"Mysterious Creature Photographed" - Photo HERE

[matcom]

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ASHEBORO -- Bill Kurdian is not alone.

Although he might be beginning to wish he were.

Since he shared his story and photograph last week of an unidentified fox-like creature he's seen sporadically since early winter in the backyard of his eastern Randolph County home, seven other people in Randolph, Guilford and Rockingham counties have come forward, claiming identical sightings.

Kurdian snapped his photo May 20 using a motion-sensing camera.

Lorraine Smith, a mammals curator at the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro, said she believes Kurdian's creature is a common grey fox that has lost much of its fur, possibly due to a heavy parasite infestation.

But not everyone is convinced.

http://www.news-record.com/news/local/rand/creature_061004_hp.htm

[trof]

1. It's a dingo.

G'dye myte!

[matcom]

2. dingo's don't have tails like that

and it DID NOT eat my baby DAMMIT!! :P

[dflprincess]

4. Not a dingo

Looks like a cross between a fox and some other canine.

[Maddy McCall]

3. Half deer, half fox?

I ain't never seen anything that looks like that thar critter.

[many a good man]

5. Is it a Chupacabra?

Looks like one to me.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. Mira! The chupacabra is back! Ayyyyyyyyyyyy

Run for your lives!

[Taverner]

6. IT'S OSCAR!!!!!!!

[gardenista]

13. God, I miss Oscar!! Looks like he just finished his attic project! nt

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[tridim]

7. Call me crazy, but I see some

Kangaroo in that creature. It's like a Kangaroo/dog cross. They could call it a dog-aroo.

[moof]

8. What's this one ?

[CO Liberal]

12. Whatever That Guy Is, He'll Make Ann KKKoulter Jealous.

:-)

[lanparty]

9. Mystery solved ...

Here is a pretty convincing explanation why this is a fake ...

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread56073/pg3

First, a fox doesn't have a tail like that. Only BIG CATS have tails like that. The body looks like that of a deer!!! The geometry of the shadow isn't correct. It's been projected as on a FLAT surface as opposed to a 90 deg angle between the ground and the house behind it.

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11. When I see any of these critters running around...

then I'll be worried.