The Chupacabra Myth

There have been many myths that people have handed down over the course of human history. One such myth is the Greek myth of Hades specifically, of that of Cerberus the guard dog of Hades. Cerberus was the offspring of Echidna and Typhon and was often described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from parts of his body. Though this was not always the case, in the earliest description in Hesiod's theogony from 8th - 7th century B.C., he was described having fifty heads, while later when described by Pindar in 522- 433 B.C. he had one hundred heads. When referring to the heads specifically when described by Apollodorus, a Greek scholar, he had three dog heads and the heads of snakes on his back. When described

These usually get referred to as urban myths, one such case is the chupacabra. The Chupacabra's name when translated from Spanish is “goat- sucker” and is often described as a dog like creature or an alien creature. .Appearances first started springing up in Puerto Rico in the 1990s. During this time sheep were found dead with puncture wounds to the chest and they were also drained of blood. News of it spread and sightings started to happen in other locations like Latin America and the southern united states. Most of these sightings are thought to really be coyotes or stray canines with bad mange, and some of the bodies they have found that were shot by ranchers support this conclusion. Also in the book tracking the Chupacabra by Benjamin Radford he tracked down the original eye witness and found that her description matched to a horror movie species and specifically the creature in the film called a sil. Said eye witness watched the movie earlier. Surprisingly the Chupacabra is quite popular in pop culture with it appearing in things such as anime and cartoons to movies to video games with the most interesting appearance being in a fantastic four comic where the team goes to Puerto Rico to deal with the