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GLYNDON, Md. -- The mystery may be over as one of the creatures roaming through central Maryland was finally captured on Saturday. According to the veterinarians at Falls Road Animal Hospital, the animal was a male red fox. However, Dr. Michael Herko -- a vet at the animal hospital -- and the man who caught the fox say it is not the mysterious creature videotaped in July, but a relative. Jay Wroe set a trap in his back yard after videotaping an animal that was roaming around. It was an animal he could not immediately identify. The humane trap paid...

GLYNDON, Md. -- A mystery animal is on the loose in Baltimore County and not even the experts can pin down what it is. A Glyndon man found a way to secretly record the beast while it grazed in his yard. For a while it was just lurking in the woods watching the Wroe family until the Wroes started watching it. Jay Wroe: "My truck was parked here, started getting in my truck. I kind of saw it there where the sunlight is and said what in the world is that?" Jacob Wroe: "It looked so weird to me. I...

Mystery Creature Lurks In Baltimore County POSTED: 5:19 am EDT July 19, 2004 UPDATED: 5:46 am EDT July 19, 2004 GLYNDON, Md. -- A mystery animal is on the loose in Baltimore County and not even the experts can pin down what it is. A Glyndon man found a way to secretly record the beast while it grazed in his yard. For a while it was just lurking in the woods watching the Wroe family until the Wroes started watching it. SNIP The beast is not shy and visiting most often under bright sun. While no one here knows what...

There may be more than one mystery animal running around Maryland -- there are pictures from a sighting in Harford County. At the Mathis family's rural home in Joppa, they're used to animals, but not this kind. "I looked out the window and I saw something drinking out of the water trough," said Lisa Mathis. "It looked like something out of Lord of The Rings." (snip) But even with maybe more than one so-called hyote running loose, DNR is going to leave the beast or beasts alone for now. "We would respond if we knew we had a public safety...