8 Mythical Creatures Recently Spotted In Real Life

1. El Chupacabra - Texas, USA (2007)

A beast as synomous with South America as Vampires are with Transylvania or Nessy is to her Loch, El Chupacabra has alleged terrified locals and mauled animals since its first sightings in 1995.

Since then, countless livestock have turned up not only dead and with their blood sucked out through the neck, and farmers and villages have contributed to enough sightings to make the creature both consistently described and regionally feared. However the most definitive sighting comes from Texas, where Phylis Canion made first local, then national, and finally global news when she found the remains of an unidentified dead animal outside her ranch.

Dog like in appearance, but with a face and a body structure that didn't match any known or native species, the creature was identified as having killed a number of chickens and goats in the area. Despite further examination, wildlife officials refused to officially recognise this creature as El Chupacabra, and the case remains open.