Chupacabras and Montauk Monsters

I am the first to admit that there are probably many, many creatures in this world that we know nothing about, let alone have seen, but let's try not to go off the deep end. Let's try and keep a sensible head on our shoulders concerning the "Montauk Monsters" and the "Chupacabras" in this world. Yes, it is possible that the infamous Chupacabra really is a blood sucking monster greedily slurping up the blood of goats and chickens all over the Southwest and Mexico but it is much more likely that it's not.

I mean, really, with all the pictures of dead Chupacabras that have been taken why haven't any of the picture takers scooped up these festering road kills and turned them over to someone who knows about such things and who can give us an expert analysis. I am sure there are plenty of scientists out there who would gladly examine the dead body of something that could possibly be a "new" species that no one has ever discovered before. And yes I know that there have been pictures taken of live animals that the picture takers claim to be the alleged Chupacabra but all I see in those pictures are sick, starving and mangy dogs and coyotes. In fact, that is all I see in the pictures of the dead ones.

And, as far as this Montauk Monster is concerned the same thing holds true. Again, why not call in the real experts? I am not so sure that some millionaire strolling along the beach in East Hampton can be counted on as an expert on dead animals. Why are so many people so ready to instantly assume that this rotting hunk of flesh is something mysterious? Let's ask the experts what they think. One expert has already given his initial opinion of what it is. Jeff Corwin (see Animal Planet) says it is a dead raccoon. Personally, I will take his word for it. After all, he is the expert. Certainly, he is more of an expert in the field of animals, dead or alive, than some beach comber strolling along the beach in East Hampton.

No offense to the folks in East Hampton because they aren't the only ones so ready to believe in monsters. Lately, people everywhere seem to want to make mountains out of mole hills. Isn't there enough drama in the world already? I think they all watch too much T.V.