep'" at San Lorenzo farm, "'and my neighbour lost 35 sheep in ten days. It was an average of five sheep or goats every night,' Talavera explained."
Talavera also stated that there might be more Chupacabras in the cordillera, at least three more-- one with white or silver fur and two with black fur.
Other witnesses in Malpaisillo said the dead Chupacabra had "yellow hair on a short tail, large eye sockets, skin like that of a bat, large claws and fangs," and seven "crest-like" vertebrae on its spine
(Editor's Comment: Yellow fur, eh? It sounds like the El Lobizon creature seen in Argentina last June. "'Wolf man' terrorizes town in northern Argentina was the headline"
The remains were taken to the forensic laboratory at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua-Leon in the city of Leon, located 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of Malpaisillo.
According to the newspaper La Prensa de Nicaragua, the Chupacabra remains were studied by a team led by Dr. Pedrarias Davila.
"'We cannot say when the results will be ready, given that some parts are missing. Therefore we will be forced to take some time if it becomes necessary to send DNA samples abroad,' said Dr. Pedrarias Davila."
"The skeleton of the alleged Chupacabra was taken to the medical campus at UNAM in Leon in order to determine what species it belongs to,'" Dr. Davila added.
"'On the record sheet was noted the characteristics of the skeletal system, the number of ribs and vertebrae, nails, state of decomposition, among others, for inclusion into the database,' he explained."
Two days later, an official at UNAM-Leon made a surprising statement.
"'There is an initial impression that it isn't an unknown animal but merely a dog. Further analysis is still required to reach a final conclusion,' said Edmundo Torres, vice- chancellor for research at UNAM-Leon."
(Editor's Comment: If it's just a dog, then why do they need "further research?" Here it comes--the Virginia- style cover-up of this phenomenal event.)
The killing of the Chupacabra has caused a stir in Nicaragua's religious communities, as well.
"'It's a warning sign, like a traffic light' that's on yellow but could turn red--a sign for men and women to return to God because we've forgotten about him,' stated" Dr. Francisco Ortiz, director of CEPAS (Nicaragua's Pentecostal Assembly) "Quoting from the Book of Daniel which states that in the Last Days there will be phenomena that will cause astonishment among men."
"In the meantime," Monsignor Juan Bosco Maria Vivas Robelo, the Roman Catholic bishop of Leon, "does not believe that it (the creature) is the result of genetic engineering, admitting his scant knowledge on the subject of the Chupacabra."
"''I haven't studied the matter in depth since I haven't given it much credibility, but if it is indeed a strange creature, as they say, then the Church may be prompted to take action...but not just yet.'"
This is a Chupa.
