June 16, 1997: Chupacabras - Scott Corrales

Art Bell welcomes researcher Scott Corrales to discuss his book "Chupacabras and Other Mysteries," investigating the blood-draining creature terrorizing livestock across the Americas and beyond. Corrales describes the Chupacabra as a kangaroo-bodied entity with wraparound red eyes, vibrating quills, and a proboscis capable of extracting blood and organs through a single puncture wound. He traces its origins to Puerto Rico in 1995, where over a thousand animals were found drained and hollowed.

The conversation examines the creature's spread from the Caribbean to Mexico, Central America, and even Spain and Portugal, where authorities acknowledged it as a likely culprit in mass livestock deaths. Corrales details its apparent ability to float rather than fly, its sulfuric odor, and radiation signatures left at attack sites in both Puerto Rico and Guatemala.

Art and Corrales explore competing theories, including government genetic experiments, interdimensional beings, ritual magic, and the paranormal cycle that mirrors historical precedents like the 1970s Moca Vampire. Callers contribute their own encounters with Bigfoot and mysterious creatures, while Corrales notes similar cryptid traditions extending from the Andes to the Pyrenees.