The abbagoochie (pronounced abba-GOO-cheez) is a fierce little creature resembling a cross between an owl, a fox, and a deer. It is indigenous to Costa Rica, where people refer to it as a "dryland piranha" because it will eat anything, including creatures far larger than itself such as horses and cows. If cornered, an abbagoochie will consume itself "in a devilish whirlwind" rather than allow itself to be captured. They mate only once every 6 ½ years.
In 1999, in an ill-considered move, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) introduced thirteen baby Abbagoochies from Costa Rica into West Virginia in order to keep down the population of overpopulated predators such as coyotes and rattlesnakes. But soon, as reported by Jim Wilson of the
Webster Echo in February 2001, the abbagoochie itself multiplied out of control and began attacking livestock. Soon after Wilson's article appeared, sightings of Abbagoochies began occurring throughout the region. Some farmers began carrying shotguns in order to protect their livestock. Concerned parents walked their kids to the schoolbus to make sure they were safe. And one man reported that he had accidentally run over an abbagoochie.
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Now I'm not one to firighten eailsy but the speed at which that creature moved scared the daylights out of me. So I took up my whittlin knife and I held it in my throwing grip, I used to throw knives at carnivals, and when I saw that critter run past again I hurled my knife.
The sound was horrible, a mix between howl and a human scream. Quickly I grabbed my gun and went off after the animal, moving as fast as my 59 year old legs could carry me. I followed a trail of sickly red and brown blood until I came to the old creak. There in the water the wounded creature was prepared to make it's final stand. I knew that I had one shot to make my kill.
Without a sound the creature rusehd me, before i was ready. I raised my gun and pulled the trigger just as he reached me and knocked over. I knew I had shot him point blank in the chest. But I must have hit my head because I woke up just as the sun began rising. I was supprised to be alive and when I came to my senses I looked for the Abbagoochies body and there was nothing there.
To this day I keep my whittled duck hiddden in my desk drawer as a reminder of that night. I whittled something else for my grandson something with grey fur that could move like the wind. --THE END
predator extraordinare
nail biter of note.
tells of loose abbagoochie
Virginians panic
You're haiku is wrong
First line is seven syllables
It should have been five
not even for #1
oops! J is wrong, too!
anything, no matter what
Want some fries with that?
You're haiku is wrong
First line seven syllables
It should have been five
hiding in the fields at night
Or just a rumour?
A little terror hailing
From Costa Rica
that thing is wayyyyy ulgy.
🐛
but its so cool looking!
i wouldn't be to happy to come face to face with one of them though..
i didnt know they were real til i read this!
jeez.
Haikus are stupid.
There we go, one line's all you need if you're blessed with true genius 😛
New immigrant here.
Costa Rican owl-deer-fox.
Eating your puppies.
I'm Costarrican, and I've never heard of dry-land pihrannas... I should also note that we don't have piranhas in Costa Rica...
And Abagoochie doesn't sound like an Spanish made up word...
I just never heard of a hoax related to Costa Rica, so I thought it was funny... completely non-researched though.
They may as well named it Osocaballo, which is a real animal (anteater) but whose caracteristics are remotely similar
Damn those Virginians...