El Chupacabra, also known as the goatsucker, is a mentioned-only Cryptid.
Background[edit]
Fallout: New Vegas[edit]
No-bark Noonan believes the citizens of Novac are being terrorized by a Chupacabra with an automatic weapon. He met it one night, describing it as the meanest, ugliest chupacabra you could imagine, with 2 heads and fangs that dragged on the ground. It had a blunderbuss that rotated and shot really fast from a backpack. It was also invisible, and talking to another chupacabra that was more invisible.[1][2]
Fallout 76[edit]
El Chupacabra was mentioned during Episode 54: Rip Daring and the Curse of the Goatsucker. It is described as leaving puncture marks in its prey, namely goats, and sucking the blood from their bodies.[3] As seen in the sticker visible on the World of Cryptids Trunk, and as described by the radio play, El Chupacabra is canine-like and covered in quills.[4]
Behind the Scenes[edit]
El Chupacabra originates from the real world myth of the Chupacabra, which translates to "goat-sucker" in Spanish.
References[edit]
- ↑ No-bark Noonan:"There's been things of a disturbing nature going on at the McBride Corral. Seems every night one of their herd meets a most unnatural death, and always there's holes all over the body. Work of the chupacabra, the livestock vampire, says No-bark, but they don't pay no mind. Too many holes, they say, and there's bullets in them. Well, says No-bark, we got a chupacabra with an automatic weapon. And that's when they get real quiet, 'cause now they see the predicament we're in.'"
- ↑ No-bark Noonan:"I come face to face with the chupacabra himself one night whilst I was investigating whether this gecko was hiding his treasure from me. He was the meanest, ugliest chupacabra you could imagine. Had two heads, and fangs down to the ground. Best I could tell, anyways, since when he come up to me he was invisible. Had himself a blunderbuss what would rotate and shoot bullets real fast out of a backpack. Never seen nothing like it. Walked right past me having an argument with somebody. But I only saw the one chupacabra, so I guess the other fella had to be invisible too. Only more invisible than the other one."
- ↑ Rip Daring: "Why aren't the goats being eaten? A predator that is capable of killing an animal of this size would not leave its prize for another to claim. Look here, two puncture marks at the back of the neck, its body sucked dry of all blood. What a strange creature you are, goatsucker."
(Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt radio play) - ↑ Percival: "Sir, watch out, its body is covered in sharp quills and needles."
(Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt radio play)