What Is the Strange Texas "Chicken-Eater"?

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What Is the Strange Texas "Chicken-Eater"?

© 2005 by Linda Moulton Howe

"At first glance, you would think of a deer's head on a kangaroo's body."
- Stacey Womack, Dog Breeder, Pollok, Texas

Since Memorial Day 2004, three strange creatures that look alike have been killed on Texas farms in Elmendorf
near San Antonio; Pollok near Lufkin; and Coleman southeast of Abilene.

August 31, 2005 Coleman, Texas - Memorial Day weekend of 2004, Dave McAnally shot a so-called "chupa" creature on his Elmendorf, Texas, property south of San Antonio. See 073104 Earthfiles. Five months later on October 8, 2004, Stacey Womack's brother shot a similar looking creature on their Pollok farm near Lufkin, Texas. See 101404 Earthfiles. Then in the first week of August 2005, a man in Coleman, Texas who requests anonymity, shot and killed another very similar-looking creature, but threw it in the trash. To date, no veterinarian has seen a fresh kill and no one knows exactly what the grey-skinned creature is that likes to kill and eat chickens.
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