Review: Monsterquest 7-23-08

This episode focused on the Chupacabras, or "Goat Sucker", seen in Texas and Puerto Rico. There were corpses found of animals with all the blood sucked out of them, and there were some eyewitness accounts of a hairless almost canine-like/kangaroo-like creature on four legs. Phylis Canion was among the first to see it in southwest Texas, and had some of her chickens sucked dry of blood. A reporter, Joe Conger of KENS-5 in San Antonio, took up the case as far as reporting. Civil Defense officials were put in charge of investigating these cases, but they are just as puzzled as everyone else. Interestingly enough, the description of the mystery animal is different in Puerto Rico then it is in Texas, looking much more like a spiny two-legged creature with glowing red eyes. A witness in the Island Nation was interviewed about an encounter he had with the mystery animal. A farmer in Texas has found his chickens drained of blood, and saw the Chupacabra 4 times. He had a rifle propped in a tree to attempt to kill the creature, which he did. Ken Gerhard and an associate go out to attempt to catch one of the beasts and to find trace evidence. The farmer did have the bones of the mystery animal he saw, and these are sent for DNA testing, with some interesting results. Plus, Phylis shows Gerhard some of the body parts she also has, which are also sent off for DNA testing, which results in...well, I will not reveal any more. Watch the episode for yourself. Next week, the Native American legends of Bigfoot are examined in a show titled Legends of the Hairy Beast, beginning at 9:00 EST/8:00 Central on History. Check local listings for time and channel.