Homem afirma ter capturado “chupa-cabra” na Ucrânia

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Um morador do vilarejo de Ruskin, na Ucrânia, gerou polêmica após afirmar ter capturado e matado o lendário “chupa-cabra”. As informações são do Metro.

Pic shows: the chupacabra. A legendary blood-sucking creature has reportedly been captured and killed by a villager wielding a pitchfork. The 'chupacabra' was reportedly killed in the village of Rukshin in western Ukraine's Chernivtsi region. The chupacabra is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas and was purportedly first seen in Puerto Rico. It has since been allegedly sighted in countries around the world including Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Villagers in Rukshin said they had been terrorised by the mysterious vampire beast for months. It had reportedly managed to get into cages containing chickens and rabbits and had sucked all the blood from their bodies. The local man who killed the animal, named only as Ivan, said he found and killed the creature in his barn. He said: "The chupacabra was hunting and I killed it. It had been scaring local people for a long time. It was eating our chickens and rabbits." Veterinarians have been studying the animal's dead body but have so far failed to positively identify it. Valeriy Dopiryak, the head of the Regional State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine, said: "This animal resembles an African fox, but its teeth, neck, ears and paws are too long. We can't say what it is." Another local man, Viktor, claims there was not one chupacabra, but two. He said the other one resembled a kangaroo, with a longer body and shorter front paws, and had run away. Villagers say they have been too frightened to leave their homes in case the chupacabras kill their livestock. The animals had been capable of jumping over 6ft fences and had killed their chickens and rabbits by sucking the blood from their bodies. 'Chupacabra' means 'goat sucker' and comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock. (ends)

 Ivan, como foi identificado, tornou-se herói entre os habitantes locais, pois o animal estava matando as galinhas e os coelhos da região. Ativistas ligados a organizações de proteção animal, no entanto, alegam que o ucraniano cometeu crime de crueldade, já que a criatura possui semelhanças com um cachorro.Em sua defesa, Ivan afirmou que o bicho estava aterrorizando o vilarejo. “O chupa-cabra estava caçando e eu o matei. Faz tempo que ele assusta todo mundo aqui”, concluiu.

Para Valeriy Dopirayk, diretora do Laboratório Veterinário da região, ainda é impossível determinar a espécie da criatura: “Lembra uma raposa africana, mas os dentes, pescoço, orelhas e patas são muito longas. Não sabemos do que se trata”.

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