American ufologist Nick Redfern reports.
“This is without a doubt one of the strangest experiences of my communication with so-called informants, and this theory is so strange and implausible that it may well be true. Or not. I'm not sure of anything.
It was in September 2013 when I received a letter from a man calling himself Ed. He wrote that he lives in Utah and assured him that he had once worked at the top-secret military training ground Dugway Proving Ground.
Chupacabra. Drawing by the artist.
Then Ed wrote that he saw my documentary about Chupacabra on the SyFy channel and that he knows what this creature really is. And he can tell me about it.
I wrote to him “Tell me please” and he answered me.
So, according to Ed, those very bald and strange-looking Chupacabras are actually … thylacins (an extinct marsupial Australian wolf).
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Officially, the last thylacine died at the zoo in 1936. They were dog-like animals with large heads, powerful jaws, and their hind legs were longer than the front ones and had a special structure, which made the thylacin's gait unusually jumping.
The thylacins lived in Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania, which is far from Puerto Rico, where the Chupacabra was first noticed, but Ed's theory also explained this.
A few words about the Dugway Proving Ground, where Ed worked. It was created in 1942 by order of President Roosevelt and occupied more than 120 thousand acres of land. It exists to this day and is still completely inaccessible to civilians.
Among conspiracy theorists, this test site has the same significance as the famous Area 51 for ufologists. Cospirologists associate this test site with the development of chemical weapons, deadly viruses and research on rare and dangerous diseases.
Ed and I continued our e-mail correspondence, and with each new letter, he gave more details about his theory. He claimed that in the 1980s, the scientists of the test site received DNA samples of thylacin for their work and decided to try to secretly resurrect this animal.
The cloning experiment went well and soon resurrected thylacins were running into the enclosure at the test site. At the same time, as Ed assured, these animals were recreated not just for the sake of a scientific experiment, but also for military purposes. The military wanted to create a "wild army" out of them, which would attack the enemy and, thanks to unusually large and powerful jaws, inflict terrible wounds on the enemy's soldiers.
Simultaneously with the thylacins, researchers at the test site allegedly created one very dangerous virus that made dangerous uncontrollable maniacs out of people when infected. However, scientists were afraid to do experiments on humans, but the resurrected thylacins were ideal for such a purpose, the virus would make them more violent and dangerous for the enemy.
After that, the infected animals had to be released into a “free environment” to check how they would behave. And guess what location was chosen for this experiment? Correct: Puerto Rico.
Two-legged Chupacabra.
So, into the jungle of Puerto Rico, a whole flock of aggressive resurrected thylacins were released and their attacks on livestock spawned the legends of the Chupacabra. After which, the scientists probably lost control of the released animals.
Ed assured me that it was all 100% true, but I doubted it. And then Ed wrote me a thing, after which I almost believed him.
The fact is that people describe the Chupacabra in different ways. In some cases it is a four-legged animal, in others it is two-legged. The structure of the hind legs of thylacin is such that it can stand on its hind legs like a kangaroo.
Two-legged thylacine.
Researchers Gann (1863) and Müller (1972) described in their books cases of thylacin being seen standing on its hind legs and leaning on a thick tail for balance.
I really really want to believe in this theory, but for me it is all too far-fetched and looks like the plot of films like "28 Days Later". However, I admit that Ed's version is very well thought out and interesting."
