#goatsucker

(Photo from https://vetspace.2ndchance.info/a-wildlife-rehabilitators-guide-to-raising-nightjars-nighthawks-and-whip-poor-wills/ )

Sylvia Plath, Collected Poems; from ‘Goatsucker’

Heard my first whip-poor-will in half a decade this spring, and right after I drew this guy for Northern Woodlands Magazine If you draw them, they will come.

Nightjars have a lot of cool names related to the old myth that they sucked the milk from sleeping goats and made them sick. Could make for an interesting take on the chupacabra for anyone that wanted to follow that thread (I already had this guy and a chupacabra so I didn't). Jarpy are nocturnal birds that hunt for insects in the dark. Their keen senses and incredible agility in the air mean this is no problem and despite their small stature, are popular with battlers for this reason. Old legends paint them in a negative light and attribute malicious abilities to them, all untrue and ultimately out of fashion. Mazemauz have an impeccable memory and powers of deduction, allowing them to deduce their way through anything and never getting lost. A well developed brain grants them powerful psychic powers which they would rather use inquisitively than aggressively. Gogone are the ghosts of a bird once eaten to extinction and despite being hunted to death, maintain a joyful and carefree attitude. If taken unawares and startled they can literally fall to pieces but will quickly put themselves back together to run away. --Attack Info-- --Ability Info--

I love cryptozoology. I had never drawn a chupacabra, though.

My idea of what a chucacabra (goat-sucker) would look like—especially coming in for an attack!

Everyone has a favorite depiction!