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A man in Indiana who was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol blamed flipping his truck on a chupacabra. He claims that the creature “ran out in front of him” while driving down the road, which when a chupacabra does such things, caused him to swerve and crash.
The incident occurred at around 1 a.m. Sunday morning in Bedford, Indiana, according to WBIW News. The accident was reported to authorities by a third party at the scene who reported that the 21-year-old driver of the crashed tan 2011 Chevy S-10 was attempting to discourage him from calling 911.
Upon arrival at the crash scene, a Lawrence County Sheriff’s Deputy spoke with the driver who was sitting on a rock near the vehicle. The Deputy reported he admitted that he had been drinking and lost control of his truck. The officer also added that the driver’s eyes were glassy, he smelled of alcohol, and his speech was slurred.
When the driver was told that a Deputy would be checking his eyes, he allegedly replied that they “didn’t need to check his eyes because he was drunk.” While reading him his Miranda rights, the driver allegedly kept interrupting, but eventually agreed to a blood draw.
A chupacabra caused the crash, obviously
According to the police affidavit, when asked what caused him to flip his truck, the driver stated that a “chupacabra ran out of front of him.” He was subsequently taken to a hospital for the blood draw, then to the Lawrence County Jail where he was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
As for his strange explanation for the cause of his accident, the presence of a chupacabra, which legends claim attacks and drinks the blood of livestock, especially goats, was not confirmed by police in their report. Perhaps it wasn’t actually a chupacabra after all. Maybe it was actually an Ozark Howler.