The chupacabra is back !!

    First sighted in 1994, this infamous creature has reappeared, forcing ICTAL to comment on this curious cultural phenomenon. 

    Last week (Feb 24-28), numerous reports about the return of the infamous 'chupacabra' flashed across television news casts. Piglets, with fang-like markings on their necks and without any blood in their bodies, were some of the poor victims involved--making us wonder if the term 'chupapuerco' might be more appropriate. 

    The Department of Natural Resources was initiating an inquiry into the unexpected incidents. Residents, however, speculated that there was a governmental cover up over the issue given that the DNR was unwilling to release any information about its inquiry, suggesting that the DNR knew it was the chupacabra, but didn't want to create a panic. A small minority speculated that a wild feline creature was involved. Regardless of the cause, parents were prohibiting their children from playing outside as a safety measure. 

    No one bothered to mention, however, that creatures in the biological world seldom undertake such melodramatic and wasteful killings. Creatures kill to eat, and they usually don't leave intact corpses lying around for everyone to detect. It is as if you were given the ideal food of choice, say a prime rib or a lobster, but then only ate the 'sauce' and throwed away the rest. You wouldn't, and neither would the chupacabra if it in fact existed.