The first victims of the fabled Chupacabra took place in the coastal town of San Juan, Puerto Rico, where 8 goats were found drained of their blood (Lewis).

But many attribute the small town of Moca, Puerto Rico, to be the birthplace of the Chupabra. Reports 20 years prior of a bloodsucking monster that attacked livestock grew popular in the 1970s (Lewis).

Cuero, TX was the start of the global popularity of the mysterious cryptid. After another supposed Chupacabra attack, American news outlets blew the monster into global popularity, and unleashed a chain of reported sightings across the globe (Lewis).

Since the Cuero attacks, reports have been made as far into North America as the forests of Maine. In the North, the animal is characterized as a hairless, coyote-like creature that does not have spines on its back (Diffee, Than).

And, sightings have been reported as far South as the tropics of Chile. A group of dead animals was discovered in the region, devoid of blood and with marks on their bodies that could not have been created by an animal (Than).

In 2019, footage of a creature reminiscent of the Chupacabra roaming through the night was posted from Malaysia, which blew up in popularity, though many dismissed it as just a stray dog (Diffee).