Chupacabra is dead! (maybe)

COLEMAN, Texas -- Was the strange creature recently killed in this West Texas town a bloodsucking monster called a chupacabra?

Or a coyote with a bad case of mange?

Whatever it is, it's causing a big stir in Coleman, a city of 5,100 or so people 52 miles south of Abilene... Several weeks ago, the creature became a menace to Reginald Lagow, 89, and his neighbors. They were finding dead chickens, sometimes two a day. Some chickens were partly eaten, and others were completely gone. There was little blood.

We can all sleep better tonight. (snicker)

photo of chupacabra