[sully777]

"...As for the so-called experts who have been puzzled by the origins of the beast, Kroll said he can't help but question their titles.

"I hope they are not really 'experts' who have anything to do with wildlife," he said. "Because if they are, I'm worried." ------------------------------------------- East Texas breathes a collective sigh of relief.

[Perdogg]

Call Art Bell.

[Calpernia]

Mystery beast killed near Pollok baffles animal experts

Local animal experts are having a hard time identifying a strange looking animal killed in Angelina County on Friday — an animal that looks eerily similar to the as yet unidentified "Elmendorf Beast" killed near San Antonio earlier this year.

"What is that?" are the first words out of anyone's mouth when shown photos of the animal, according to Stacy Womack.

The animal's blue-grey skin is almost hairless and appears to be covered with mange. A closer look at the animal's jaw line reveals a serious overbite and four huge canine teeth, and a long, rat-like tail curls behind the animal's emaciated frame.

Womack — who has more than 20 years experience working at Ellen Trout Zoo and for a local veterinarian — said she's seen and handled a lot of different animals, but that she's never seen anything like this one.

"It's not a dog," she said. "I'd bet my lottery ticket on that."

The animal was shot and killed shortly before noon Friday after crawling under her mother's house on O'Quinn Road in Pollok. Womack said large dogs in the yard "went nuts" and alerted the family, but would only whine and wouldn't go under the house with the animal. Her brother shot the animal, tied a rope around it and dragged it out from under the house for a closer look, she said.

Womack was called to take a photograph of the animal, and possibly help identify it, as well. A live animal, just like the one in the picture, darted across the road in front of her car while she was driving to the scene.

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[EternalVigilance]

Expert says mystery beast is a 'mangey coyote'

Well, the guy is an expert.

But personally, I still think it's Ward Churchill...

[sully777]

mystery beast of the east Texas Piney Woods ping

[BenLurkin]

DO YOU WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT?

He is a shill for the puppet masters.

WE know the truth is out there.

[Jaysun]

You ever notice that we don't mind killing something when it's ugly? For example, nobody cries about crabs being caught, but if you snag a dolphin in your net it's hell to pay. Likewise, rats are on the kill list but you'd be a sicko if you set giant steel squirrel traps in your yard.

I'm not bitching about it, just making an observation. Oh and that hideous bald dog creature was definitely worthy of death.

[Nephi]

Kroll might've explained mange, but mange doesn't explain the hairless and scabless animal in the pics; the overbite and the claws. Mange explains hairloss accompanied by scabs and puss not hairlessness. If Kroll is an expert, I'm worried.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"That thing's a mange coyote," Kroll said. "I've been seeing a lot of them lately. We've even photographed some."

[Graymatter]

[SquirrelKing]

"The Mutant Killer Deer-dogs" would be a good name for a rock band.

[candeee]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/211ta0"

[TexasTransplant]

It is a Coyote with Mange and a Broken Jaw, it appears to have been shot bullet entering above it's right eye (no exit wound on photos) but two clearly different lower jaw lengths are shown, and Mange is not only obvious in the pictures, the person holding the animal with gloves saw it as obvious as well. (Thats one sick puppy!)

[Ditter]

I have seen mangy, hairless coyotes in south Texas. They still look kinda like coyotes, I am surprised these people couldn't figure it out.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Chupacabraping!

[this_ol_patriot]

PETA should like them without the fur, a mangy dog for the mangy dogs.