October 11, 2025

The Messed Up Origins of THE CHUPACABRA

28 minutes

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▼ Chapters ▼

» 0:00 - First Contact

» 54:11 - Chapter I: The Birth of the Blood Sucker

» 6:19 - Chapter II: Canid Cryptids

» 18:26 - Chapter III: Chupacousins

» 22:40 - Chapter IV: Explaining the Unexplainable

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▼ Resources ▼

» my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books

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» Animals Killed, An Island Is Abuzz - Mareya Navarro: https://nyti.ms/3IJOwQu

» Tracking the Chupacabra - Benjamin Radford : https://amzn.to/3VM9cuc

» Slaying the Vampire, Solving the Chupacabra Mystery - Benjamin Radford: https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2011/05/p45.pdf

» Chasing the Chupacabra - Asher Elbein: https://www.texasobserver.org/chupacabra-legends-texas/

» The Book of the Damned - Charles Hoy Fort: https://amzn.to/4pSHV70

» 19th Century Chupacabras: https://forteania.blogspot.com/2014/04/19th-century-chupacabras.html

» Texas “Chupacabra” Turns Out to Be Imposter: https://www.livescience.com/44617-texas-chupacabra-mystery.html

» Experts Sink Teeth into Goat Sucker: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/912942.stm

» Dead Dog Beach (2011 - 2013): https://www.sophiegamand.com/deaddogbeach

» Puerto Rico K*lling Troublesome Monkeys: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28317943

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▼ Art Sources ▼ (TIMESTAMPS TBA)

» XX:XX - Cryptid - El Chupacabra - Odd Jorge: https://www.instagram.com/odd_jorge7/

» XX:XX - The Chupacabra - Diego de la Rosa: https://www.instagram.com/diegodelarosart | https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ARRQ5

» XX:XX - Chupacabra Concept - Ramon Benitez: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3KZZD

» XX:XX - Chupacabra - Creature - Wahyu Prasetyo - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/g2n8Gx

» XX:XX - El Chupacabras - Miguel Firewolf - https://www.instagram.com/miguelfirewolf

» XX:XX - Cryptids - El Chupacabra - James Fletcher - https://www.artstation.com/jcfletcher

» XX:XX - Chupacabra - Cryptozoology - Margaret Dost: https://www.artstation.com/midost

» XX:XX - Chupacabra Creature Design Exercise - Bui Thi Ngoc Anh - https://academy_monsterlab.artstation.com/projects/aGo5e0

▼ Music Sources ▼

» Kevin Macleoud - https://incompetech.com

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