Nightjar and Chupacabra Redux!

by | Jul 18, 2017 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Chupacabra, Folklore, Investigation, Research, Skepticism, Vampires | 0 comments

A researcher claimed that the chupacabra can be traced back to legends of the nightjar bird. I respectfully disagreed, which he then responded to, and which I then replied to. If you want to see two educated adults (one of them right and one of them wrong) kick each other’s intellectual and metaphorical shins like kids on a playground over folkloric details of a mythical monster’s naming and origin, here’s your chance!

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