Robyn Rhudy wrote in message l.umbc.edu...
I live in MD and saw the video and photos on TV of two sightings, a year
apart, possibly two different animals. But, the local animal experts
agree it's just a poor dog with mange.

Similar animal was spotted and photographed in North Carolina last
year. The general conclusion is it is some kind of canidae with a bad
skin condition.

"Oh Canidae!"
--
Crashj

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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It looks like a dog with a severe case of mange. I remember seeing a
large
dog years ago in NYC with most of it's coat gone. All it had left was
hair
on it's head and a strip along it's back and tail.
snip

That was my take on it, although the shorter front legs and the shape of the
head make it look very much like a Hyena. I would not put it past some idiot
to grab a pup while on vacation in Africa and bring it home.

BV.

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
...
snip
It looks like a dog with a severe case of mange. I remember seeing a
large
dog years ago in NYC with most of it's coat gone. All it had left was
hair
on it's head and a strip along it's back and tail.
snip

That was my take on it, although the shorter front legs and the shape of the
head make it look very much like a Hyena. I would not put it past some idiot
to grab a pup while on vacation in Africa and bring it home.

BV.

"Cichlidiot" wrote in message
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Very poor pictures from the article, but I wouldn't discount the
possibility of it being an exotic. With the state of exotic animal
smuggling these days, it's entirely possible that it's an escapee from
some illegal situation. Thus the "owners" would not report it missing (as
a zoo would if an animal went missing from an exhibit). I remember seeing
a story in Florida about some large "mystery monster" that turned out to
be a large reptile (and by large I mean several feet in length) and
several of its smaller friends that escaped from an exotic reptile
importer down the road. That importer was legal, but known to authorities
for having escaped reptiles due to shoddy cages.
snip

There was a case like this in a place called Island Heights in NJ, when I
was growing up. There was a mystery critter in the river eating things.
Myself and a "friend" were at the local make out spot down by the river one
evening, discussing politics and the world economy, etc., when some ducks
swam bye. As they did, one disapeared under the water in a splash. A few
moments later a large lizard, almost croc sized, surface with the duck
hanging out his mouth.

Turns out someone's pet lizard something had gotten loose, and they were
afraid to report it.

BV.

"Cichlidiot" wrote in message
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snip
Very poor pictures from the article, but I wouldn't discount the
possibility of it being an exotic. With the state of exotic animal
smuggling these days, it's entirely possible that it's an escapee from
some illegal situation. Thus the "owners" would not report it missing (as
a zoo would if an animal went missing from an exhibit). I remember seeing
a story in Florida about some large "mystery monster" that turned out to
be a large reptile (and by large I mean several feet in length) and
several of its smaller friends that escaped from an exotic reptile
importer down the road. That importer was legal, but known to authorities
for having escaped reptiles due to shoddy cages.
snip

There was a case like this in a place called Island Heights in NJ, when I
was growing up. There was a mystery critter in the river eating things.
Myself and a "friend" were at the local make out spot down by the river one
evening, discussing politics and the world economy, etc., when some ducks
swam bye. As they did, one disapeared under the water in a splash. A few
moments later a large lizard, almost croc sized, surface with the duck
hanging out his mouth.

Turns out someone's pet lizard something had gotten loose, and they were
afraid to report it.

BV.

I live in Maryland and saw on news that it is a dog with mange, another turned
up in Harford County==Kathy

I live in Maryland and saw on news that it is a dog with mange, another turned
up in Harford County==Kathy

Phew! What a relief when I saw the picture! Thought it was going to be a
picture of me and my family, having just been in Baltimore for vacation!

Don't touch the subject BV! Let it be!

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like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

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"Ka30P" wrote in message
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Cut and paste to see picture
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3...dpswid=1946268
&dppid=68757

Mystery Creature Lurks In Baltimore County

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 didn't know what it was."
Wanting to get a better look at the beast stalking his family, Jay Wroe
put
technology to work for him.
Jay Wroe: "The next day, I hooked up just portable motion detectors, and
put
them down back in the woods there."
The trap worked.
Jay Wroe: "Very bizarre. I went and got my father and cousin and they came
and
looked at it and their reactions were pretty much the same -- what in the
world
are we looking at?"

More than a month after the first sighting, the creature has become a
neighborhood regular and showing up often.
Kim Carlsen: "It comes to our house. It's been up in the woods for a while
and
it comes up through the bottom of our yard and eats our cat food."
Despite the fact it's lurking in these woods and no one knows when or
where it
will come out, no one here seems afraid of it.
Jacob Wroe: "I don't know, it doesn't look like it's going to harm
anybody."
Even the other neighborhood animals like Bullwinkle the dog next door seem
okay
with the beast.
Kim Carlsen: "It's not afraid of the cats and the cats seem to get along
with
it fine."
The beast is not shy, and visits most often under bright sun. While no one
here
knows what it is, they do have a name for it -- the hyote, a combination
of a
hyena and a coyote.


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
...
snip
It looks like a dog with a severe case of mange. I remember seeing a
large
dog years ago in NYC with most of it's coat gone. All it had left was
hair
on it's head and a strip along it's back and tail.
snip

That was my take on it, although the shorter front legs and the shape of
the
head make it look very much like a Hyena. I would not put it past some
idiot
to grab a pup while on vacation in Africa and bring it home.

BV.
======================
Yes, that is possible, but I don't think it's a Hyena.
--
Carol....
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
...
snip
It looks like a dog with a severe case of mange. I remember seeing a
large
dog years ago in NYC with most of it's coat gone. All it had left was
hair
on it's head and a strip along it's back and tail.
snip

That was my take on it, although the shorter front legs and the shape of
the
head make it look very much like a Hyena. I would not put it past some
idiot
to grab a pup while on vacation in Africa and bring it home.

BV.
======================
Yes, that is possible, but I don't think it's a Hyena.
--
Carol....
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
...
snip
It looks like a dog with a severe case of mange. I remember seeing a
large
dog years ago in NYC with most of it's coat gone. All it had left was
hair
on it's head and a strip along it's back and tail.
snip

That was my take on it, although the shorter front legs and the shape of
the
head make it look very much like a Hyena. I would not put it past some
idiot
to grab a pup while on vacation in Africa and bring it home.

BV.
======================
Yes, that is possible, but I don't think it's a Hyena.
--
Carol....
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


This is what a Hyena looks like:

http://www.wildlife-pictures-online..../hyenakp05.jpg

What is on that video is definitely not a hyena.

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
...
snip
It looks like a dog with a severe case of mange. I remember seeing a
large
dog years ago in NYC with most of it's coat gone. All it had left was
hair
on it's head and a strip along it's back and tail.
snip

That was my take on it, although the shorter front legs and the shape of
the
head make it look very much like a Hyena. I would not put it past some
idiot
to grab a pup while on vacation in Africa and bring it home.

BV.
======================
Yes, that is possible, but I don't think it's a Hyena.
--
Carol....
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


This is what a Hyena looks like:

http://www.wildlife-pictures-online..../hyenakp05.jpg

What is on that video is definitely not a hyena.

"Cichlidiot" wrote in message
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Ka30P wrote:
Cut and paste to see picture

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3...dpswid=1946268
&dppid=68757

Just found this followup story:

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3558698/detail.html

Saddest part of that is the quote from the wildlife authorities that make
it clear they aren't even going to attempt to help the animal(s) (assuming
it is mange the animal(s) have). Public safety aside, what about the
welfare of the animal(s)? Letting a mangy animal run around is not kind
for the animal and not a good public health thing either for the domestic
animals in the neighborhood. Letting an exotic animal run around isn't
that good either IMO since it's very likely weather changes will be
detrimental for the animal or it will not have the proper dietary
conditions.

I am starting to doubt this story a bit. I've read that people say the
animal is friendly and often comes out during the day. One person reported
even her cat seemed Ok around the animal. If this is such a happy, go lucky,
daylight animal why are all the pictures so ET like? I mean if it's in your
garden eat mato's with the cat, take a freakin' clear picture.

BV.

"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
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Phew! What a relief when I saw the picture! Thought it was going to be a
picture of me and my family, having just been in Baltimore for vacation!

Don't touch the subject BV! Let it be!
snip

Lettuce not forget the animal slain in Texas that is unidentified. And that
huge Hog in Georgia. I think there was an alien ship that crashed, and some
specicies got loose. We're in trouble. Just wait to see what shows up in
your pond.

BV.

On 7/29/04 8:54 AM, in article , "Benign
Vanilla" wrote:


"Cichlidiot" wrote in message
...
Ka30P wrote:
Cut and paste to see picture

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3...dpswid=1946268
&dppid=68757

Just found this followup story:

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3558698/detail.html

Saddest part of that is the quote from the wildlife authorities that make
it clear they aren't even going to attempt to help the animal(s) (assuming
it is mange the animal(s) have). Public safety aside, what about the
welfare of the animal(s)? Letting a mangy animal run around is not kind
for the animal and not a good public health thing either for the domestic
animals in the neighborhood. Letting an exotic animal run around isn't
that good either IMO since it's very likely weather changes will be
detrimental for the animal or it will not have the proper dietary
conditions.

I am starting to doubt this story a bit. I've read that people say the
animal is friendly and often comes out during the day. One person reported
even her cat seemed Ok around the animal. If this is such a happy, go lucky,
daylight animal why are all the pictures so ET like? I mean if it's in your
garden eat mato's with the cat, take a freakin' clear picture.

BV.



So what is this that a rancher in Texas killed?
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...A264-4AC3-8EA4
-9097690CDEFC

Weird wild stuff.