“‘Chupa’ means ‘to suck’ in Spanish and ‘cabra’ is ‘goat,’ so ‘chupacabra,’ like the legendary urban myth, means ‘goat sucker,'” explains Michel Alexander Polania, the owner of Chupacabra Paletas. “I ...

The chupacabra was first reported in Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s. Since then, tales of the mysterious canine-like monster that sucks the blood of livestock have incited fear—and fascination—across ...