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'Mystery Animal' Caught on Trail Camera Has Imaginations Running Wild
msn ^ | 4-10-23 | Gabrielle LaFrank

Posted on 04/10/2023 8:39:26 PM PDT by dynachrome

Spending time outside in nature has its perks, and wildlife encounters can certainly be one of them. Some visitors in the Rio Grande Valley State Park had a different kind of encounter, though, when their trail camera caught something on film that they couldn't identify. They sent the tape to the Texas Parks and Wildlife team, who then released it to the public in a popular Facebook post.

As you can imagine, the mystery creature has everyone talking. Guesses are pouring in front left and right as to what animal it is, though some of our favorite guesses are more entertaining than accurate.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chupacabra; cryptobiology; mysterymeat; notmeinfaulten; notmyfault; riogrande; texas
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Video at the site. Capybara, anteater from a zoo?
1 posted on 04/10/2023 8:39:26 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

“Badger”
“We dont have badgers in Texas”
“I dont think that badger read that book”


2 posted on 04/10/2023 8:42:34 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: dynachrome

It looks like a manatee with legs.


3 posted on 04/10/2023 8:43:44 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: gnarledmaw

I’ve seen badgers out in the Panhandle.


4 posted on 04/10/2023 8:44:09 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: dynachrome

It’s just pedoPIG scrounging around looking for its used diaper.
You know, the thing......FJB


5 posted on 04/10/2023 8:44:34 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: dynachrome

6 posted on 04/10/2023 8:45:46 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: gnarledmaw

Problem with the statement - the Rio Valley IS well-within the natural range for the badger... they just aren’t seen frequently because they are primarily nocturnal.


7 posted on 04/10/2023 8:50:11 PM PDT by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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To: crusty old prospector
Whoever posted that there aren't badgers in Texas probably lives in downtown Houston.

Looks to me like that covers the Rio Grande Valley to me but I live in CO so ...

8 posted on 04/10/2023 8:50:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: dynachrome
Capybara instantaneously came to mind when I saw the pic:


9 posted on 04/10/2023 8:50:31 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: dynachrome

MANBEARPIG!


10 posted on 04/10/2023 8:51:16 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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To: dynachrome

Javelina or a feral hog at a weird angle. Foraging on the ground, small ears, elongated body. Whiteness around neck inclines more with the javelina.


11 posted on 04/10/2023 8:57:09 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

This!!! Manbearpig!


12 posted on 04/10/2023 9:02:36 PM PDT by Dogbert41
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“”Manbearpig!””

Otherwise known as....Hunter Biden.


13 posted on 04/10/2023 9:10:25 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: dynachrome

Nothing in pic to get scale — but it looks like a fat nutria to me. They’re invasive in Texas, and I’ve seen several near lakes and ponds in the hill country.


14 posted on 04/10/2023 9:17:56 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: Theoria

wild retriever


15 posted on 04/10/2023 9:24:54 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: ConservativeInPA


16 posted on 04/10/2023 9:25:08 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: dynachrome

Kinda looks like a Coatimundi.


17 posted on 04/10/2023 9:26:21 PM PDT by Varda
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To: crusty old prospector

IT’s a slime donkey rat...


18 posted on 04/10/2023 9:27:38 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: ConservativeInPA

Yup. That’s what I think also.


19 posted on 04/10/2023 9:28:25 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: gnarledmaw

“We don’t need no stinkin Badgers”


20 posted on 04/10/2023 9:46:20 PM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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