Farmers in the town of Tambola, in the municipality of Atlahuilco, Mexico, are complaining en masse that their sheep and goats are being brutally killed by an unknown creature.
The animals have two deep holes in their necks, some have had their eyes removed or even had their heads completely torn off.
The nature of the injuries does not appear to indicate an attack by known local predators and no one even attempted to eat the killed goats and sheep.
Local residents unanimously blame the Chupacabra – a mythical monster that would pierce the necks of animals with its long and sharp teeth and then drink their blood. Officially it is known that eight animals have been killed in the past week, but some sources speak of dozens.
“We are all worried because we all have small livestock. People say it’s a chupacabra and I remember a few years ago the same thing happened here and then it just stopped,” said a resident of the nearby town.
According to him, the then government officials conducted a thorough investigation and suggested that it could be a predator of the cat family, but they found nothing in favor of this version.
Someone also hypothesized that some bandits were sneaking around at night and taking blood from animals and then selling it for unclear purposes, but there was no evidence for that either.
Meanwhile, residents of the region say similar strange attacks on goats and sheep occurred last year in the neighboring communities of Capultitla and Eyitepec.
It is especially interesting that the owners of the dead animals from Tambola say that all the attacks did not take place at night, but in daylight. That they saw their animals alive in the morning, but were already dead by the afternoon.
Daytime seizures are very uncommon for both cats and dogs. Farmers are pleading with authorities to take action to catch the unknown predator, fearing it could soon affect people. They have now placed all their goats and sheep in covered pens, which are well lit with lanterns at night.
