The Elmendorf Beast - A Creature of Cryptozoology

The Elmendorf Beast refers to the creature that posed threats to the livestock of many people in Elmendorf, Texas. Having a voracious appetite, the said beast was able to eat at least twenty chickens every night. As the locals feared for their farm animals, this legendary story haunted them. They feared that the beast was a Chupacabra, a creature that feeds on fresh meat and human flesh.

The mystery of the beast came out in August 2004 as Devin Mc Anally, a rancher in Elmendorf, Texas reported that he had shot a very strange dog that ate thirty five of his chickens in a day. He described the animal as very malnourished dog. However, the canine-like creature had no hair and its skin had the bluish gray color. It weighed about twenty pounds. For its shabby stature, it seemed that the beast was weak and frail. However, Mc Anally stated that the beast was rather fierce and violent. The dog-like creature's body was excessively damaged, not only because of the shot. It had overbites ands its skin was colored blue. It was hairless and scales seemed to cover its body.

When Mc Anally took the creature's skull to the San Antonio Zoo, the experts were unable to identify it. According to biologist Terry DeRosa, the beast might have been one of the Mexican hairless dogs. However, she noted that the apparent awful condition of the creature represented an unrecognized ecological catastrophe. She further points out that further experimentations and studies should be done with the carcass. However, some experts doubted De Rosa's theory as they note that Mexican hairless dogs are usually smaller. Instead, some biologists pose that the animal might have been afflicted by sarcoptic mange, and as such, it was not originally hairless.

Using the weird jaw structure as the basis, John Gramieri, the San Antonio Zoo's Mammal Curator, posed another theory of the Elmendorf Beast's origins. His theory was that the beast is a mix between a dog and a coyote. The crossbreed therefore produced a very strange set of teeth. However, he pointed out that the beast is definitely a member of the canine species. The scientists of the zoo then gathered DNA from the carcass for examination. However, the gathered specimen was inconclusive as it has been subjected to severe environmental degradation prior to the specimen collection.

As for the locals, they believe that the creature was either a product of a lab experiment or it is an unrecognized form of canine that is linked with legend of the Chupacabra.