Screw that dumb rodent, Why haven't we heard more about this!!!
Man Caught Smuggling Chupacabra at Austin, Texas Airport
By Editor | February 2, 2009
Austin, TX - An unidentified man was caught trying to smuggle a
chupacabra into Austin, Texas by hiding the beast in his carry-on
luggage.
To many people, the chupacabra (”goat sucker” in Spanish) is a mythical
creature said to inhabit parts of Mexico and the southwestern United
States. But to law enforcement personnel at Austin Bergstrom
International Airport (ABIA) in Austin, Texas, the chupacabra is
something much more real … and dangerous.
This story began on Saturday morning in the baggage claim area of
Austin’s airport. James Garcia, a TSA security screener, noticed a man
who appeared nervous and agitated about something.
“He kept looking at me and another TSA employee,” said Garcia. “As if
he was worried we were watching him or something. That’s when I first
heard the noises coming from his suitcase.”
Garcia and his partner heard what they described as a muffled growling
coming from the man’s suitcase, which he had just pulled off of the
baggage carousel. When Garcia approached the man to investigate the
suitcase, the man bolted, leading Garcia’s partner on a ten-minute foot
chase through the airport parking lot.
Garcia approached the suitcase and noticed the fabric bulging and
moving slightly. Fearing the worst, he radioed for his supervisor and
secured the area to keep civilians away from potential harm.
“At first I thought it was a dog or something,” said Garcia. “But that
growling sound wasn’t like any dog I’ve ever seen. Just ungodly …
that’s the only way I can describe it. Like some hellish creature.”
When his supervisor arrived, the two men removed the growling and
wriggling suitcase to a TSA quarantine area, where they used a robotic
device to open the suitcase from a safe distance. That’s when the
chupacabra emerged, all teeth and claws and fury.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes at first,” said Garcia. “In my mind, I went
through a list of possibilities … wombat, badger, mutated chihuahua …
but this was something else entirely. This was the chupacabra. I grew
up in Mexico and heard stories about this creature. I always thought it
was like the Loch Ness Monster or something — all myth and no reality.
But this was real.”
The chupacabra lurched from the suitcase and began scrambling around
the quarantine area, as if looking for a place to hide. A rookie TSA
agent on the scene got frightened and fired 12 rounds at the beast from
his service weapon. Five of those rounds found their target, and the
chupacabra died within the hour.
The man smuggling the chupacabra had arrived in Austin on a flight from Mexico. He fled on foot and has not been found to date.
As for the creature itself, Garcia said he felt no pity:
“I don’t know if the young agent was justified in shooting the
chupacabra or not … it’s not my job to decide. All I know is that the
beast had a murderous look in its eye, right up until it took its last
breath. Just pure hatred and evil.”
The chupacabra carcass has been transferred to biological researchers at the University of Texas in Austin."