Chupracabra legend to be DNA tested?


	Chupracabra legend to be DNA tested?

wiccantexan

9-1-2007 12:08 AM

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legend, texas, animal, predator, story, dna, mexico

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9-2-2007 5:14 PM

lilyrose770

The photograph makes it look like a cross between a dog and a wild boar. Very strange.

9-2-2007 8:14 PM

skwirlinator

It's a dog

9-4-2007 3:25 PM

wiccantexan

Most likely, but the legend has been around so long, who knows what's out there that has kept it going?

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