Question

El mito del chupacabras comenzó en 1992, cuando los periódicos en Puerto Rico, El Vocero y El Nuevo Día, comenzaron a publicar en sus páginas noticias sobre extrañas matanzas de animales que tenían un patrón en común: se encontraban sin una gota de sangre en el cuerpo y presentaban como única herida un agujero en el cuello. Poco después, se comenzaron a reportar otras muertes similares en América del Sur, el Caribe, los Estados Unidos y, en particular, en México. Es así como nació la leyenda urbana del chupacabras.

Algunas personas aseguraron haber visto, cerca de las matanzas, una pequeña figura de color verde oscuro, con los ojos grandes y una cabeza ovalada como un extraterrestre. Se cuenta el mito del chupacabras para asustar a los niños a comportarse bien.

What elements from this story help us to identify that it is a myth?

A) This is a true story about a dog that went missing, and the people of the village said that it was an alien that kidnapped him, but they could never prove it.

B) It uses the personification of animals and aliens to tell the story of how animals that were killed, somehow, come back to life at night.

C) It's a story that explains the reason why animals would turn up dead at night through the use of the supernatural animal or alien that is capable of draining their blood.

D) This is a story to explain the natural disasters and tragedies in the village, like missing pets and droughts that killed their crops.

Answer 1

C)

Step-by-step explanation:

A) There's any dog in the story. ❎

B) The animals didn't come back to life at night.❎

C) The story does talk about a strange situation which is explained with a supernatural creature. ✅

D) The story doesn't mention natural disasters nor missing pets.❎