A mythical creature similar to vampires which kill animals by sucking their blood dry is feared to have slain a number of livestock.
Drone footage in the Bolivian city of Oruro seems to show a dark, two-legged creature walking across an open field.
The hunched figure was filmed shortly after several cows, llamas and alpacas, were found dead in the area.
The animals’ strange wounds prompted many locals to believe it was the work of chupacabra, a mythical creature also known as the Goat-Sucker.
The demon-like creature is said to drink the blood of livestock, according to legend, and locals fear it was responsible owing to the injuries on the animal’s necks.
In response, local farmers have reportedly erected fences around their livestock to keep the figure away.
It is unknown if the authorities are looking into the claims the mythical creature drank the blood of the local livestock.
Last month, a Chupacabra was blamed for the death of a ram in Mexico.
The dead animal was found in the rural village of Leona Vicario, about 25 miles west of the Mexican resort of Cancún.
The lifeless white ram was found lying on a rock on the ground with wounds to its neck, mouth and eyes.
Despite some residents believing a wild cat could have caused the animal’s death, many attributed it to the Goat-Sucker due to the mysterious bite marks on its neck.
Elvira said: “Jaguarundis usually eat the soft parts, the eyes and the tongue.
“It may have been that animal or another one acting similar.”
Another local added: “It reminds me of a documentary about the explorers who disappeared and when they were found they were missing eyes and their tongue.”
Abdiel remarked: “In my village, we’ve been told for years that it is a night bird that feeds on the brain mass of animals. In my village, we know it as the Xnuc.”
The creatures were first reported in 1995, in Puerto Rico, when locals blamed it for the deaths of domestic animals such as goats and sheep.
They were drained of all their blood and reports described it as a “large reptilian kangaroo” with large red eyes.
Other animal deaths in the likes of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,Chile, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico and the United States were also blamed on the chupacabra
They were later linked to the deaths of around 150 animals in the 1970s in Mexico.
