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Diario La Prensa – Nicaraguan farmer Jorge Luis Talavera, who submitted the skeleton of an unknown animal that had been killing his sheep to the National University of Nicaragua for analysis, claims that the photographs they released (see related story 09/01/00) are not of the skeleton he gave them. He also claims that another mysterious creature is attacking his sheep, and is attempting to bait and shoot it as he did the last one.

In a related story, 10 goats were beheaded by what some local residents believe to have been a chupacabras in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, or possibly by cult members seeking blood for rituals.
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On our September 3rd show, we talked with Janet Hull, the author of Sweet Poison, about the dangers of artificial sweetners, particulary aspartame. During the show, I noticed that many of our calls and e-mails came from dieters, mostly women, who were trying to lose weight by drinking diet sodas.

It seems possible that aspartame could be behind many of the mysterious disorders that affect women today, such as fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, PMS and MS. The evidence is mostly anecdotal, but there is a lot of it and it appears to be compelling.
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El Nuevo Diario – Scientists in Nicaragua report that they have located a skeleton of an animal that is apparently a strange mix of dog breeds, that was associated with the killing of sheep by exsanguination in the area of the small village of Tolupa. The animal was shot by local farmers after a heavy death toll among sheep in the area was reported. The creature fits the habits and, to a degree, the appearance of the legendary Chupacabra, or Goat Sucker, that has been reported from Puerto Rico to Texas in recent years.
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