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Mystery animal caught on camera in Texas neighborhood
UPI ^ | AUG. 17, 2023 / 1:23 PM | By Ben Hooper

Posted on 08/18/2023 12:07:18 PM PDT by Red Badger

VIDEO AT LINK..............

Aug. 17 (UPI) -- 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.

"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.

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.


TOPICS: History; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: texas
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1 posted on 08/18/2023 12:07:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
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ManBearPig!
2 posted on 08/18/2023 12:08:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse (🇺🇸 Selling out the U.S.A.: The Briben Brand™)
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Looks like a burly coyote. We have a ton of them around here in ND, but they’re leaner.


3 posted on 08/18/2023 12:10:00 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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You are fast!


4 posted on 08/18/2023 12:10:27 PM PDT by Ben Dover
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5 posted on 08/18/2023 12:10:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Looks like a Australian Dingo Dog...................


6 posted on 08/18/2023 12:11:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Mystery Animal Caught on Camera in Texas Neighborhood
7 posted on 08/18/2023 12:12:37 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Red Badger

I had to google up images Australian Dingo Dog, and you’re right. Looks very much like it.


8 posted on 08/18/2023 12:12:39 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Red Badger

Did it eat your baby?

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9 posted on 08/18/2023 12:12:59 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Red Badger

looks more like a big cat. cougar?


10 posted on 08/18/2023 12:14:54 PM PDT by Ikeon (I'm a mirror , what you see in me is actually a refection of yourself. )
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To: BBQToadRibs2

A well fed one.....................


11 posted on 08/18/2023 12:15:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like this one:

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/weird/whats-the-creature-wandering-around-grapevine/287-fab45bfb-c511-4b7a-8a0d-2e1512892203


12 posted on 08/18/2023 12:15:35 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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It also has a head shape like a hyena.....................


13 posted on 08/18/2023 12:16:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Chupacabra!


14 posted on 08/18/2023 12:17:47 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

It’s called a coyowolf. They’re smart and dangerous. They’re a cross between a coyote and a wolf and they’re coming down from Canada.


15 posted on 08/18/2023 12:17:57 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Red Badger

Dingo


16 posted on 08/18/2023 12:18:12 PM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: Red Badger

a very very mangy mixed breed dog


17 posted on 08/18/2023 12:18:38 PM PDT by Wuli
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18 posted on 08/18/2023 12:18:41 PM PDT by avenir ("For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form"!)
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To: Red Badger

Whatever it is, I’m sure it could be smoked on my smoker....


19 posted on 08/18/2023 12:20:29 PM PDT by mikelets456
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The chupacabra or chupacabras


20 posted on 08/18/2023 12:20:35 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Send Asylum Seekers to empty college dorms/class rooms in NY/NJ/Mass/West Point & NE blue citiesl)
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