"We have no idea what it was," Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman
Bruce Auchly said. (Montana FWP)
Wolf-like creature ping.
...and his hair was perfect.
It’s a dog. Mystery solved.
That’s a chupacabra if ever I saw one.
Anyone can see that it is a chupacabra.
Wolfdog hybrid
The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated form of the gray wolf (Canis lupus lupus) and therefore belongs to the same species as other wolves, such as the dingo (Canis lupus dingo).
Therefore, crosses between these sub-species are biologically unremarkable and not a hybridization in the same sense as an interbreeding between different species of Canidae.
Wolves are different from domestic dogs in that wolves usually have slimmer chests, longer legs, and they also have stronger jaws than that of the domestic subspecies.[13]
The difference in appearance from the wolf to the domestic dog becomes even larger when a mix of the two animals is created. Wolfdogs do not have one common description of their appearance because it varies from one breeding cycle to the next.[13]
It differs from cycle to cycle because the number of wolf genes inherited in the animal differs greatly and is recorded in a percentage form.
The general layout for describing the percentage of wolfdogs is as follows: 1-49% is considered low content (LC), 50-74% is considered to be mid-content (MC), and 75% and higher is considered to be high content (HC).[14]
The percentage of the amount of wolf in a wolfdog decides what the animal will look like. For example, if a wolfdog is 25% husky and 75% wolf, it will appear more like a wolf than a husky because it contains more genes from the wolf.[11]
This means that the appearance of the wolfdog will most likely contain a narrower chest, longer legs, and sharper teeth because it inherited more traits from the wolf parent.[15]
People wanting to improve domestic dogs or create an exotic pet may breed domestic dogs to wolves. Gray wolves have been crossed with dogs that have a wolf-like appearance, such as Siberian huskies, and Alaskan malamutes.
The breeding of wolf–dog crosses is controversial, with opponents purporting that it produces an animal unfit as a domestic pet.
A number of wolfdog breeds are in development. The first generation crosses (one wolf parent, one dog parent) generally are backcrossed to domestic dogs to maintain a domestic temperament and consistent conformation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canid_hybrid#Wolf_hybrids
Probably a dog/wolf hybrid. It has strange fur. Teeth look more like dog.
He shot Padfoot!
Going by the headline, I expected to see something truly bizarre; a two headed, hissing Chupacabra with wings and scaly green skin. This is obviously some sort of canine hybrid.
Hey, a dog has needs. Stuff happens in the dark of night.
(Bill Engvall reference).
““The canine teeth were too shot,”
Something tells me they were suppose to say “Short”. What passes for an editor these days.
Butch Patrick
It looks kind of like a mangey emaciated bear.
More likely he heard him howling 'round his kitchen door.
It’s a pitbull.
Josh Gates needs to get on the case.
He uncovered intriguing evidence the thylacine may not be extinct as previously thought...
This could be fodder for a new “Expedition Unknown” episode since the showed moved to the Discovery Channel.
The canine teeth were too shot...spokesman Bruce Auchly said
He must be from the Northeast.