Vampire dog on blood-sucking spree terrorises Texas

A horrifying breed of vampire dog that sucks blood from farm animals is on the loose in Cuero, Texas.

London, Sept 5 : A horrifying breed of vampire dog that sucks blood from farm animals is on the loose in Cuero, Texas.

Residents claim to have seen the large-fanged hounds sink their teeth into the necks of terrified livestock and drain them of their blood, leaving behind only a trail of bloodless corpses, all their flesh intact.

Phylis Canion says her land is littered with bloodless animal corpses - untouched except for two fang marks.

"I've seen a lot of nasty stuff in my life but nothing compares to what these beasts do to my animals. At first they fed on cats' blood - then drank from chickens through a wire cage. They reached in and pulled the chickens' heads out, then latched on to the neck, sucking all the blood before leaving the bodies in the cage," said Canion.

"More than two dozen chickens were sucked dry in this way. The birds weren't eaten or carried off - the meat was left on the bone. It's eerie," the Sun quoted her as saying.

Canion said other locals had seen a pack of these strange dogs last month.

"All of them were blue-skinned, had no hair and had strange teeth. Farmers here are terrified of leaving children outside," she said.

While some locals believe the blue dogs are Chupacabras - a legendary animal that feasts on goat blood, which was featured in TV sci-fi drama The X-Files, animal expert, Dr Travis Schaar, believes its "probably just a strange breed of dog with a preference for blood".

Dr Schaar will now do a DNA test on the blood. Canion however, has plans to get one of the dogs' heads stuffed and mounted on her wall.

ANI