Is this a raccoon? Or what?

[Diane]

I figured with all the trappers on here, someone could say if this is a raccoon or not.

http://khon2.com/2014/04/02/chupacabra-caught-in-texas/

 

[bowhunter1023]

That ain't no damn canine! What canine eats with its front feet/legs like that?!? And it sure ain't no coon. Crazy!

 

[MK111]

Hmm. You got me.

 

[Diane]

I thought the canine comment was stupid as hell and figured that even if it has mange, it should still look more like a raccoon if it was one.

 

[MK111]

No one ever said News Reporters were among the smartest people around.

 

[Gern186]

I think the lady shaved all the hair off that animal and glued it to her head...lmao

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

It's ugly is all I know

 

[Big_Holla]

That ain't no damn canine! What canine eats with its front feet/legs like that?!? And it sure ain't no coon. Crazy!

That's the first thing I thought too. Pretty cool critter that's for sure LOL! Momma can I keep it?!?! Watch it turn into a 100 lb. monster!!

 

[Bigslam51]

Train that ugly bastard to be a yote killer.

 

[at1010]

I think the lady shaved all the hair off that animal and glued it to her head...lmao

hahahahha I think the guy is drinking a beer in the one scene! I bought died, you think if the news team showed up you could put the beer down for 30 minutes haha.

I also have no idea what that is, doesnt seem to look like a coon, or canine to me.

 

[Big_Holla]

Reminds me more of a kangaroo with the way it's standing on it's hind legs. Open the door and let's see how it runs LOL!

 

[Diane]

According to Wikipedia,:

In Coleman, Texas, a farmer named Reggie Lagow caught an animal in a trap he set up after the deaths of a number of his chickens and turkeys. The animal was described as resembling a mix of hairless dog, rat, and kangaroo. Lagow provided the animal to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials for identification, but Lagow reported in a September 17, 2006, phone interview with John Adolfi, founder of the Lost World Museum, that the "critter was caught on a Tuesday and thrown out in Thursday's trash.

Dog, rat and kangaroo is what it reminds me of.

 

[RedCloud]

That's a coon with mange.

 

[yotehunter]

Sounds like a coon too me

 

[Boarhead]

Coon with mange damn sure no canine.

 

[Archertl]

Coon

 

[MK111]

I'll go with a coon.

 

[Diane]

Doesn't matter now, the people had it put down, in part due to PETA.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/04/chupacabra-put-down-texas-animal-euthanized/

 

[RedCloud]

Just seen this on MSN Diane

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/another-chupacabra-monster-tale-bites-dust-texas-n72041

 

[Diane]

That one did look canine, but the other did not.