Perhaps one of the best-known myths to have survived over the decades is the story of El Chupacabra, which translates as “goat sucker” in Spanish. The legend began in the 1970s in South America, and eventually spread throughout Latin America, parts of the US and as far abroad as India.
In 1975, a series of livestock killings in the town of Moca, Puerto Rico, was attributed to el vampiro de Moca (the vampire of Moca). Initially, it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life. Each of the animals was reported to have had its body bled dry through a series of small circular incisions.
