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The [[head of state]] of the [[United States]] is called the '''[[President]]''', who also serves the functions of [[chief executive]] and [[commander in chief]] of the armed forces. By current law, the U.S. president serves a four-year term and may only be re-elected once, as a result of [[United States Constitution/Amendment Twenty-two|the twenty-second amendment to the U.S. Constitution]]. In slang, the President of the United States is sometimes called '''POTUS'''. The wife of the President is known as the [[First Lady]].
|Creature_Name = Chupacabra
|Image_Name = Chupacabras.JPG
|Image_Caption = Artist's depiction of a chupacabra
|Grouping = [[Cryptid]]<br>[[extraterrestrial life|Extraterrestrial]]
|Sub_Grouping =
|Spanish Translation = Goat Sucker
|Country = [[Puerto Rico]],<br>[[Mexico]],<br>[[United States]], [[Chile]],<br>[[Russia]]
|Region = Unknown
|First_Reported = Early [[1990s]]
|Last_Sighted = Present Day
|Status = [[Legendary creature]]}}
 
'''Chupacabra''' (also '''chupacabras''' /tʃupa'kabɾas/, from Spanish '''''chupar: to suck''''', '''''cabra: goat; goats sucker''''') is a [[cryptid]] said to inhabit parts of both of the [[Americas]]. It is associated particularly with [[Puerto Rico]] (where it was first reported), [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]], especially in the latter's [[Latin American]] communities. The name translates literally from the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as "goat sucker." It comes from the creature's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially [[goat]]s. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1990 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as [[Maine]], and as far south as Chile. Though some argue that the chupacabras may be real creatures, mainstream scientists and experts generally contend that the chupacabra is a [[legendary creature]], or a type of [[urban legend]].
Relative to many heads of state from around the world, who often hold largely ceremonial powers, United States Presidents are capable of a large degree of meaningful political action. They can veto any legislation passed by the two houses of [[Congress]]. (Overriding a President's veto requires a full two-thirds majority in each house of Congress.)
It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.
 
==History==
Presidents nominate the heads and other members of executive agencies of government. Many nominees are appointed subject to the advice and consent of the [[U.S. Senate]] (i.e., the Senate must vote by majority to approve the nominees). In 2003, more than 3000 executive agency positions were subject to presidential appointment, with more than 1200 requiring Senate approval. Similarly, Presidents nominate persons to the federal judiciary and, again, appoint them with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The legend of ''cipi chupacabra'' began approximately in [[1987]], when Puerto Rican newspapers ''[[El Vocero]]'' and ''[[El Nuevo Dia]]'' began reporting the killings of many different types of animals, such as birds, horses, and, as its name implies, goats. It is predated by ''El Vampiro de Moca'' (The Vampire of Moca), a creature blamed for similar killings that occurred in the small town of [[Moca, Puerto Rico|Moca]] in the 1970s. While at first it was suspected that the killings were done randomly by some members of a [[Satanic]] [[cult]], eventually these killings spread around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life. The killings had one pattern in common: each of the animals had their bodies bled dry through a series of small circular incisions.
Puerto Rican comedian and entrepreneur [[Silverio Pérez]] is credited with coining the term "chupacabras" soon after the first incidents were reported in the press.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.crystalinks.com/chupacabras.html|title= Chupacabras Bio| accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref> Soon after the animal deaths in Puerto Rico, other animal deaths were reported in other countries, such as the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Colombia]], [[Honduras]], [[El Salvador]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], the United States and Mexico.
 
==Alleged sightings==
Although the Congress must approve the government's annual budget, it is prepared for them by the President. Though constrained by various other laws passed by Congress, the President's executive branch conducts most foreign policy, and his power to order and direct troops as commander-in-chief is quite significant. (The exact limits of what a President can do with the military without Congressional authorization are open to debate.)
 
In July 2004, a rancher near [[San Antonio]], killed a hairless dog-like creature, which was attacking his livestock. This creature is now known as the [[Elmendorf Creature]]. It was later determined to be a [[coyote]] with demodectic or sarcoptic [[mange]]. In October 2004, two animals said to resemble the Elmendorf Creature were supposedly observed in the same area. The first was dead, and a local zoologist who was called to identify the animal noticed the second while she was traveling to the ___location where the first was found. Specimens of the dead animals were studied by biologists in Texas, who found that the creatures were coyotes suffering from very severe cases of mange.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.banderasnews.com/0603/art-chupacabra.htm| title=Texas' Blood-Sucking Monster| accessdate=2007-06-12}}</ref>
[[United States Constitution/Article Two|Article 2]], Section 1, of the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]] sets the requirements one must meet in order to become President:
# A natural-born citizen of the United States
# Thirty-five years of age
# Resident of the United States for 14 years.
 
In [[Coleman, Texas]], a farmer named Reggie Lagow caught an animal in a trap he set up after the deaths of a number of his chickens and turkeys. The supposed animal was described as a mix between a hairless dog, a rat and a kangaroo. The animal was provided to Texas Parks and Wildlife in order to determine what species it belonged to, but Lagow reported in a September 17th, 2006, phone interview with John Adolfi, founder of the Lost World Museum, that the "critter was caught on a Tuesday and thrown out in Thursday's trash."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4895053/detail.html|title=Texas Farmer Claims He Caught Legendary 'Chupacabra'|publisher=KNBC Los Angeles|date=[[2005-08-25]]}}</ref>
There is a well-defined sequence of who should fill the Presidential office,
upon the death, resignation, or removal from office (by [[impeachment]]) of a current President:
 
In April of 2006, ''MosNews'' reported that the chupacabra was spotted in Russia for the first time. Reports from Central Russia beginning in March 2005 tell of a beast that kills animals and sucks out their blood. Thirty-two turkeys were killed and drained overnight. Reports later came from neighboring villages when 30 sheep were killed and had their blood drained. Finally eyewitnesses were able to describe the chupacabra. In May of 2006, experts were determined to track the animal down.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/04/27/chupacabra.shtml|title=Chupacabra the Goatsucker Vampire Sightings Reported in Central Russia|publisher=MosNews|date=[[2006-04-17]]}}</ref>
# the [[Vice President of the United States of America]]
# the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]
# the [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]].
 
In mid-August 2006 Michelle O'Donnell of [[Turner, Maine]], described an "evil looking" rodent-like creature with fangs that had been found dead alongside a road. The mystery beast was apparently struck by a car, and was otherwise unidentifiable. Photographs were taken and witness reports seem to be in relative agreement that the creature was canine in appearance, but unlike any dog or wolf in the area. The carcass was picked clean by vultures before experts could examine it. For years, residents of Maine have reported a mysterious creature and a string of dog maulings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MYSTERY_BEAST?SITE=WWL&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME| title='Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine|publisher=Associated Press|date=[[2006-08-16]]}}</ref>
This list is only partial. See the entire [[Presidential line of succession]]. The [[United States Constitution/Amendment Twenty-five|Twenty-fifth Amendment]] was ratified to define how the President is deemed incapable of discharging his powers and duties and when the Vice President becomes Acting President.
 
In December 2006, a local farmer in Peru claimed to have seen a creature resembling a Chupacabra attacking a wild boar on his farm. The man, who referred to the creature as "Zahir," later told the authorities that he feared for his life when he saw the creature devour the boar within minutes. The creature then ran faster than any animal the farmer had ever seen. Shocked at the sight of the creature, the farmer stated that he is haunted by the evil in the Zahir's eyes.
=== United States' Presidents ===
 
In May 2007, a series of reports on national Colombia news reported more than 300 dead sheep in the region of [[Boyaca]], and the capture of a possible specimen to be analysed by zoologists at [[Universidad Nacional]] of Colombia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/boyaca/2007-05-02/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3539469.html| title=''Bestia' chupasangre asusta a los campesinos de Chiscas: ha matado 310 animales'|publisher=El Tiempo|date=[[2007-05-02]]}}</ref>
# [[George Washington]] ([[1789]]-[[1797]]) (no political party)
# [[John Adams]] ([[1797]]-[[1801]]) [[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
# [[Thomas Jefferson]] ([[1801]]-[[1809]]) [[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
# [[James Madison]] ([[1809]]-[[1817]]) [[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
# [[James Monroe]] ([[1817]]-[[1825]]) [[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
# [[John Quincy Adams]] ([[1825]]-[[1829]]) [[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
# [[Andrew Jackson]] ([[1829]]-[[1837]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Martin Van Buren]] ([[1837]]-[[1841]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[William Henry Harrison]] ([[1841]]) [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
# [[John Tyler]] ([[1841]]-[[1845]]) [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] ([[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] on Whig ticket)
# [[James Knox Polk]] ([[1845]]-[[1849]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Zachary Taylor]] ([[1849]]-[[1850]]) [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
# [[Millard Fillmore]] ([[1850]]-[[1853]]) [[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
# [[Franklin Pierce]] ([[1853]]-[[1857]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[James Buchanan]] ([[1857]]-[[1861]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Abraham Lincoln]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Andrew Johnson]] ([[1865]]-[[1869]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ([[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] on Republican ticket)
# [[Ulysses S. Grant]] ([[1869]]-[[1877]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] ([[1877]]-[[1881]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[James Garfield]] ([[1881]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1881]]-[[1885]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Grover Cleveland]] ([[1885]]-[[1889]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Benjamin Harrison]] ([[1889]]-[[1893]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Grover Cleveland]] ([[1893]]-[[1897]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] (same as #22)
# [[William McKinley]] ([[1897]]-[[1901]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Theodore Roosevelt]] ([[1901]]-[[1909]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[William Howard Taft]] ([[1909]]-[[1913]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Woodrow Wilson]] ([[1913]]-[[1921]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Warren G. Harding]] ([[1921]]-[[1923]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Calvin Coolidge]] ([[1923]]-[[1929]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Herbert Hoover]] ([[1929]]-[[1933]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] ([[1933]]-[[1945]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Harry S Truman]] ([[1945]]-[[1953]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] ([[1953]]-[[1961]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[John F. Kennedy]] ([[1961]]-[[1963]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[1963]]-[[1969]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Richard Nixon]] ([[1969]]-[[1974]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Gerald R. Ford]] ([[1974]]-[[1977]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Jimmy Carter]] ([[1977]]-[[1981]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]-[[1989]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[George Bush]] ([[1989]]-[[1993]]) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
# [[Bill Clinton]] ([[1993]]-[[2001]]) [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
# [[George W. Bush]] ([[2001]]-present) [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
 
==Appearance==
=== Presidential facts ===
 
The most common description of Chupacabra is a [[lizard]]-like being, appearing to have leathery or scaly greenish-gray skin and sharp spines or quills running down its back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skepdic.com/chupa.html|title=Chupacabras Biography|accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref> This form stands approximately 3 to 4 feet (1 to 1.2 m) high, and stands and hops in a similar fashion to a [[kangaroo]]. In at least one sighting, the creature hopped 20 feet (6 m). This variety is said to have a dog or panther-like nose and face, a [[forked tongue]] protruding from it, large fangs, and to hiss and screech when alarmed, as well as leave a sulfuric stench behind. When it screeches, some reports note that the chupacabra's eyes glow an unusual red, then give the witnesses nausea. For some witnesses, it was seen with bat-like wings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chupacabras=Giant Bat?|url=http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/chupa-giant-bat/| accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref>
Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated:
* [[Abraham Lincoln]]
* [[James Garfield]]
* [[William McKinley]]
* [[John F. Kennedy]]
 
Another description of Chupacabra, although not as common, is described as a strange breed of wild dog. This form is mostly hairless, has a pronounced spinal ridge, unusually pronounced eye sockets, fangs, and claws. It is claimed that this breed might be an example of a dog-like reptile. The account during the year 2001 in [[Nicaragua]] of a chupacabra's corpse being found supports this conclusion. The corpse of the animal was found in [[Leon, Nicaragua]], and forensically analyzed at UNAN-Leon. Pathologists at the University found that it was an unusual-looking dog-like creature of unknown species.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.uforc.com/chupas/journal2-UFORCE_page21.html| title=Chupacabras Remains Found| accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> Unlike conventional predators, the chupacabra is said to drain all of the animal's blood (and sometimes organs) through a single hole or two holes.
Four others died in office:
* [[William Henry Harrison]]
* [[Zachary Taylor]]
* [[Warren G. Harding]]
* [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]
 
==See also==
One President resigned from office:
* [[Richard Nixon]]
 
*[[Cryptozoology]]
Two Presidents have been [[impeachment|impeached]], though neither was subsequently convicted:
* [[AndrewFauna of Puerto JohnsonRico]]
* [[Bill Clinton]]
 
Similar creatures include:
Four Presidents have been elected without a plurality of popular votes:
* [[John Quincy Adams]] - trailed Andrew Jackson by 44,804 votes
* [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] - trailed Samuel J. Tilden by 264,292 votes
* [[Benjamin Harrison]] - trailed Grover Cleveland 95,713 votes
* [[George W. Bush]] - trailed Al Gore by 540,520 votes
 
*[[Banshee]]
Two Presidents have been elected without a majority of electoral votes, and were chosen by the House of Representatives:
*[[Demon]]
* [[Thomas Jefferson]] - finished with same number of electoral votes as Aaron Burr
*[[Greys]]
* [[John Quincy Adams]] - trailed Andrew Jackson by 15 electoral votes
*[[Jersey Devil]]
*[[Loveland Lizard]]
*[[Mothman]]
*[[Monkey-man of New Delhi]]
*[[Peuchen]]
*[[Skunk Ape]]
 
==References==
The President's residence is the [[White House]].
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==External links==
Presidents of course had homes other than the White House. This is a list of some of those homes:
*[http://alienvideo.net/video-chupacabra.php Alleged video footage of a Chupacabra]
*[http://www.skepticworld.com/cryptozoology/chupacabra.asp Cryptozoology] - Skeptic World
*[http://www.lostworldmuseum.com Alleged photographic evidence of a Chupacabra]
 
* George Washington - [[Mount Vernon]]
* Thomas Jefferson - [[Monticello]]
* James Madison - [[Montpelier]]
* James Monroe - [[Ash Lawn]]
* W. H. Harrison - [[Berkeley Plantation]]
* John Tyler - [[Sherwood Forest Plantation]]
* Martin Van Buren - [[Lindenwald]]
* James Buchanan - [[Wheatland]]
* Rutherford Hayes - [[Spiegel Grove]]
* Grover Cleveland - [[Westland]]
* Theodore Roosevelt - [[Sagamore Hill]]
* Woodrow Wilson - [[Shadow Lawn]]
* Calvin Coolidge - [[The Beeches]]
* Franklin Roosevelt - [[Hyde Park]]
* John Kennedy - [[Hyannisport]]
* Richard Nixon - [[Casa Pacifica]]
* Ronald Reagan - [[Rancho Cielo]]
* George Bush - [[Walker's Point]]
* George W. Bush - [[Prarie Chapel Ranch]]
 
[[Category:Cryptids]]
=== Presidents of the Continental Congress ===
[[Category:Hominid cryptids]]
There were seven Presidents of the [[Continental Congress]] prior to the ratification of the [[Articles of Confederation]]. These men held very few powers that are now associated with the US presidency and cannot be considered to have been heads of state. Their primary duty was to ''preside'' over the Congress (hence the original meaning of "president").
[[Category:UFO-related entities]]
 
[[de:Chupacabras]]
* [[Peyton Randolph]] ([[September 5]] to [[October 21]], [[1774]], and again from [[May 10]] to [[May 23]], [[1775]])
[[et:Chupacabra]]
* [[Henry Middleton]] ([[October 22]], [[1774]] to [[May 10]], [[1775]])
[[es:Chupacabras]]
* [[John Hancock]] ([[May 24]], [[1775]] to [[October 30]], [[1777]])
[[eo:Chupacabras]]
* [[Henry Laurens]] ([[November 1]], [[1777]] to [[December 9]], [[1778]])
[[fr:Chupacabra]]
* [[John Jay]] ([[December 10]], [[1778]] to [[September 27]], [[1779]])
[[hr:Chupacabra]]
* [[Samuel Huntington (President of the Continental Congress)|Samuel Huntington]] ([[September 28]], [[1779]] to [[July 9]], [[1781]])
[[it:Chupacabra]]
* [[Thomas McKean]] ([[July 10]], [[1781]] to [[November 4]], [[1782]])
[[he:צ'ופקברה]]
 
[[lt:Čiupakabra]]
=== Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled ===
[[hu:Chupacabra]]
There were eight Presidents under the [[Articles of Confederation]]. These men held few powers that are now associated with the US presidency and cannot be considered to have been heads of state or the "Chief Executive". These men were simply heads of government with Congress holding all executive powers.
[[nl:Chupacabra]]
 
[[ja:チュパカブラ]]
*[[John Hanson]] - November 5, 1781 - [[November 4]], [[1782]]
[[pl:Chupacabra]]
*[[Elias Boudinot]] - November 4, 1782 - [[November 3]], [[1783]]
[[pt:Chupa-cabra]]
*[[Thomas Mifflin]] - November 3, 1783 - [[June 3]], [[1784]]
[[ru:Чупакабра]]
*[[Richard Henry Lee]] - [[November 30]], 1784 - [[November 23]], [[1785]]
[[simple:Chupacabra]]
*[[John Hancock]] - November 23, 1785 - [[June 6]], [[1786]]
[[sr:Чупакабра]]
*[[Nathaniel Gorham]] - June 1786 - [[November 13]], 1786
[[fi:Chupacabra]]
*[[Arthur St. Clair]] - [[February 2]], [[1787]] - [[October 29]], [[1787]]
[[sv:Chupacabra]]
*[[Cyrus Griffin]] - [[January 22]], [[1788]] - [[March 4]], [[1789]]
[[zh:卓柏卡布拉]]
 
=== Misc ===
 
Also, on a less serious note:
* [[David Rice Atchison]]
* [[Joshua A. Norton|Emperor Norton I]] ([[1859]]-[[1880]])
* [[Tecumseh's curse]]
 
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=== Related articles ===
* [[President_of_the_United_States_of_America/religious affiliations|Presidential Religious Affiliations]]
* [[U.S. presidential election]]
 
Links:
A listing and profiles of those Presidents who were members of the [[Freemasonry]]:http://www.pagrandlodge.org/mlam/presidents/index.html
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There is also a rock band called The [[Presidents of the United States of America]].