Chupacabra

LAST SUMMER, SOMETHING SPOOKY WANDERED ACROSS MY BACKYARD.

I didn’t know what it was. Short and hairless, it had a snout like a feral hog. It bucked as it ran, probably because its front legs were shorter than the hindquarters. My husband and a contractor saw it, too. The following day, a video broke on every major news station in the country. The footage, captured by the dash-cam video camera of a DeWitt County sheriffs’ deputy, showed an animal running down near the border, the one near Mexico. Not Oklahoma.

CNN identified the mysterious animal as a chupacabra, the “bigfoot” of Latino culture. The chupacabra is real. In fact, I think my husband’s grandfather even had one as a pet.
I know what you’re thinking. Amanda Tackett is pulling my leg. She’s telling a tall Texas tale… To the contrary, my fellow Texans. What I speak is the truth. I’ll swear it on my Luchesse gator boots, my daddy’s Stetson, my granny’s Bible, or my Neiman’s card, although not necessarily in that order.