Something strange is decreasing the abundant and once bold populations of coyote's in Southern California, and it's not from this planet!

On February 18th 1996 two men travelling on the 101 West Freeway encountered a peculiar 'animal' which was running alongside the vehicle. The weird beast caused such a distraction that the driver veered the motor into a ditch, causing other drivers to stop as they passed. Suddenly, all witnesses involved, saw two odd, goat-like yet bipedal figures walk towards an eerie glowing orb in a nearby field. The creatures were grey in colour, appearing scaly on their backs, but their spine was noticeable as a line of spikes, and their tear-drop shaped eyes were bright red.

Seventy-five miles northeast of Los Angeles lies Hesperia, San Bernadino County. Locals have noticed a distinct drop in local wildlife and one family has had several incidents involving a strange creature which they believe is the cause. It began a few years ago. Always after dark, setting the pet pigs into a frenzy and dogs barking. A dark, smokey grey creature around four-feet tall with large oval eyes, two-short arms and three claws on each hand. The creature has porcupine-like quills on its back, invades back gardens and yards and feasts on local pets and fauna. Carcasses are left almost untouched except for a hole where the blood and innards are drained.

To many, the creature resembles the 'goatsucker' which has been terrorising several U.S. states often relative to Latin-America for more than a decade. They say it is a relative of 'el chupacabras', the same vampire which is said to haunt Puerto Rico and Mexico. It often levitates, striking prey with a straw-like tongue which exsanguinates the corpse of its victim. Other theories suggest that such a nightmare critter is merely a coyote with mange, whilst some paranormal researchers believe such a vampire to be either the product of a covert government experiment, or an extraterrestrial, hence the continued sightings of unidentified flying objects, which apparently, have dropped these apparitions off.

During 1958 at Riverside, a Charles Wetzel was allegedly attacked in his vehicle by a reptilian humanoid whilst driving along the Santa Ana River. And that's where the next episode will lead us...

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