What the heck is it?

[EnhancedSpirit]

I saw a story about a strange cat/kangaroo like animal that was spotted in Texas. I ignored it at first, but then I came across these pics of an unknown canine species that is now being spotted in the US.
Whitley Talks on Coast About New Elmendorf Beast
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Images of the Lufkin animal

I just thought somebody might be interested in finding out what this is.

 

[EnhancedSpirit]

Here it is again in Maryland:
Maryland Mystery Animal 'Seen' All Over The World

 

[painted wolf]

definatly canine... appears to be female..?

coyote skull for comparison.. the canines arn't out the rage for length.
http://www.boneclones.com/BC-143.htm
could be some sort of hybrid coyote/dog... not too uncommon really.

anyway just some quick thoughts before work... I'll see what elce I can come up with later.

wa:do

 

[Ori]

Looks like across between a dog and a fox.

 

[michel]

From the picures on Maryland Mystery Animal 'Seen' All Over The World

I would imagine the vets are correct in their assertion that the animal was a baby red fox with mange...

Poor creature, it certainly looks awful.

 

[painted wolf]

seems quite likely.. Mange is nasty business.

Here is a pic someone took of a Coyote they shot with severe Mange... it looks almost identical to the image being shown as the 'mystery beast'. (pic taken from nebraska hunting forum)
http://www.bjacked.net/LuvToHunt/hunt/Coyote%20with%20Mange.jpg

some other examples of the ick and frankly horror that is mange.
fox kit with mange (bad but treatable sadly it blinded him): http://www.sandypineswildlife.org/Fox%20kit%20with%20mange.jpg
another dog with mange:
http://www.forsythpets.com/Pooh%20Bear%20mange%203.jpg
This wombat was not so lucky, he had to be put to sleep
http://www.wombadilliac.com.au/images/mange/mange_wombat_may03.jpg

mystery solved... mange. :jiggy:

wa:do

 

[Circle_One]

I remember when this was first reported and there were thousands of people claiming it was El Chupacabra.

 

[painted wolf]

yeah, El chupacabra is the hot 'cryptid' today.
Some say its an alien, some a military/genetic exparament gone wrong, some a spirit of some sort.... he's green or grey, hairy or bald, man like or lizard like, and on and on...

the only thing the witnesses seem to agree on is that it likes to eat livestock.

wa:do

 

[Circle_One]

Yeah, I've read he's a hairy beast-like thing, red, glowing eyes (why do mystery beasts always have red glowing eyes?) long tongue with which he laps up the blood from the livestock he kills (hence, El Chupacabra meaning "Goat Sucker"), likes to hang out in trees, can jump extra high, and so on and so forth.

I've got a thing for mystery beasts and unexplained phenomena.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Fido! I wonder where he ended up at!

 

[Sunstone]

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