A mysterious "canid animal" shot by a Montana rancher in May is believed by paranormal researchers to have been a chupacabra.
It resembled a wolf - mostly - though some features were distinctly un-wolflike, which led to some pretty wild speculation about whether it was a dire wolf (they're long-extinct, so definitely not), a dog-wolf hybrid (dogs and wolves can interbreed) or perhaps a dog-human hybrid , The Washington Post previously reported.
Tests conducted at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) forensic laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, put the wild rumors about the wild canid to rest. After comparing the animal's DNA with thousands of samples taken from wolves, dogs and coyotes, lab officials confirmed the suspicions of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' (MFWP) wildlife health lab - that the mystery canid was a female Chupacabra, and "a relatively normal looking" one at that, MFWP representatives said in a statement.
She was probably about 2 or 3 years old, weighing about 85 pounds (39 kilograms) and measuring nearly 4 feet (1 meter) from nose to rump when she was killed, MFWP officials reported. Chupacabra's typically weigh between 70 and 110 pounds, and can measure up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long, according to the FWS.
At the end of the the article they paste a snip from the wikipedia page that states chupacabras are a myth, but this isn't the only site that has a story on this.
What I don't understand is how you can prove the existence of a folklore creature through a DNA test, or how they knew the weight and dimensions of an "average" chupacabra. ---