<p>Disturbed farmers in Russia's third largest city of Novosibirsk in Siberia region have asked priests to bless their flocks because they fear the beast was behind a series of brutal attacks, The Sun reported.<br /><br />Villagers say the "El Chupacabra" beast does not eat the corpses of the animals it kills -- it just drinks their blood.<br /><br />They say puncture marks are seen on the necks of the dead animals - that has led to the name "vampire dog".<br /><br />Local resident Viktor Shushpanov said: "It comes from the devil and I've seen it."<br />"The police won't act. They're worried that if they write down 'vampire' or 'chupacabra' on a report they will look like cranks but we know what we've seen."<br /><br />"There have been dozens of corpses," he said.Nearby Krasnoginnoe, Tolmachevskoye and Chick villages have also been affected.<br /><br />"It's come from the devil. I've seen it. My brother, even when he lived near St Petersburg seven years ago accidently photographed a chupacabra," said Shushpanov.<br /><br />"He took the usual family picture and then saw the demonic face through the kitchen window. Grey-red it was, such an unpleasant face, like a bat with fangs," he said.<br />"My brother showed me this photograph and upon the advice of his family he burned it."<br />The legend of the chupacabra - derived from the Spanish word for "goat sucker" - began in Puerto Rico in 1995 when blood-drained goats started appearing.<br /><br />A newspaper reported a description of a creature standing on its hind legs up to five feet tall with spikes down its back and having long, thin arms.<br /><br />Many people who claim to have seen the beast also say it looks similar to a small bear with spines.<br /><br />Sightings of similar creatures have been reported throughout the Caribbean, in Latin America, Mexico and Florida.<br /><br />A US teenager in Texas also claimed to have shot and killed one such creature.<br />Carter Pope, 13, said he spotted the hairless predator prowling an open field when he shot at it three times.<br /><br />"Its back legs were shrivelled up. I mean, I honestly think it's a Chupacabra," he said.<br /></p>
<p>Disturbed farmers in Russia's third largest city of Novosibirsk in Siberia region have asked priests to bless their flocks because they fear the beast was behind a series of brutal attacks, The Sun reported.<br /><br />Villagers say the "El Chupacabra" beast does not eat the corpses of the animals it kills -- it just drinks their blood.<br /><br />They say puncture marks are seen on the necks of the dead animals - that has led to the name "vampire dog".<br /><br />Local resident Viktor Shushpanov said: "It comes from the devil and I've seen it."<br />"The police won't act. They're worried that if they write down 'vampire' or 'chupacabra' on a report they will look like cranks but we know what we've seen."<br /><br />"There have been dozens of corpses," he said.Nearby Krasnoginnoe, Tolmachevskoye and Chick villages have also been affected.<br /><br />"It's come from the devil. I've seen it. My brother, even when he lived near St Petersburg seven years ago accidently photographed a chupacabra," said Shushpanov.<br /><br />"He took the usual family picture and then saw the demonic face through the kitchen window. Grey-red it was, such an unpleasant face, like a bat with fangs," he said.<br />"My brother showed me this photograph and upon the advice of his family he burned it."<br />The legend of the chupacabra - derived from the Spanish word for "goat sucker" - began in Puerto Rico in 1995 when blood-drained goats started appearing.<br /><br />A newspaper reported a description of a creature standing on its hind legs up to five feet tall with spikes down its back and having long, thin arms.<br /><br />Many people who claim to have seen the beast also say it looks similar to a small bear with spines.<br /><br />Sightings of similar creatures have been reported throughout the Caribbean, in Latin America, Mexico and Florida.<br /><br />A US teenager in Texas also claimed to have shot and killed one such creature.<br />Carter Pope, 13, said he spotted the hairless predator prowling an open field when he shot at it three times.<br /><br />"Its back legs were shrivelled up. I mean, I honestly think it's a Chupacabra," he said.<br /></p>