Moca Vampire Puerto Rico
Twenty years before the Chupacabra, something killed livestock in Moca, Puerto Rico the same way—blood drained through puncture wounds. Called 'El Vampiro de Moca,' it terrorized farmers for months. Was it the original Chupacabra, or something else entirely?
The Original Goat Sucker?
In March 1975—twenty years before the famous 1995 Chupacabra wave—something was killing livestock in Moca, Puerto Rico. Animals were found drained of blood through puncture wounds. It was called “El Vampiro de Moca”—the Moca Vampire. Sound familiar?
The Timeline
Twenty years before Chupacabra:
- March 1975
- Moca, Puerto Rico
- Same killing pattern
- Same method
- Unknown predator
The Attacks
What happened:
- Livestock killed
- Blood drained
- Puncture wounds
- Same pattern
- As later Chupacabra
The Victims
What died:
- Goats
- Chickens
- Ducks
- Small livestock
- Found bloodless
The Method
How killed:
- Exsanguination
- Puncture marks
- Circular holes
- No struggle
- Clinical
The Location
Moca:
- Northwest Puerto Rico
- Agricultural area
- Same island
- Different town
- 20 years earlier
The Panic
Community response:
- Farmers afraid
- Armed patrols
- Media coverage
- Official investigation
- Mass hysteria?
The Investigation
Who looked:
- Police
- Animal control
- Media
- Researchers
- No conclusion
Theories Then
Explanations offered:
- Escaped animal
- Cult activity
- Natural predator
- Unknown
- Never solved
The Connection
Link to Chupacabra:
- Same island
- Same method
- Same victims
- Same mystery
- Pattern?
Why Forgotten?
Historical loss:
- Less media
- Pre-internet
- Local story
- Overshadowed by 1995
- Rediscovered
The Pattern
What it suggests:
- Long history
- Recurring phenomenon
- Same creature?
- Population?
- Unknown factor
El Vampiro
The name:
- “The Vampire”
- Before Chupacabra coined
- Accurate description
- Blood drinking
- Same thing
Witnesses
Who saw:
- Farmers
- Residents
- Some claimed sightings
- Similar description?
- Historical records sparse
Modern Analysis
Looking back:
- Clear connection
- Same phenomenon
- Puerto Rican pattern
- Decades apart
- Still unexplained
The Real Beginning?
Question remains:
- Was 1975 the start?
- Or even earlier?
- How long?
- Pattern established
- We don’t know
Significance
Evidence that the blood-draining livestock killer was active in Puerto Rico 20 years before the famous Chupacabra wave.
Legacy
The Moca Vampire proves the Chupacabra phenomenon didn’t begin in 1995—something was draining blood in Puerto Rico decades earlier, suggesting a persistent and unexplained presence.