[ApplegateRanch]

Above is a link to an article I recall from years ago. Looks to be a similar creature. The guy’s grandfather killed it in Montana 121 years ago.

Crypto ping?

From the story linked in #52:

The “ringdocus” or “shunka warak’in” - two of the names it has been given over the years - strongly resembles a wolf, but sports a hyena-like sloping back and an odd-shaped head with a narrow snout. Its coat is dark-brown, almost black, with lighter tan areas and a faint impression of stripes on its side.[snip]

The tale was again picked up by writers Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark in their book “Cryptozoology A to Z.” In that book, Coleman linked it to a Native American legend about the “shunka warak’in,” a creature that snuck into camps at night to steal dogs.

[redinIllinois]

Wow!

Thanks for posting the picture.

[ETL]

Sorry, somehow I missed your post. Was there a delay in it being posting?