DeWitt County, TX -- Last summer a South Texas rancher caught the mysterious creature she claims Killed her animals and drank their blood.

Now the chupacabra craze is heating up again.

A DeWitt County Sheriff's deputy caught it all on tape.

For eight years, Corporal Brandon Reidel has been patroling DeWitt County, southwest of San Antonio. This time, he was involved in a different kind of chase -- hot on the tail of what may be a chupacabra.

With a passing glance, it may just look like a dog or coyote.

But if you know the legend, you're going to look a little harder.

"The front legs are than shorter than back legs. The way it's running, it doesn't run way normal coyote or dog would," explains Deputy Reidel.

It has a long snout -- the type of feature legends are made of.

The creature ran off and has not been caught.