{"id":530,"date":"2015-03-09T17:25:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=530"},"modified":"2015-03-09T17:25:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:25:37","slug":"caught-on-tape-the-chupacabra-2008-deputy-dashboard-camera-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/caught-on-tape-the-chupacabra-2008-deputy-dashboard-camera-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught On Tape: The Chupacabra (2008 &#8211; Deputy Dashboard camera case)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(NECN\/KSAT) &#8211; The legend of the Cuero Chupacabra is getting new life. A pair of Dewitt County (Texas) sheriff&#8217;s deputies caught a rare glimpse of what some believe to be the mythical creature. And, they recorded the entire encounter on their patrol car video camera.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been patrolling these back roads for a long time and I never run across anything like this.&#8221; Last Friday, Cpl. Brandon Reidel was training a new deputy when they came across an unusual sight. &#8220;We were out checking fence lines and we came around the corner and we saw this running down the road.&#8221; Thinking they&#8217;d spotted the elusive Cuero Chupacabra, Reidel turned on his dash cam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to record something like this b\/c it&#8217;s not everyday you find something that looks like this running around out in the middle of the county.&#8221; The short-legged, hairless critter with a long snout looks like a coyote, but Reidle isn&#8217;t convinced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just doesn&#8217;t look like your average coyote or dog or anything.&#8221; KSAT reporter Tim Gerber has the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note from The Black Vault:<\/strong> The original NECN video story was removed, however, I did find another story by FOX done on the same video. 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