Chupacabra Sighting

It's taken me the better part of six months to overcome my fear of reporting two sightings of El Chupacabra.

I live in Aspermont Texas, which is about 60 miles northwest of Abilene. It's a small town of about 1200 people, surrounded by cotton fields, cattle ranches, and not much else.

Back in late September of 2007, I went outside on my front porch to smoke a cigarette. It was about 3AM (I'm an insomniac). Approximately 20 yards from where I stood, something caught my eye, and I looked to my right.

I saw something about 4 feet tall, running with a strange gait. At first I thought it was a monkey, as it moved like one, with its arms in the air.

It ran rather slowly, and passed right beneath a streetlight a little over 150 feet away. It made its way down the street until I lost site of it in the darkness.

Then this morning ( a little over an hour ago), I again went outside on my front porch to smoke. I saw it again. Same general area, similar circumstances.

I haven't reported it to the police, but I have inquired with some of my neighbors about a stray monkey. I think they're beginning to doubt my sanity.

Don't know what you can do about it, but it makes it a little less weird when I write it down.