Continuing the theme of "Chupacabra", let us touch upon the situation in Poland this time. As it turned out, “Chupacabras” are also found on the territory of our western neighbor, and 2009 turned out to be just as turbulent there as in Ukraine …
Chupacabra in Poland
The earliest mention that could be found dates back to September 1998 - then, in the vicinity of Radom, on the edge of Kozienicka Forest, two people in the forest met a strange animal (unfortunately, there is no description), and the bodies of three dead goats were also found. The latter bled out, oozing from round holes about two centimeters in diameter located under the lower jaw. Of the oddities, it was also noted that even after a day had passed after death, rigor mortis was not observed in goat carcasses. Overall, little is known about this incident. It should be added that Martin Mizera, head of the Polish group NPN ("On the threshold of the unknown"), was later engaged in the search for information about him.
The next time "Chupacabra" appeared in the vicinity of Goleniów in Western Pomerania (northwest Poland, near the border with Germany) in November-December 2004. This time the victims of the unknown predator were traditional rabbits, which were also exterminated without exception, as well as other domestic animals. In a single case, a roe deer killed by him was found near one of the farms. The beast attacked at night, broke the cages, tore off the doors from them, leaving expressive claw marks on them. The raids organized by the local residents did not yield any results: the Chupacabra could not be caught. In total, according to the general results, 13 farms affected by the raids lost 116 rabbits, 21 chickens, 5 ducks and one goat. In this case, it was said that the bodies of the killed rabbits were found in a crippled state: with their heads torn off, ears,paws … A survey of several carcasses showed that the rabbits were killed with one paw to the heart.
Examination of the bodies of dead rabbits
The Polish analogue of "Chupacabra" was nicknamed "Skua" by the locals after the famous folk demonological character known here. According to the few descriptions, the growth of the animal reached one and a half meters, had blue glowing eyes. The footprints he left did not look like a dog's (one of the official versions was the assumption of a stray dog). After several weeks of terror, attacks on rural farmsteads stopped of their own accord, however, according to some, it was possible to ward off the predator not without the help of a certain sorceress.
Among other things, these events of the end of 2004 are interesting, mainly because the mysterious "skua" was identified thanks to the efforts of the members of the Polish Center for UFO and Anomalous Phenomena Research (CBUFOiZA), who were conducting their own investigation. During their stay at the scene, they managed to collect samples of the predator's fur, which were later transferred for examination to scientific institutions. In the laboratory of the Agricultural Academy in Poznan, it was established from them that the wool clearly belongs to a predator, and a dog, a wolf, a lynx and a wild cat were excluded from the number of possible applicants. The second stage was the study of the samples in the molecular laboratory in Zurich (Dr Cloud Schelling, Depertement fur Nutztiere Abteilung Veterinarmedizinisches Labor, Zurich) with the extraction of DNA from them and subsequent comparison with the database. According to the presented conclusion, the studied material belonged to a representative of the species Gulo gulo, in other words, to a wolverine. The territory of Poland is also not included in the wolverine habitat. Her migration to Western Pomerania could have come from the northern regions of Scandinavia or Russia.
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The trail of the Polish "Chupacabra" surfaced again in the summer of 2009 almost not far from Warsaw - in the vicinity of Sochaczew. On the night of June 28-29 (Sunday to Monday) in the village of Cornelin, the Antonyak family's farm lost eight goats at once. The latter were found dead the next morning. The predator overcame the metal mesh fence and methodically strangled the animals. Their bodies were found to have rounded holes (on the neck and sides) through which blood was believed to have been sucked. One of the goats had its head completely chewed off, the other had its throat torn out. With all this, the owners immediately noted the strangeness: with such damage, there was practically no blood on the ground, which the victims with such damage should have simply expired. Hence, it was concluded that the goats were bled. The rest of the bodies of the dead animals were intact. The invited veterinarian, after examining the "crime scene", preferred to get off with a dubious version of the "attack of feral dogs."
Another Polish UFO organization, the Nautilus Foundation, was already investigating this case. In addition to interviewing the injured owners and thoroughly documenting the information, the members of the group managed to identify eyewitnesses who observed a strange animal in the vicinity of Sochachev, including on the eve of the attack on the courtyard in Cornelin. The testimony featured a creature up to one and a half meters tall, capable of standing on two legs and moving in long leaps. Glowing red eyes and some resemblance to a kangaroo were also noted. The artists invited to the expedition, according to eyewitnesses, made sketches of a strange animal:
In September 2009, news of another bloody massacre came from Opolshizny, where an elusive predator ruled in two villages of the Great Lasowice commune. The picture is still the same: 30 rabbits, 18 turkeys, 8 geese and 5 chickens were killed, together with the wooden doors torn by claws, a chicken coop covered with blood and a bunch of feathers.
In general, we can say that here we are witnessing a similar picture with larger events in Ukraine. These are pieces of the same mosaic, which gradually begins to take shape in front of us into a single picture. Time will tell whether the story with the European "Chupacabra" will be finally brought to an end. In the meantime, we can only state that the identified 2004 predator from Western Pomerania is a weighty argument in favor of the version of the wolverine. However, the constant statements of eyewitnesses about the two-legged mode of movement of the "unseen beast" do not give rest.