There have been two Destination Truth episodes recently in which the cryptid was basically revealed to be a plain old animal.  A dangerous animal, but not a cryptozoological one by any stretch of the imagination!

Last night I watched the Destination Truth team travel to the remote Amazonian rainforest of Peru tracking down reports of the chullacahqui.  According to the description, I thought the chullacahqui was going to be related to the chupacabra, except that the chullacahqui is only reported to attack humans (while the chupacabra usually limits itself to livestock).  

Destination Truth described the chullacahqui as a short bipedal somewhat anthropomorphic forest menace.  It was said to have lept out of the brush and attacked its victims, with fists and sharp teeth.  Sort of like a really mean orangutan, with a cat face.

(Interestingly, the Wikipedia entry is an entirely different matter.  It describes the chullacahqui as something more closely related to the evil faeries of the British Isles, luring people to their doom.  I dare say that if the Destination Truth team had read the entry they may not have gone on their search, since the chullacahqui is reported to "have an ability to turn into any animal of the rainforest" and typically Destination Truth hunts less fantastical cryptids.)

Once on the ground, the team heard noises (in the jungle? At night? No way!) found unusual three-toed tracks which matched the description of the chullacahqui's tracks, and found a giant tooth near the tracks.  They returned to the States with the evidence, and were informed that it was the work of a feral pig.

Now, feral pigs are nothing to sneeze at.  They can be quite dangerous and aggressive.  Wild pigs can and will charge for no reason, and slash you open with their tusks.  The same goes for feral dogs, which Destination Truth decided was the source of a recent spate of Ninki Nanka attacks in Gambia.  

The Ninki Nanka is a quadruped lizard, a dragon if you will, which haunts the Gambian swamps and threatens disobedient children.  Recently the Ninki Nanka had been causing trouble in the remote villages of Gambia, attacking one little boy right in his front yard.

Overnight, the Destination Truth crew spotted a large animal in the grassy swamp where the Ninki Nanka sighting had been reported.  After a long and confusing trek through the grass in an attempt to drive the Ninki Nanka out onto an adjacent road, the team stopped suddenly when they managed to corner their subject: a very large, very aggressive feral dog.

There is an assumption that "these people live there, they can identify everything," and we tend to take the reports of so-called "primitive" people at face value.  Not only is it racist to assume that "tribal" people are "living closer to the land," but it's manifestly untrue.  I hate to pick on the British again, but look at how many mystery beasts have turned out to be house cats!  Definitely something to keep in mind, when studying reports of cryptids.