Reports of modern Vampire-like attacks in the Americas

http://library.thinkquest.org/27979/html/animals.htm
     "El Chupacabra - Puerto Rico in the township of Canóvanas,
     numerous sightings in the United States and Mexico."

http://science.howstuffworks.com/chupacabra1.htm
     "Stories suggesting Chupacabra activity can be found in 
     newspapers dating back to the 1950s. In fact, the first 
     reported case in North America was in Arizona sometime 
     around 1956. Although incidents have been reported in
     Arizona, Oregon, Michigan, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico,
     Florida, and parts of Chile, Brazil and Mexico, the majority
     of activity has occurred in Puerto Rico. A rash of attacks
     plagued various regions of Puerto Rico in 1995. In Canovanas
     alone, several hundred livestock fatalities were attributed
     to the Chupacabra. 


http://www.berkeleypsychic.com/Reader/archive/January98/ufo.html
     "These creatures have been reported as early as 1877 in the
     New York Sun, on September 18th.

     There have been hundreds of sightings of which most were on 
     the East Coast, though American Indian legends speak of large
     winged beings carrying off children in the Midwest. Its
     description is of a large man or serpent seven to twelve feet
     tall with a ten foot wingspan and big red glowing eyes, flying
     up to seventy mile per hour. Is there a connection?"


http://www.fsahq.com/chupacabra.htm

     "Commonly called "The Goat Sucker", a 15 man team was established
     to try to either kill or capture the creature. It is believed that
     the Chupacabra has moved onto sucking the blood of other farm 
     animals. In Clearwater, Florida, goats, chickens, ducks, and geese
     were all mutilated. Law enforcement officials believe it was a 
     large dog or some other wild animal. However, locals believe that
     the Chupacabra had paid them a visit. 

     It has been said that if the Chupacabra had been to your land, it
     would leave a thick sulfur smell behind.

     Many mutilations have been reported world-wide. Can it be that 
     there is an entire race of blood sucking beasts that we do not 
     know of? Could these mutilations be the result of aliens?"

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Ananova
May 2003 "Farmers in a Chilean village are reportedly blaming
         vampires or aliens for the deaths of 40 chickens.

      According to El Diario Austral newspaper, the chickens
      were found dead with their insides scattered all over their
      owner's backyard in Perquenco.

      Juana Raasch, owner of the farm, said: "It was a horrible
      scene. But the strangest thing was that there was no trace
      of any other animal that could have done it"
      Story filed: 09:26 Wednesday 14th May 2003

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      Also - see:
  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/jul/m19-004.shtml

  and

  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/jul/m21-003.shtml

  and

  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/jul/m25-001.shtml

  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/jul/m25-002.shtml

  and (best of all)

  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/jul/m28-007.shtml

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