The year is 1975. Fifteen cows, three goats, two geese and a pig were found mutilated in the small town of Moca, Puerto Rico. The carcasses all had one thing in common: two small incisions in their hides, like vampire teeth. The people of Moca speculated that a satanic cult was practicing some blood ritual, but over the next several weeks, more than 150 farm animals were killed in a similar fashion. The legend of “El Vampiro de Moca” was born. Some locals claimed to see a strange beast; a reptilian, bear-sized creature with a spiny ridge going from its neck down to its tail. A local journalist for The San Juan Star, Gino Boscarino, was tasked with joining a group of caving experts to go down into the caverns surrounding Moca to look for answers.
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