Posted on 08/17/2023 3:26:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Texas woman is seeking help identifying a mystery animal she caught on camera in her neighborhood.
Tina Kahlig said she quickly moved to snap pictures when she looked out from her Hill Country Village home and spotted something that left her stumped. Advertisement
"I was inside and I looked out into the yard," Kahlig told KENS-TV. "And I saw an animal right here and thought, 'Wow, what is that?'"
She said the creature was feasting on berries that had fallen from a bush.
Kahlig posted her photos to NextDoor, where neighbors offered their own theories, including several suggestions that she found the mythical "chupacabra."
"Some people think it's a cross between a coyote and a dog," she said.
Local legend has it that a mountain lion lives near Hill Country Village, but city officials said it has never been caught on camera.
The City of Hill Country Village said officials have reached out to the Texas Game Wardens for help identifying the animal.
Rachel Malstaff, director of mammals at the San Antonio Zoo, said the animal in the photos could be a coyote or a dog. Zoo veterinarians said it appears to be a canine with mange or other skin issues. Advertisement
Texas Parks and Wildlife officials had a creature conundrum of their own in April, when a trail camera in the Rio Grande Valley captured an image of a mystery animal officials found difficult to identify.
Just what I was getting ready to post. The ears are alike too.
large dog with skin problems.
ManBearPig!
It looks a lot like a hyena
CHUPACABRA!!!
Red heeler.
I went to public schools and even I could figure that out/sarc.
was it vaxxed?
That would be a key starting point
Coyote with mange.
Wasn’t that Hillary at Fort Macy park?
That’s what I thought or perhaps a dingo.
I was thinking succubus, but they are normally attractive, right?
That looks like a shepherd cross with some mange. it’s no chupacabra, since it’s eating berries, and it’s no feline for the same reason.
A chupacbra?
Canine with mange.
Hyenas don’t have long, skinny tails like the photo shows.
They only hang about halfway to the ground and are more full.
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