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Post by Einstein2 on Sept 13, 2007 10:06:23 GMT -6
Thursday, August 30, 2007 Fictional Chupacabra yields actual cash by RickG | 08/30/2007 11:14 am | Alert moderator
Call in the children and lock the doors. The dreaded Chupacabra has been sighted just a few hours southwest - and the locals are cashing in:
The hoop-la about the mysterious and unidentified beast found in DeWitt County a couple of weeks ago seemed to disappear into the mythical vapors until it was revived by a clever marketing project: A Chupacabra T-shirt.
Phylis Canion, who found the dead beast, apparently killed by some vehicle in the night, was convinced to do a T-shirt by her brother-in-law, David Boyd of Goliad. . . .
Canion began with 75 shirts in her Cuero store. They disappeared. She’s had to reorder. But then, she has been busy appearing on talk shows in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Chicago, Albuquerque and El Paso. To say the least, this beast has captured the imagination of a country.
Ah, the classic American entrepreneurial spirit at work.
The fun is likely to end in a few weeks, when Texas State University and The University of California announce the results of their testing on the remains.
Until then, grab the marshmallows, gather round the campfire, and spin your yarn about the fearsome beast.
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