Unexplained Creature - Unknown Alien Animal - Chupacabra

With so many views and comments about this creature, I feel it deserves a complete explanation. Here's the story of how I came across the carcass.

In June, 2010 I was hiking with my dog about 6 miles northeast of Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. I was carrying water, my still camera, some food, a compass, a knife and my phone (which had no service in that area). I never traveled through this remote desert before and I hoped to capture some photos of the spectacular landscape. I came upon the incredible carcass after hiking about 2 1/2 hours, just before we were about to turn around to head back. My dog wouldn't go near the creature, which was unusual, as he always finds dead animals irresistible and I usually have to call him off. I began to take pictures and the battery died after I snapped one frame.

I knew this was a significant find and I wanted to collect the specimen in lieu of the lack of photographic evidence to document the creature, but there was no way I could carry it back to the car without proper equipment. I decided I would come back with the means to do so - a large backpack with some ropes to tie it on with. I couldn't record the spot with my phone's GPS, so I did my best to visually remember the spot and I clearly marked the trail going back so I was sure I could retrace my steps.

Determined to bring the animal home, I returned the next day with a friend from Taos. We easily found the trail that I had marked out the day before. When we arrived at the spot we couldn't find a trace of the former day's discovery.

About the creature itself, it was much larger than any fox, more the size of a large coyote of wolf, about 48" long. It had a pronounced and extremely long snout, like a tapir or platypus.

The most unusual features were the bumps along the spine and the approx. 4-5 inch long "sabre-tooth". I could see only a single one of these large fangs. The spine bumps seemed to extend out from the vertebra in line with the ribs. They had the same short dense fur that covered the body (definitely not the hairless mange dogs commonly referred to as chupacabra). It had some longer coarse hair on it's haunches. It's feet were oddly shaped, more like hooves, but with the features of canid paws, toes and nails. It's legs were long and extended, especially the lower rear legs. The gaping hole in the ribcage was the only visible wound on the body and looking into it, I could see no remnant of any internal organs. There were no insects on the carcass.

I believe it is possibly a previously unclassified canine, perhaps distorted by the process of exposure mummification. This was something extremely rare and unusual and I feel privileged to have seen and recorded it.

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[b1346]

its alf!!!!

[kbatteiger62286]

Its clearly a goat. gosh people -_-

[travesfenriswolf]

Well, I honestly can't say that it looks precisly like any animal I know, but the bumps on the back could just be the fact that the skin is so tight on the bones from decomposition that the spine is just pokes out like that. But the hooves and the random tusk... nope, nothing offthe top of my head with that combonation of features. A boar would at least be bigger boned.

[EddieSris]

I was just looking up music videos.

[AbbeyAnnexo]

how did i get here from watching MISHKA?!

[fluffybunny53087]

its called a starved dog idiot.

[powerminersstudios]

I think it is a mutant or hybrid.Maybe it is a species now to come.Could be alien or a cryptid.

[Dariacutey]

Looks like a skiny dead dog

[cutie09sofine1]

got dammit........HOW THE HELL DID I GET HERE? i started off watching spokenreasons

[BluEmInEmZ]

dog...with various mutations...or THE GOD MONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS!!!

[cyberwolf7777]

i would of carried it back even with out the equipment. a steady hand is proper enough besides. heard of baths? :D

[ermamillan]

Looks like a baby cow (calf).