{"id":4527,"date":"2010-09-01T23:16:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:51:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:51:27","slug":"gargoyle-vs-chupacabra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/09\/gargoyle-vs-chupacabra\/","title":{"rendered":"GARGOYLE VS. CHUPACABRA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/unclassified\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1691\" title=\"unclassified\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/unclassified.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/inexplicata.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/puerto-rico-gargoyle-vs-chupacabras.html\" target=\"_\">Inexplicata<\/a> has reported that there is a new creature is rivaling even the dreaded chupacabra as the preeminent monster of Puerto Rico&#8230; a flying beast that the locals have dubbed: The Gargoyle.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses have reported that a strange creature with bat-like wings has attacked several animals and even a human, according to reports issued by residents of Gu\u00e1nica, a city located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chupacabras-victims-2010.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4532\" title=\"Chupacabras victims 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chupacabras-victims-2010-300x172.jpg?resize=300%2C172\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chupacabras-victims-2010.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chupacabras-victims-2010.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While the connection between the &#8220;Gu\u00e1nica Gargoyle&#8221; and the iconic CHUPACABRA are undeniable &#8212; they are both allegedly nocturnal and have a penchant for exsanguinating their victims &#8212; there are many who believe the Gargoyle is a different and decidedly more sinister entity.<\/p>\n<p>While in the west most people associate GARGOYLES with the demonic, stone carved,  winged protectors of aged cathedrals, the citizens of Gu\u00e1nica, Lajas &#8212; the reputed &#8220;UFO capital&#8221; of Puerto Rico &#8212; and San Germ\u00e1n believe their beast is a living, breathing predator who has stalked their villages for decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4539\" title=\"gargoyles_cap09\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap09.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While no one is exactly sure what this creature is, there are some who have speculated \u2014 due in no small part to the prevalence of UFO sightings around Lajas \u2014 this is monstrosity may well hail from <a href=\u201dhttp:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/out-of-this-world\/\u201d target=\u201d_\u201d>OUT OF THIS WORLD<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Whatever its origins, there are few who dispute that its lair is amid the ruins of the Guanica Sugar Mill in Barrio Ensenada, where the skeletons of its unfortunate victims have been discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most terrifying encounter reported to date with this flying fiend happened in the mid-1990s, when a man was allegedly attacked by the &#8220;Gu\u00e1nica Gargoyle.&#8221; The creature swept down from the sky and clawed a vicious gash across the victim&#8217;s stomach. A woman, who claimed to have witnessed the aftermath of the encounter, described the scene:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe was injured in his stomach, his fat could be see&#8230; (it was caused by) an animal\u2019s claws&#8230; a large winged animal took him by surprise in his back yard and attacked him.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4537 alignleft\" title=\"gargoyles_cap18\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap18.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Police officer Miguel Negr\u00f3n states that while he had not seen what is popularly referred to as the Gargoyle, he did have a mysterious encounter in 2010. While patrolling the area with another officer near the old Gu\u00e1nica Sugar Mill, he heard the beating of powerful wings, as if something was propelling itself off the zinc roof of one of the mill\u2019s cranes.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Negr\u00f3n indicated that some describe the gargoyle as a large bird, emitting a sulfuric or rotten odor &#8212; a phenomenon often reported in encounters with <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/hairy-hominids\/\" target=\"_\">HAIRY HOMINIDS<\/a> such as the SKUNK APE &#8212; and it is said to feed on healthy, live animals like dogs, cats and horses, draining their blood and leaving them dry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inexplicata has reported that there is a new creature is rivaling even the dreaded chupacabra as the preeminent monster of Puerto Rico&#8230; a flying beast that the locals have dubbed: The Gargoyle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[187,354,353,1121,146],"class_list":["post-4527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-chupacabra","tag-drained-blood","tag-gargoyle","tag-news","tag-vampire"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/gargoyles_cap011.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10268,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions\/10268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}